mostly because Han’s role in the film was very poorly thought out.
Han is kind of like Obi-Wan. He’s there to usher our heroes into this new world and to give us some backstory. Obi-Wan told us about how Vader and the Empire destroyed the Jedi Knights and Han told us about how Luke’s Academy ended up going to shit. I also like that this is coming from a non-force sensative
In TFA, he’s just inserted into the film for nostalgia reasons.
So what? He brought some laughs, Harrison gave a pretty good performance and TFA felt the most like Star Wars in the scenes Han was in.
Chewie’s reaction was the one I felt the most, but it lasted 1 second and then he disappeared off screen. What was Chewie doing while Rey and Finn fought Kylo?
The last time we saw the Wookie he shot Kylo Ren and preceded to blow away any Storm Trooper within sight. I would have liked to see more of Chewie going apeshit but what we got was sufficient.
Couldn’t they at least let you hug Leia in the denouement? Nope, I guess not, that spot had to be saved for
Rey and Leia, who had probably never met each other before that scene.
Yeah that’s bullshit. Even Leia touching his arm would have been something.