People have already speculated how Han may make an appearance in a flash-back, a hologram, or even as a Force ghost (the last one I personally don’t buy)
Or in a hallucination. Kylo Ren is mentally unstable.
It could also be a Force related thing as well, kinda like Luke’s “vision” of Vader on Dagobah.
As long as it’s just an illusion and not a ghost I’ll be cool. If Han is to appear in Episode VIII I’d rather it either be in flashback form, a hologram message to Leia and/or Chewie or a hallucination. I want for his deteriorating mental state to play a part in his overall arc. In general I hope he’s kept a layered character and not bogged down due to impatient people bitching about him so much.
The ep. VIII script has already been described as being “weird” so it’s not impossible.
Star Wars is a weird franchise and I’ve heard that something that has never been done in Star Wars is happening in this film so anything is possible.
If this is the case I really hope Johnson does something really dark and surreal.
John Boyega said that Episode VIII would be darker.