Big news last week that Tim brought us on Disney acquiring the Star Wars franchise. Did my head explode Scanners style? Fuck no. I’ve always been a Star Trek guy. Sure, I love the original Star Wars trilogy, but I’m not a fanatic over it. The prequel trilogy was also pretty crappy, and I was pretty “eh” over them when I saw them in the theaters.
Well, after news that Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher had advance notice that there was going to be a continuation of the franchise, now word is getting out from “sources” that Harrison Ford is interested in coming back as everyone’s favorite rascally anti-hero who probably influenced a lot of guys to tell girls “I know.” when the girl told them they loved them, and instead of getting a kiss or smile, they fumed and ran off.
As I’ve been following this news, his status on it is what’s interested me the most, since he’s been taking it easy and doing maybe 1 film a year, and hasn’t really done anything truly fun in a long time (except for Hollywood Homicide which I friggin’ love and is unjustly hated.)
So apparently his being on board depends on the script and who the director is. It’s also rumored that this may be a passing on the torch kind of thing where Luke, Han, and Leia become background characters, while newer blood takes over.
Yeah, take all this with a grain of salt until something solid comes out of this.
Source: Cinema Blend
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I’ll wait til we hear it from Ford himself honestly. Would it be cool to see him back as Han? Damn right! Is it highly unlikely? Also, damn right. I love that pic of him, btw. And Hollywood Homicide IS great fun. One of my fav movies from ’03, when every week you had a new awesome movie car chase in the summer (Matrix Reloaded, Italian Job, Hollywood Homicide, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Bad Boys II, etc.).
I was just scouring online for a picture of Ford as Han Solo and came across that one. I started laughing and knew I’d found the perfect picture for the article.
Glad to know there’s other people out there who enjoy Hollywood Homicide!
“It’s also rumored that this may be a passing on the torch kind of thing where Luke, Han, and Leia become background characters, while newer blood takes over.”
This sounds like the best way of bringing back the classic characters, while making room for the new. STAR WARS has been a generational saga with the six movies we’ve been given thus far, and it’s logical for the sequel trilogy to follow the same pattern, with VII-XI chronicling the adventures of Han and Leia’s offspring, with Luke possibly acting as an Obi Wan-style mentor.
(Of course, if we’re to assume ep. VII takes place thirty-two years after VI, Lei and Han’s kids would have to be in their late 20’s or something. I’m worried Disney will try to regress them into “hip” teenagers, or at least a Disney executive’s perception of a “hip” teenager.)
YES! Thanks for the shout out to Hollywood Homicide! I think that was the last time Ford appeared to be enjoying himself in a film, and it helps immensely. When he steals the bicycle from the little girl during the end chase and just screams incoherently in her face…I just lose it, every time.
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