Star wars frozen in carbonite9/16/2023 ![]() Star Wars producer Howard Kazanjian ended up being the one to convince Ford to reprise his role for the third film in the original trilogy. Kazanjian worked with Ford on Indiana Jones and the men were on good terms and he clearly made the correct points to change Ford's mind. By freezing Han in carbonite, they left open the opportunity for the character to return but they also planted a seed in case Ford never signed on for Return of the Jedi. Lucas and the Star Wars writers wanted to keep their options open. ![]() At one point, Ford had hoped that Han would be killed off in the sequel through some kind of sacrificial and heroic way. The actor was unsure about reprising his role for Return of the Jedi due to his growing popularity and his involvement in the Indiana Jones franchise. Unlike his costars, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher, Ford was only contracted for one Star Wars sequel. Harrison Ford's Uncertainty In Returning To Star Wars Inspired The Carbonite Scene Due to Ford's uncertainty in reprising his role as Han, Lucas decided to stall the character's arc by freezing him in carbonite. Lucas intended for the rebel to fly off with Chewie on the Millenium Falcon at the end of the film with the plan to return to his full compacity in Return of the Jedi. Han was never supposed to be captured by Darth Vader in Empire Strikes Back. Luke, Leia, Lando, and Chewbacca eventually rescue their friend so that he could rejoin the Rebel Alliance's efforts against the Empire but that wasn't always the original plan. Han was still frozen in carbonite at the start of Return of the Jedi. Related: The Mandalorian Finally Explains An Empire Strikes Back Mystery As he was being dragged to the chamber by Stormtroopers, Princess Leia informed Han that she loved him - to which he replied with the iconic line, "I know." After being frozen Han was then given to Boba Fett, who intended to deliver the man to Jabba the Hutt for a bounty. Han was then selected as the test subject to be frozen alive in a slab of carbonite. Here's why George Lucas changed the character's arc and what Ford wanted to happen to Han Solo.Īfter being betrayed by Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back, the heroes were handed over to Darth Vader. All he could do was subconsciously know that he was being held helplessly close to death.Han Solo being frozen in carbonite was not originally planned in the first Star Wars trilogy, but the event became one of Harrison Ford's defining moments in the franchise. He couldn’t even express himself with a scream because he was being suffocated. ![]() He couldn’t move, and he couldn’t satiate what he felt. Without any senses, the time had felt like an eternity of constant agony. ![]() It had been a grim sensation-as if for an eternity he’d been trying to draw breath, to move, to scream, every moment in conscious, painful asphyxiation.” Even though Han was not fully alive, the experience had been extremely gruesome. It was described as, “a period that was, to him, timeless. As the book explained, Han's time in the carbonite was like being in suspended animation – he was only alive enough to feel and know pain. The after-effects were bad enough, but the 1983 novelization of Return of the Jedi, which is no longer official canon, offered a glimpse into what it actually felt like for Han to be frozen. He was temporarily blind, dehydrated, weak, disorientated and he couldn’t remember what had happened to him. Essentially, after being deprived of everything for months (six in Legends, 12 in canon), his body went into sensory overload. When Han was finally unthawed in Return of the Jedi, the extended period of time being frozen, combined with the primitive freezing technology, caused him to have the classic symptoms of carbon sickness. ![]()
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