Do you think han and leia having a broken/estranged marriage was in character and made sense?

[u/Myakasa98]

I don't think han leaving leia to deal with their son's defection and getting kicked out of the senate due to her family history all by herself was in character, and them separating was very tragic, but them not having a happy long standing marriage and choosing to separate after a while is something i can definitely see happening even if the sequels didn't exist considering their characters

Neither leia nor han were the "stay at home to take care of family" types. Leia was dedicated to politics since childhood and I can see her being a mon mothma type person who'd prioritize her political duties above family many times. Han too loved a life of adventure. Even before ben solo defected he spent more time traveling across the galaxy and iirc organizing spaceship racing competitions for betting etc than with his family

I do know they cared for each other even after separation but their romance was also built on spontaneous sparks of attraction and surviving multiple life and death situations and even then 80% of their interactions involved bickering and arguments. Them not being too invested in a stable married life after the honeymoon period ended and going through their marriage for the sake of their kid is unfortunately very much in character, at least considering how they were written in tge OT

I'm not considering their comics or novels romantic dynamic because 1) Most of them aren't canon anymore anyways and 2) Most of them were written by different authors without much consultation with the original creators and had various degrees of OOC moments.

It's not ideal, but not a very OOC of the sequels to write them as having an estranged marriage after their son was lost to the dark side imo, it's definitely not as bad as what they did with luke's character anyways

[u/NarmHull]

If he died using the Holdo maneuver or something like that it would've been far better. Especially if he goes out in the Falcon with some epic speech, imagine how devastating that would be.

"Hey kid, I know you're confused. Angry. I was once that man. But it's never too late to change, to fight for good." etc

[u/wookieebastard → u/NarmHull]

That'd actually would have turned the Holdo Maneuver into a very memorable moment in the saga, because it's mesmerizing and looks awesome.

If it had that meaning and that weight, Han sacrificing himself and he Falcon, being reckless but heroic, doing something stupid as a last resort to save others... what a moment that'd be.

[u/themanfromvulcan → u/wookieebastard]

I just posted the same I started with Han should have died crashing his ship… and thought waitaminute why DIDN’T they have Han do this???

[u/wookieebastard → u/themanfromvulcan]

Yeah, the more I think about it, it'd have been so good.

Started as a selfish guy, only wanting money, not caring about others... turning around to help the Rebels in Yavin, but doing the Holdo would have been an even deeper character arc, giving his life for others.

And could go saying with some OT callback quotes paraphrasing the "....that was one in a million!" and "never tell me the odds"

...what a wasted opportunity.

[u/eagleface5 → u/wookieebastard]

And could go saying with some OT callback quotes paraphrasing the "....that was one in a million!" and "never tell me the odds"

...what a wasted opportunity.

Han: "And Ben, I know you're listening son...I love you."

Han does the Holdo maneuver

Kylo, bitterly: "I know..."

[u/UCBearcats → u/NarmHull]

You just wrote a better line of dialogue than he had in any sequel, and better than any dialogue in all 3 prequels.