Harrison Ford says Han Solo may fly again in ‘ Star Wars’
This will likely be bigger news to “Star Wars” geeks than any dumb old presidential election.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Harrison Ford is open to bringing Han Solo back to life on the silver screen in 2015.
“Harrison is open to the idea of doing the movie and he’s upbeat about it, all three of them are,” a source close to the just- announced “Star Wars” sequel told the magazine, referring to Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher, the trio that starred in George Lucas’ first three “Star Wars” films.
Hamill is now an in- demand voice actor, while Fisher used a gift for acerbic memoir to deliver “Postcards from the Edge” and “Wishful Drinking.”
Unlike his co- stars, Ford, who was 35 when the Star Wars franchise was launched, became a Hollywood megastar. But for some reason Ford, now 70, hasn’t disguised his disdain for Solo. “As a character he was not so interesting to me,” the frosty Ford explained in an ABC interview in 2010.
Stop it … ( sniff). You stop that, Han Solo.
Solo was actually supposed to be killed off in early outlines for “Episode VI: Return of the Jedi,” a decision that would have upset many, many fans and ewoks. As Ford told ABC in the same interview: “I thought he should have died in the last one to give it some bottom. … George didn’t think there was any future in dead Han toys.”
Ha, ha, ha ( I laugh nervously, clutching a Han Solo action figure in each hand). No, really. I am. Disney, which acquired Lucasfilm in a $ 4.05 billion deal, will certainly offer a stellar payday to coax Ford back. Ford might also be drawn by the fact the respected Kathleen Kennedy is taking over as Lucasfilm president and as executive producer of the “Star Wars” series.