drg4 posted:The problem with ROTJ is not that more characters didn't die, but that they weren't given proper depth. Killing Han would not have improved the film one iota; in fact, it would have dragged it down, since the entire first act chronicled his rescue. As I've stated elsewhere: Han should have either been freed from the carbonite and kept in an unconscious state for the duration of the film, or served as the Emperor's lure for drawing in the heroes. Whatever the case, he should have been consigned to the periphery, thereby directing the focus square on Luke, Leia, Vader, and Palpatine.
STUBRIS posted:drg4 posted:The problem with ROTJ is not that more characters didn't die, but that they weren't given proper depth. Killing Han would not have improved the film one iota; in fact, it would have dragged it down, since the entire first act chronicled his rescue. As I've stated elsewhere: Han should have either been freed from the carbonite and kept in an unconscious state for the duration of the film, or served as the Emperor's lure for drawing in the heroes. Whatever the case, he should have been consigned to the periphery, thereby directing the focus square on Luke, Leia, Vader, and Palpatine. You're on to something here. This strange desire for Han to 'bite the bullet' in RotJ stems from a underwritten role and a phoned in performance by Ford. It's quite pitiful seeing Han Solo neutured into becoming a safe, loved-up, comedy side kick. Christ...C-3PO had more material to play with in that movie.
Game3525 posted:STUBRIS posted:drg4 posted:The problem with ROTJ is not that more characters didn't die, but that they weren't given proper depth. Killing Han would not have improved the film one iota; in fact, it would have dragged it down, since the entire first act chronicled his rescue. As I've stated elsewhere: Han should have either been freed from the carbonite and kept in an unconscious state for the duration of the film, or served as the Emperor's lure for drawing in the heroes. Whatever the case, he should have been consigned to the periphery, thereby directing the focus square on Luke, Leia, Vader, and Palpatine. You're on to something here. This strange desire for Han to 'bite the bullet' in RotJ stems from a underwritten role and a phoned in performance by Ford. It's quite pitiful seeing Han Solo neutured into becoming a safe, loved-up, comedy side kick. Christ...C-3PO had more material to play with in that movie. Agreed, Han's character in ROTJ was awful. There was really no place for him in ROTJ.
Jedi_Keiran_Halcyon posted:Game3525 posted:STUBRIS posted:[quote=drg4]The problem with ROTJ is not that more characters didn't die, but that they weren't given proper depth. Killing Han would not have improved the film one iota; in fact, it would have dragged it down, since the entire first act chronicled his rescue. As I've stated elsewhere: Han should have either been freed from the carbonite and kept in an unconscious state for the duration of the film, or served as the Emperor's lure for drawing in the heroes. Whatever the case, he should have been consigned to the periphery, thereby directing the focus square on Luke, Leia, Vader, and Palpatine. You're on to something here. This strange desire for Han to 'bite the bullet' in RotJ stems from a underwritten role and a phoned in performance by Ford. It's quite pitiful seeing Han Solo neutured into becoming a safe, loved-up, comedy side kick. Christ...C-3PO had more material to play with in that movie. Agreed, Han's character in ROTJ was awful. There was really no place for him in ROTJ.
Game3525 posted:STUBRIS posted:[quote=drg4]The problem with ROTJ is not that more characters didn't die, but that they weren't given proper depth. Killing Han would not have improved the film one iota; in fact, it would have dragged it down, since the entire first act chronicled his rescue. As I've stated elsewhere: Han should have either been freed from the carbonite and kept in an unconscious state for the duration of the film, or served as the Emperor's lure for drawing in the heroes. Whatever the case, he should have been consigned to the periphery, thereby directing the focus square on Luke, Leia, Vader, and Palpatine. You're on to something here. This strange desire for Han to 'bite the bullet' in RotJ stems from a underwritten role and a phoned in performance by Ford. It's quite pitiful seeing Han Solo neutured into becoming a safe, loved-up, comedy side kick. Christ...C-3PO had more material to play with in that movie.
STUBRIS posted:[quote=drg4]The problem with ROTJ is not that more characters didn't die, but that they weren't given proper depth. Killing Han would not have improved the film one iota; in fact, it would have dragged it down, since the entire first act chronicled his rescue. As I've stated elsewhere: Han should have either been freed from the carbonite and kept in an unconscious state for the duration of the film, or served as the Emperor's lure for drawing in the heroes. Whatever the case, he should have been consigned to the periphery, thereby directing the focus square on Luke, Leia, Vader, and Palpatine.
DRush76 posted:What would have been the point of Han's death? It could have easily ended up being overshadowed by Anakin's dramatic death on the Death Star.