“I’m a '60s, West Coast, liberal, radical, artsy, dyed-in-the-wool 99 percenter before there was such a thing.”
George Lucas in The New York Times Magazine (20120117) - “George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits”
And so …
The Blaze (20151216) - “Star Wars: Why ‘Han Shot First’ Debate Is Still Important”
“For almost 20 years, this has been a hot button topic for fans. But it really is an important topic, and here’s why. … What George Lucas knew in 1977 and seems to have forgotten – mostly due to his Hollywood liberal programming – is … Han Solo has an arc. He goes from a not-so-nice character in a seedy bar, to a reluctant hero, and finally to the heroic character … While Luke fires the fatal shot, that shot never would have been fired had Han Solo not decided to come back and help his friend. … Yes, George, we do want Han Solo to be a cold-blooded killer, but not because we’re blood thirsty. It’s because we want his character to be important to the story, and for that his arc must remain intact.”
The words of another movie, Legend, come to mind …
“… Together they will learn there can be no good without evil… No love without hate… No heaven without hell… No light without darkness.”
… and George Lucas, in his bitter leftist politics, would ultimately deny Han Solo his redemption. But this is the secret of why Star Wars became so popular. Han Solo showed us more than him saving himself by risking all for his friends. It was an arch-type to show hope for our own redemption.
Bravo, Han Solo. Bravo!