While the news may not be straight from the legendary actor’s mouth, EW.com seems to think they’ve got a reliable beat on the return of the original Han Solo:
Harrison Ford is open to the idea of bringing Han Solo back to life on the silver screen in 2015, according to sources close to the just-announced Star Wars sequel, but don’t be surprised if his contract includes a mandatory death scene for the sly old space smuggler.
“Harrison is open to the idea of doing the movie and he’s upbeat about it, all three of them are,” said one highly placed source, referring to Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher, the trio that made a hyper-speed jump to global fame on May 25, 1977, the opening night for George Lucas’s original Star Wars film.
Many fans are dubious, however, as Ford has traditionally shunned all things Star Wars nostalgia-related:
In the 29 years since the red carpet premiere of Return of the Jedi, Ford has declined hundreds – if not thousands — of offers to appear at Star Wars events and cast reunions even the ones sanctioned and run by Lucasfilm. In fact, in all those years was only one offer he accepted: He attended a 30th anniversary screening of the The Empire Strikes Back in 2010 to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
What do you think? Any chance Ford will reprise his legendary role? Or is this just a bunch of hopeful Hollywood hype?
if he was willing to do 4 Indiana Jones movies, you would think that he could find time for Han Solo.
Besides, after Lucas made Greedo shoot first, Ford needs to prove that Han is still the bad-ass he used to be.
Or, maybe Lucas will threaten, “if you don’t do more movies, next time, Greedo won’t miss, and he will be the one to help Luke blow up the Death Star. And, another thing, Greedo will get to play Indiana Jones, too and you won’t get to kiss Karen Allen.”
-Jut