jobloffski
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Are people insane? Solo begins would be shite, just as shite as little Anakin and little Boba.
Scenario: referred to, but not portrayed backstory for Chewbacca having looked after young/teenage Han. In the film, Han already established as a smuggler/pirate, introduced at a game of chance in which he wins a spaceship, the brand spanking new Millenium Falcon from his good but untrustworthy at times friend, Lando Calrissian. Game ends with the pissed off Lando eyeing cocky Han and potential rumble interrupted by the former owner of the ship (from whom it was stolen) leading an attack on the location, during which Han saves Lando, cementing an 'I owe you one' type understanding between them.
The Empire rules with an iron fist, so all the people willing to ply their own trade are desperado types, or thrill seekers, so no need for crowded locations to be seen, just the shadowy places. If you don't trouble the empire, the empire doesn't trouble you situation. But there are some 'imperial entanglements'. A person has to be protected from bounty hunters,the most dangerous of the hunters is Boba Fett, who is, unknown to Han, in Jabba's pocket (or is Jabba too afraid of him not to employ him). Fett is much more someone to worry about than the big talking but cowardly Greedo, who is jealous of Han's status as Jabba's go to smuggler (a status earned during the film, under the possibility that Jabba will, whenever he feels like it, switch favourites. In the underworld, all alliances are convenience and trust can make you a target
Blah blah blah etc. Anyway, we originally 'met' han as a rogue who was later redeemed. He should be a rogue in a spin off. Maybe more of a rogue than he was when we first met him. Doing things that are questionable in a time of martial law, with the challenge to his 'the better I behave the more danger I end up in' being the person he is paid to transport being a more 'pure' type. And as running gag and also causal factor for the action, trying to be nice ALWAYS puts Han and Chewie (the more moral of the pair) in danger.
cast 5-8 years younger than Han in A New Hope, with the pristine Falcon taking the batterings over the course of several films to be in the 'what a piece of junk' condition (or damaged enough in one film to imply accurate continuity) for ANH.
Basically, the 'story' for a Han film cam only logically be rooted 'exploits prior to the fateful meeting with Kenobi and Luke' because Han doing the kind of things Han refers to, with the attitude Han displays is surely the kick off point. No soap opera stuff or how Han becanme blah blah.More or less a loner with a friend, doing his best not to give a shit.
Basically what Firefly grew from, reverted to its seed.
Job done.
< Message edited by jobloffski -- 7/2/2013 4:45:53 PM >
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