10 Problems Nobody Wants To Admit About The Original Star Wars Trilogy

2. Han Solo Acts Like A Huge Wimp In Return Of The Jedi

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Han Solo is renowned as one of cinema's most esteemed badasses - a charming rogue of a character if ever there was one; the kind of guy who shoots firsts and asks questions later. He's not the sort of person who mopes around and gets sensitive when he suspects a woman doesn't like him; that's exactly the opposite kind of behaviour that you'd expect from a man who made the Kessel run in less twelve par secs.

Not according to the likes of Return of the Jedi, a movie with replaces Han Solo that of a certified wimp. Seriously: being encased in carbonite must have messed with Han's brain.

For the sum of the third Star Wars flick, Han is - quite frankly - embarrassing to watch. He gets all sensitive and jealous when he begins to suspect that Leia has feelings for Luke, which causes him to sulk. Han Solo sulking? That's not the character we fell in love with.

And, yes, obviously his new persona is supposed to suggest "development," but c'mon! Try and forget it about it all you want, but - truth is - Han Solo was reduced to a stiffing bore.

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Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.