Bingowings said:

So it's up to the editor and the viewer.

So in other terms, it's all depends on a certain point of view? Still, my point being that Han had to have been frozen for a shorter time than normally estimated. He survived the process of freezing, but he could have died if he was left in carbonate for too long. And a three year time span would surly have left him dead.

And also like I pointed out, just because the actors age doesn't mean that the characters have too. The toll of war could have effected them, as well as being on Tatooine rounding up a rescue team and Luke building his replacement lightsaber.