The Manifest

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

We don’t talk often enough about how Han, a nobody with a last name given to him arbitrarily because he also had nobody, because he was alone in the galaxy, can be credited with being the reason the galaxy was saved— not just once, but twice. First by being the only one on an entire base brave enough to risk death rather than see Luke die alone on Hoth (and thus being the only reason Luke Skywalker even lived to be trained, much less to turn Vader and defeat the Emperor); then again by loving his son unconditionally, even after everything, and being the kind of man it takes to tell him so, and mean it. Because Han Solo knew what it was to be alone, and he had a heart that wanted to be sure Luke and Ben knew they weren’t.

We talk about the Skywalkers saving the galaxy. But let’s talk more about the heart of Han Solo.

Shit never gets old

#this is what love looks like

did anyone else notice the direct Star Wars reference when Agent Fowler was talking to Breakdown and pretending to be one of the Decepticons?

“…But it’s fine now …How are you?”

Sound familiar?

The difference was, Breakdown actually bought it. 

“…Uh, never better. I know it’s thankless down there, keep up the good work, huh?” BLESS HIS SPARK

han “i know you have a crush on me” solo

My favourite things about this scene:

1. Han and Leia have done this sort of thing SO OFTEN that they can move out of the way to let people through while continuing to argue, and 

2. the Princess of Alderaan/Leader of the Rebellion having a spat with General Solo about whether or not she fancies him or whatever is so commonplace that nobody even feels bad about walking through the middle of their fights. 

I mean look at that guy’s face. He’s seen this fifteen times before. 

And you just know that people used to be really polite when Han and Leia got into an argument. 

They maybe tried to walk a different way around the base, or they’d just stand there, feeling awkward, till Han and Leia were finished or felt bad enough to pause and let them through but eventually everyone’s just, NOPE, WALKING RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE, GOT A REBELLION TO RUN HERE, KTHXBYE.

Star Wars The Force Awakens → Han Solo tries out Chewbacca’s bowcaster gun

Finn aka Big Deal

I loved Han calling him Big Deal…

The Han - Finn relationship in the Force Awakens is so underrated in my opinion.

I mean, from the beginning Han knows this kid is lying.  He may not know about the ex-Stormtrooper thing, but he knows he’s not Resistance.

And Han just doesn’t care.  He finds him amusing, he looks out for the kid, he never judges him for wanting to flee from the First Order.  Then there’s all of their interaction on the Starkiller planet.  It’s just so fun to watch.

People love saying that Han instadopted Rey, but he picked up two kids that day. 

Tbh, Han was probably just relieved when Finn had some sense, UNLIKE EVERYONE ELSE HE EVER MET.

#but seriously - the fact that Han sized him up in 0.5 seconds and tagged him#‘genuinely good not a concern can probably help in a jam ignore anything he actually says cause he’s running scared and kind of adorable#is one of my favorite ‘scoundrel’ abilities :) (@redshoesnblueskies)

you don’t get to be a high-level smuggler without plenty of points in Sense Motive

I’ve made a lot of special modifications myself.

Don’t worry fellow Star Wars fans, I know Han Solo will return as #Han Solo the White

HANDALF

HANDALF THE WHITE

I always assumed, based on the scenes, that Han has seen a young version of himself in this kid. Han starts out and really enters this journey on the motivation of getting a reward from royalty for helping Princess Leia. And it’s the same in the sense that Finn’s circumstance, it influences an element of dishonesty and Han sees that, he susses it. He’s like, “I know what you’re doing, kid,” and he susses that out. But also, it’s a nice charming relationship, because Finn doesn’t have respect for him. Finn is not like, “oh my gosh, you’re…” Finn’s just kind of like, “yeah, so how’re you going to help?” And that makes a funny relationship. And also, Han knowing so much now, it’s like, “this kid is like me and I’m gonna have his back.” And I love that. - John Boyega.

Some things I’ve been thinking about:

and oh my god, like. part of the reason han is so snappy with luke in anh is that he sees luke, with his hope and his wonder and his eagerness, and he sees his younger self. and too bad for the kid, he thinks, he’s gonna learn the hard way that none of it means anything, that it’s all simple tricks and nonsense, but that’s life. but still, there’s this little part of han, this little voice in his head saying, “what if…” what if there’s something to it after all, the old man could be the jedi kenobi, he’s the right age, even looks a little like him… han tries to shut those thoughts down, tell himself not to be so soft, but then kenobi dies and he can’t help it, he feels like he’s lost that childhood innocence all over again. but he’s been there already, it’s more of a dull ache than the sharp world-rending pain he felt years ago. and then there’s luke, being hit with that loss all at once, and leia, bearing the weight of a world that is no longer there at all, and these two STILL have faith in people, in the cause, in something other than themselves. and han, seven years old or twenty-nine, couldn’t leave then if he tried.

Incestual Realization Of Han Solo 

literally crying with laughter.

This was at least twice as funny as I thought it was going to be.

FRI cK