The risks Han took in the OT were more in his favor. It was a major leap of faith to stand in front of Kylo without a blaster in his hand. Arguably the same leap Luke once took when he threw his lightsaber away in ROTJ.
The leap of faith Luke took in ROTJ still makes no sense to me. Unless he started adhering to a Ghandi/Jesus-like philosophy of non-violence in that moment. He refused to finish off Darth Vader when Vader was no longer a threat. Great, he truly is a Jedi. But throwing away his one of his quickest defenses? It would have been better had it shown him turning off his lightsaber but still holding it, THEN the Emperor blasts him with lightening, and he subsequently drops it due to the violent convulsions he’s experiencing. In between the momentary pauses of the Emperor’s attacks, Luke weakly tries to summon his lightsaber again, only to be overwhelmed once again by force-lightening wracking his body with pain, all the while Darth Vader, his father, coldly looks on…