logo Sign In

Post #730992

Author
TMBTM
Parent topic
Was Han Solo stupid?
Link to post in topic
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/730992/action/topic#730992
Date created
8-Oct-2014, 11:31 AM

One can view Han Solo as "dumb" because he is selfish, loves money more than anything else and is quick to get into trouble easily when he could play it smarter (in some action scenes or even in some scenes with Leia). That's also what makes him cool somehow. But being cool does not mean being without flaws. I understand that an actor who plays someone like Han Solo would say that he does not view this character as a smart guy. The smart guy is Luke (see the scene when Luke is tempting Han with the reward). Solo gets smarter as the trilogy goes (both with his love interest and with his action plans. See the way he makes the Imperials out of the Bunker in ROTJ) but that's also what makes him look less cool.

Han "plays" the smart guy in Episode 4 to impress people around him. He is not really one. But he is reckless , lucky and knows how to shoot and fly.