So Han and Lando only knew each other for a relatively short time across two or so adventures?
Says who?
Yeah, I think the ending does a good enough job implying that these two continue to have a friendly rivalry throughout the years following.
That being said, I’d say it was a big mistake to pack everything we’ve heard about Han Solo’s past into one movie.
-Kid from Correlia
-Joins the empire & abandons it
-Meets Chewbacca and partners up
-Meets Lando
-Makes the Kessel Run
-Loves, loses her, becomes cold
-Becomes a “shoot first” kinda guy
-Wins the falconYeesh. It blows my mind that Kasdan wrote this.
Kasdan may have rightly understood this was probably the one kick at the can he or others would have in telling Han’s story. I guess he wanted to get all the pertinent parts included.
Yeah, and I don’t blame him alone for it. This movie had everything going against it. No one wanted it, Han was being recast, the director(s) debacle, etc. And given all that, I actually think it’s a decent movie despite most of my criticism. It’s just wayyyyy too on the nose.
And, while perhaps little solace, it is worth noting that the events in the film do in fact span several years’ time.
Little solace indeed lol. For me it’s just the fact that it’s all crammed into one movie. Like I said, I actually think it’s a decent flick, but at the end of the day it’s like a (insert favorite band here) greatest hits album played by a coverband.