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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 8941893" data-attributes="member: 7808">I think that's a great summary of RotS.  Also, it's surprisingly sexist.I'll remove the spoiler tags from this after you post your thoughts about watching Solo:IMNSHO, the most unfortunate part about Solo was the fact that they made it about Han Solo.  If you take Han out of the move, it becomes a neat little heist movie set in the Star Wars universe.  Some mild connections to the rest of the expanded lore.  Nice backstory that fills in some gaps.  And overall, just a fun balance of action and adventure with a few twists and turns.  Good stuff.Once you add Han in, it becomes much worse.  For starters, the idea that Han was so involved in the early phases of the Rebellion is as stupid as the plot point that Anakin built C-3PO.  It's coincidence that pushes past "unexpected" and goes straight into "contrived" or even "condescending".  But in the bigger picture, Solo ruins Han's character.When we met Han in ANH, he was a rough, seasoned smuggler.  He was shown to be the tough guy, and an expert criminal.  Throughout ANH, ESB, and RotJ he showed real character growth.  He struggled with his inner outlaw and worked hard to become a better person, transforming from a selfish renegade to a good guy, friend, and leader.Solo destroys all of that character growth.  With the new backstory they present, he spent his whole life as a big softie, always sacrificing to do the right thing, and always doing it for one girl or another.  The "tough guy" Han we met in ANH never existed; it was a facade he put on for 10 minutes. He no longer has character development, just character reversion. By trying to force a character arc into Han in Solo, they effectively destroyed any meaning to the arc he had in the original trilogy.  And that's a darn shame.</blockquote>

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