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A possible version of Han Solo in ROTS

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This is another idea from Making of Revenge of the Sith with Han Solo on Kashykk talking to Yoda. Thank god they didn't use this, cause with C-3PO being built by Anakin, and Uncle Owen owning C-3PO for 10 years and not remembering buying him later, and Jango being Boba Fetts dad, this would have been another roll the eyes moment from the PT. I am waiting for an idea of Lando Calrissean being the nephew of Mace Windu!


As with Boba Fett, Lucas also toyed with the idea of inserting another of his fans' favorite characters into EPISODE III: Han Solo. Of course, he would be much younger - only about ten years old. This idea made it into the rough draft of the screenplay. Concept art was approved, dialogue was written, and the character was inserted into the Kashyyyk battle scenes as a helpful kid who actually plays a role in finding the elusive General Grievous' location, to the delight of Jedi Master Yoda.

Iain McCaig is quoted in The Art of Revenge of the Sith as saying this about the cancelled cameo: "It's not in the script anymore, but we were told that Han Solo was on Kashyyyk and that he was being raised by Chewbacca. He's such a persnickety guy later on - he always has to have the best of everything - so I thought it'd be great if when he was a kid, he was an absolute slob."

Of course that slightly goes against the whole "Solo saved Chewbacca from slavery while in the navy" stuff, though I'm sure the Expanded Universe band-aid patrol would have whipped up some story to cover it up.

Here's an excerpt from the rough draft with ten-year-old Han Solo's line:


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HAN SOLO
I found part of a transmitter droid
near the east bay... I think it's still
sending and receiving signals.

YODA
Good. Good. Track this we can back
to the source. Find General Grievous,
we might...


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From there, Solo and Yoda were supposed to track the signal to Utapau, therefore locating Grievous. Yoda would then report to the council with Grievous' location which prompts Mace Windu to send Obi-Wan over with a bunch of clones in order to capture Grievous and end the war.

Unfortunately, by the time the first draft of the script was completed, Solo was dropped. To be quite honest, I think it was a good idea. There are enough random cameos in these films. Below are the only two pieces of concept art I could find that show what Solo might have looked like in the film. You can see them in The Art of Revenge of the Sith and The Making of Revenge of the Sith.

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And here's the concept drawing of the young Solo in ROTS:

http://starwars.wikicities.com/images/d/dc/Young-hand.jpeg
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What pictures, CO? I see nothing.

Man, I actually wanted a Han Solo appearance, but not in that context. I thought he was a street kid growing up in the slums of the city. Like he was gonna try and rip off one of the Jedi, but he can't quite pick their pocket, kind of encounter. But oh well. I really don't pay that much attention to the PT anyway.
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I'm very glad he wasn't around because it's another element to shrink the universe. Plus, Solo's dismissal of the Force to Ben is already in question enough because of Chewbacca working with Yoda, but if Han worked with Yoda?! Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.

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There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Originally posted by: Invader Jenny
What pictures, CO? I see nothing.

Man, I actually wanted a Han Solo appearance, but not in that context. I thought he was a street kid growing up in the slums of the city. Like he was gonna try and rip off one of the Jedi, but he can't quite pick their pocket, kind of encounter. But oh well. I really don't pay that much attention to the PT anyway.


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I copy and pasted it from another website, and for some reason the pictures aren't copying just the text, but Adamwankenobi's picture is pretty much what the young Solo looked like.
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And where do they get that Han as an adult 'he always has to have the best of everything'?!?!?!? WTF? He's a scruffy smuggler living on the edge of back-water and outer rim worlds. He's shown only as money-hungry in ANH but his character transcends that. Geezus has ANYONE at LFL ever ever watched 'Star Wars'?
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He always had the best, shiniest ship and the most wonderful taste in vests.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Well those vests *were* pretty sharp...

And you know what they say in the Star Wars universe- "Every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed Han!"
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That's true, but it seems that Leia preferred the jacket he wore in ESB.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Lando did have an autographed poster of Mace on the wall of his Cloud City apartment in the "Tag and Bink are dead" comic book.
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That would of been so bunk if they had Solo in ROTS. I think it was lame as hell that Chewy was in it. Come on lets face it, Han was just a dude dukin' from Jabba, making it with a chick in a funky bar, when Obi-Won Kenobi picked him up for a job and that was the door way for Han being a hero for the rebel alliance. He fell into it by dum luck. And I agree with the poster above it was a bunch of bull that Anakin built C-3PO. They mass produce those damn droids. I saw two of them on the Rebel ship on SW. end of story
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Chewie in ROTS didn't bother me, I think it was not too much, and was "believable". After all, the battle takes place on Kashyyk and Chewie is a pretty good wookie warrior.
But Han would surely have been TOO much, and it goes against the EU, especially the "Han Solo Trilogy" novels in which we see him from his childhood to ANH... And I just love the way that this "smuggler" enters in the OT story, he's a totally "exterior" character, coming in just by coincidence (or by the Force, if you prefer...).

I'm really really glad that we don't see Han in ROTS, thanks!
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Wookies in ROTS didn't bother me at all.

Chewbacca in ROTS did bother me a bit.

Yoda saying "goodbye chewbacca I'll miss you" really bothered me.

A Han Solo talking to YODA would have DESTROYED all my faith on the saga.
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One thing that having Chewbacca in ROTS did help was the line in ROTJ where Jabba the Hutt says: "At last, the mighty Chewbacca." Also, when he meets Obi-Wan in ANH, he probably recognizes that Obi-Wan is a jedi, and is more willing to help him.
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I'm not sure how that would have any impact on Tatooine-stationed Jabba the Hutt. The Wookiees are warriors. Chewbacca didn't really do anything to stand out in that battle. He didn't even really fight in it. He just carried Yoda on his back. I would think that Chewbacca's reputation would come more from his smuggling days than anything else. And I really don't like the thought that Chewbacca would think, "Oh, Jedi. It's time to do the right thing and lend a helping hand." I prefer to think that Chewbacca's motives were more or less Han's since they're both in the same game: "We need money. These guys can pay it. We take on passengers." No need to complicate things. Chewbacca in ROTS was an unmitigated disaster. And am I the only one who thinks the "new" Chewbacca costume didn't look anything like Chewbacca aside from his "wardrobe"?

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Maybe they should have shown Itchy instead of Chewie in ROTS.
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Maybe they should have shown Itchy instead of Chewie in ROTS.


Itchy is surely too old for having been able to fight in ROTS. After all, Wookiees live a long time, and ROTS takes place only around 20 years before HS, IMO...
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Originally posted by: Kaal-Jhyy
Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Maybe they should have shown Itchy instead of Chewie in ROTS.


Itchy is surely too old for having been able to fight in ROTS. After all, Wookiees live a long time, and ROTS takes place only around 20 years before HS, IMO...


Well, the ROTS Incredible Cross-sections book actually says he flew one of the wookiee catamarans in the film and didn't actually fight because he was told old. But still, ROTS didn't actually show him, so...