Fanclub Han and Leia appreciation fan club

I rather see Carrie Fisher's daughter play Leia in a prequel with brown hair. I know its unlikely to see this happen but, its a good idea after all.

 

But Pads genes where more dominant.

Please no!

 

But it doesn't matter if the actress looks like Carrie Fisher. She just needs to play Leia convincingly. She also doesn't need to be petite, because movie magic will make us believe a 5'6" actress can look 5'1". Right? (LOL.)

 

U know the guy who played Michael Jackson's dad in "The Jacksons" looked nothing like Joe Jackson.

 

Lol, after casting a really short actor as lean and sexy Han, it would be hilarious if they cast a really tall actress as young Leia. Hey, maybe someone the same height as Gwendoline Christie. I mean, we wouldn't even notice!

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You beat me to the punch Claire1976. I was going to say the same thing.

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That's just horrific!!! You can't unsee that.

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The worst is that Justin Bieber is as Luke while Selena is Leia... And Justin/Selena dated... So

 

So whose face is on Han's body? At least the other two seem to be age appropriate, but there's something totally wrong about having such a young face on Han's more mature body.

 

Zac Efron.

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It is just an old meme

 

Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds documentary Bright Lights joins New York Film Festival lineup

 

I read a really interesting analysis from a new fan who had never seen SW before TFA on how she absolutely hated Han and Leia, assumed they were abusive parents based on TFA because JJ basically writes them to be completely unsympathetic characters throughout. Then she watched the OT and got why people liked them. Do you think that this is the reason why a lot of new fans hate Han and Leia - because of how they were written in TFA? If that's the case, I do hope that the EU writes them in a way that presents them as a great characters they were in the OT instead of in an unsympathetic way. It can't be good for business to have a lot of fans hating the heroes of the OT that is going to focus on them presumably. Start with hiring fans of the OT who grew up and loved the characters instead of TFA fans?

Here's the analysis BTW, I think it's an interesting read of how a lot of TFA fans who never saw the OT feel about Han and Leia: http://millicentthecat.tumblr.com/post/142757076516/as-someone-who-empathises-with-kylo-a-lot-i-like

 

Han and Leia are "unsympathetic"? To what? That their son is a psychopath? Aww, poor ickle Ben, it's not his fault he decided to become a mass murderer.

But seriously, why are they unsympathetic? I don't see this.How can this person say that they are portrayed as "abusers"? I see two people who are sad and broken by events in their past that we don't fully understand yet. Whatever happened with Ben has destroyed his parents, and they are clearly carrying around a lot of pain. Surely anyone can see that, even if they haven't seen the OT.

 

I guess this new fan is a 13 years old girl on Tumblr who ships you know what.

 

From what I've heard from the more moderate Kylo fans who are willing to listen and debate other people's opinions, they dislike Han and Leia because they were willing to blow up Starkiller Base with their son on it and Han planted the explosives which would have killed Kylo if he hadn't gotten off base in time. They also think Han saying "There was too much Vader in him" meant that Han was fearful of his son as a child and kept his distance because he thought he was too much like his grandfather.

I don't know, maybe we are also guilty of being biased because we grew up on the OT and see Han and Leia as heroes while JJ wants to present them as flawed people who made mistakes? If you take TFA just as itself without seeing the OT do you think JJ makes Han and Leia come off as unsympathetic?

 

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Just now I find this fic
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11829323/2/Objective-A-Star-Wars-fan-Novel

MandyQ became my favorite writer

 

MandrinaQ is awesome! She has a new fic up on Archive of our Own about Leia visiting Han on one of his races.

 

I love @MandrinaQ's fic!

I am also seriously obsessing over Madame Alexandra's AU, Identity. Like crack for us H&L shippers: https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11923363/1/

 

Yeah, Teaming Up is great too

LoveThis I'm reading Identity too (it's a fantastic AU!Bail Lives).

 

I know said blogger, and those assumptions are wrong on all counts. She actually ships Kylo with Hux. The endless villainisation of the shippers you refer to is quite old now - shipping Kylo with x and liking Han and Leia and thinking they were good parents aren't mutually exclusive.

 

It's not mutual exclusive but extremely common, well as wishing that Luke is a villain or a murderer. That way Kylo does not become too bad and redeemable.

 

In my experience, villainisation of Han and Leia was common early on, when we had limited resources to work with. This was especially the case because some of the actors' and director's comments could be interpreted as placing blame on Han and Leia for Ben's upbringing. Now that we have more information (particularly Bloodline), most of the people I interact with have stepped away from viewing Han and Leia as bad parents, and have adopted a more nuanced perspective. You do still find a few people who insist that Han and Leia were to blame, but they're very much in the minority.