ST Harrison Ford (Han Solo) in TFA

Doing SW was a no brainer for where his career was at in 1975...& it's a no brainer for where his career is at now. The circle is now complete.

 

The man is pure gold in interviews. I love his reply about Ender's Game and Hunger Games and people's fascination with stories about kids killing other kids... pure Ford.


Yancy

 

Exactly, especially if Solo ends up as a supporting character in the ST (or just Episode VII). I thinking having the chance to play Solo again in the twilight of his career has done wonders for his state of mind.

 

I have managed to see Ender's Game yesterday for the first time and Harrison was great in that, I have no doubt that he will be able to shine in VII...

 

The key to Episode 7 is Harrison Fords performance...................if they bring us a older and and even more seasoned Han Solo who drives the story then, be prepared to be blowed away like no time since the Empire Strikes Back !!

 

I dunno... I think that Ford would be more concerned about scripting and paycheck issues than any disdain that he may or may not still harbor for the Solo character. We've already been told that the OT3 are to play more of supporting roles and thus that would've obviously been included in the pitch to bring him back aboard. Ford also knows how popular the Solo character is to the story, so that would've also been part of the pitch as well (as IF they really would've needed to remind him), which provides him and his agent great bargaining leverage- and of course Disney/Lucasfilm would've been well prepared for and in expectation of.

To me it's like this:
-Ford is on board because he's cool with the script, his role and the pay
-Ford is not on board because he's not cool with at least one of those three elements
-Ford is not on board because Disney/Lucasfilm didn't feel the haggling was worth it

Since the new leads have been reported to not be big-time A-listers, then that leaves more financial wiggle room to pay Ford what he may be asking for, and Ford strikes me somewhat as a "money talks" type of guy.

 

I'd like to see Solo as a wizened, mysterious old man with a past that the new kids don't get...sort of like the Obi-Wan role in ANH. Everyone seems to suggest that would be Luke, but why not turn it on its head a bit? Ford could have fun with that.

 

We did? Exactly where?

 

Ha ha, I'm completely the opposite. The Big 3 is what has me excited for this film. And while I love all three of them, Mark is probably the one I love the least.

 

I can see an invisible thread between J. J. Abrams' two Star Trek instalments and Harrison Ford's Han Solo's potential role in the ST.
On the first subject, Star Treks '09 and Into Darkness, among other goals, aimed to please the general public, not just the ST fans. That way they got better reviews, they earned more than their predecessors and they were fun (that's a subjective remark as is the one that I think they lost that unique ST substance).
On the second thing, Han Solo. Let's face it, he's an icon. Yes, Luke is the main character in the OT, an ideal to strive for, ultimate good guy, but everyone wanted to be Han Solo, a smuggler whose cool insouciance, wise-ass wisecracks and maverick, shoot-kinda-first sensibilities gave the trilogy a major adrenaline injection (by Empire Magazine) and who gets a girl in the end. Han is a character often referenced in the OT reviews (ArmchairsDirectors, for example, named him Star Wars), even in the PT reviews (again, ArmchairsDirectors referenced the absence of a character with his traits in the PT as a PT's failure), he made the OT fun and often presents a leverage in someone's opinions on which trilogy is better.
The connection between Abrams and Ford lies in a potential to draw general public to cinemas. I perceive Han Solo as a character who serves as a model to that. In this moment, as not a part of the Skywalker lineage, he's not a part of the really main story, but a supporting character whose myth made him bigger than he really is and who can make SW interesting to wide audience... And the critics and the OT fans.
I'd agree that Harrison Ford is not really necessary to the ST, the trilogy should be able survive that, with the focus on other characters.
The real question is, can Arndt, Abrams and especially Kasdan (who wrote two OT movies with Han in the main role) so easily discard Solo's reputation and the audience potential, can the ST work without Han Solo?

 

Same. To me it's about the story, as well as continuity with the other films. Luke is the only one that I find necessary, but having all three will be a major plus.

 

Disney is probably throwing buckets of cash at Harrison for SW VII and Indy V.

 

Ok, well perhaps a smidge short of an OFFICIAL announcement, but nonetheless:

http://www.hitfix.com/news/george-l...nd-hamill-will-return-for-star-wars-episode-7

-The Walt Disney Co. is producing a new "Star Wars" trilogy to take place after Lucas' original three space epics. J.J. Abrams is directing the first film. The 70-year-old Ford, the 61-year-old Hamill and the 56-year-old Fisher are expected to play smaller, supporting roles.

http://screenrant.com/star-wars-episode-7-start-date-carrie-fisher-mark-hamill-harrison-ford/

-It was Fisher who flat-out-announced her return in Episode VII some 10 months ago – before her agent hurriedly passed it off as a “joke” – and now the actress/script doctor has confirmed what we’ve all known for some time (despite the lack of an official announcement from Disney/Lucasfilm): that she and her Episode IV-VII costars Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill will be working on Abrams’ Star Wars movie.

In recent weeks, claims have been circulating that Abrams and Episode VII co-writer Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back) have retooled the original story in the script draft engineered by Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3). According to sources close to the project (dispatched by THR), Arndt’s version of Episode VII was more focused around the new generation of Skywalker and Solo offspring and kept Luke, Leia and Han more in the background as key supporting players.

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/star-wars-4-1201125355/

-As previously reported, Abrams is expected to surround the less-familiar actor with more recognizable stars for supporting parts, including original “Star Wars” cast members Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill.

I suppose that semantics are a wholly legitimate basis of debate and discussion at this point in time

 

is there any actual news that Ford will be in the film?

 

Nah. If there were, the mods would lock the thread. But patience...

 

Harrison Ford will be in VII unless Sean Young signs up as the female lead.

 

And Shia LaBeouf can play their illegitimate love child.

 

And the Ally McBeal chick has to get a part.

Seriously, though, I'd be shocked if Harrison wasn't in the film even for a single scene. No matter how much bargaining power he wields, or how grumpy he's become, I feel that on some level, he appreciates the significance and cultural impact this role will have. Only a real #!(% would turn his back entirely.

 

General Solo anyone?

 

Ever hear the story of how she kept harassing Tim Burton to cast her as Catwoman? She eventually turned up at his office, in character & dressed as Catwoman!

Maybe she'll annoy JJ & confront him in a Leia slave outfit.

 

Yes I read about that. Apparently, she crashes Hollywood parties all of the time.