{"id":200328,"date":"2021-02-23T23:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/han-leia-star-wars-best-romance\/"},"modified":"2021-02-23T23:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:00:17","slug":"han-leia-are-still-star-wars-best-romance-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/23\/han-leia-are-still-star-wars-best-romance-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Han & Leia Are Still Star Wars’ Best Romance | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since George Lucas himself has admitted that romantic dialogue is one of his weaknesses, the Star Wars<\/strong><\/em> saga has always suffered in the love department. From toxic relationships to incest, Star Wars<\/em><\/a>\u00a0love stories have never been one of the movies\u2019 greatest strengths. But everyone\u2019s favorite galaxy far, far away<\/a> does have one love story that rings true, still holds up today (more or less), and feels right at home in Lucas\u2019 pulpy universe: Han Solo and Leia Organa.<\/p>\n

Not all of Star Wars<\/em>\u2019 non-Han and Leia romances are as woefully mishandled as Anidala or Reylo \u2013 there\u2019s a handful of great romantic arcs in The Clone Wars<\/em> \u2013 but Han and Leia still share the defining love story of the Star Wars<\/em> universe. Their relationship is one of the few beloved elements of the original trilogy that wasn\u2019t completely destroyed by Disney\u2019s Star Wars sequels<\/a>. The Force Awakens<\/em>\u2019 revelation that they broke up off-screen was pretty disappointing, but Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher still had just as much chemistry as they did 30 years earlier and nailed the heartwarming reunion scene (and heartbreaking farewell scene). Give or take a couple of details like Leia consoling Rey after Han\u2019s death instead of Chewie, their timeless arc from the original trilogy remains intact.<\/p>\n

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Where Han and Leia were the main romance in the original trilogy, Anakin and Padm\u00e9\u2019s forbidden love was the main romance of the prequels and Rey and Ben Solo\u2019s toxic Force dyad took over the sequels. Criticism of Anidala sounds like a broken record now, because it\u2019s been one of the most polarizing elements of the trilogy since it first hit theaters. Scenes like \u201cI don\u2019t like sand\u201d are widely recognized for their cringe factor. But at least Anakin and Padm\u00e9\u2019s romance served a purpose in the plot. The sequel trilogy\u2019s Reylo storyline, on the other hand, always felt forced. The Force Awakens<\/em> set up Finn as Rey\u2019s love interest and Kylo Ren as her mortal enemy, but The Last Jedi<\/em> sidelined Finn<\/a> and forced a love story between Rey and Kylo, turning well-placed hatred into misguided affection. Then, The Rise of Skywalker<\/em> doubled down on this dynamic to pander to the Reylo shippers in the audience. It\u2019s only thanks to Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver\u2019s chemistry that it\u2019s even watchable.<\/p>\n

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The original trilogy gave Han and Leia\u2019s love story plenty of room to breathe. When they first meet on the Death Star in the original 1977 movie, they hate each other. But, unlike Rey warming to Ben\u2019s genocidal tendencies<\/a>, it was believable that they would eventually come to care about each other. After Han proves his capacity for heroism in the Battle of Yavin, Leia realizes there might be more to the Corellian scoundrel than she initially thought. The opening scenes of The Empire Strikes Back<\/em> give Han and Leia plenty of reasons to love each other and plenty of reasons to hide those feelings, then the inciting incident puts them in the Millennium Falcon together on the lam from the Imperial fleet, forcing them to confront their romantic tension.<\/p>\n

While Anidala\u2019s theme \u201cAcross the Stars\u201d has sweeping orchestrations befitting a Shakespearean tragedy<\/a>, \u201cHan Solo and the Princess\u201d remains John Williams\u2019 best composition capturing the complex emotions of an on-screen romance. A lot of Han and Leia\u2019s scenes in Empire<\/em> came from an early draft by Queen of Space Opera Leigh Brackett, who had previously crafted the romantically charged dynamics of Marlowe and Vivian in The Big Sleep<\/em> and Chance and Feathers in Rio Bravo<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The arc of Han and Leia\u2019s emotions in Empire<\/em> rings much truer than that of Anakin and Padm\u00e9 or Rey and Ben ever did. Their love story anchors some of the most memorable moments in Empire<\/em>, from their bickering masking affection at the Hoth base to their first kiss interrupted by C-3PO. And, of course, it all culminates in one of the movie\u2019s greatest moments (on par with Yoda lifting the X-wing, but not quite on the same level as \u201cI am your father\u201d<\/a>) when Han is about to be frozen in carbonite. Leia says, \u201cI love you,\u201d and Han, cool as ever, replies, \u201cI know.\u201d In the original script, Han was actually supposed to say, \u201cI love you, too,\u201d but Harrison Ford didn\u2019t think Han would say that, so he changed it to what has since become one of the most iconic movie quotes of all time.<\/p>\n

With a decidedly lighter tone than Empire<\/em>, Return of the Jedi<\/em> gave less of a spotlight to Han and Leia\u2019s love story to make way for more Ewok antics. But it still provided a satisfying conclusion to their arc. After the devastating final moments of Empire<\/em>, Leia infiltrates Jabba\u2019s palace to save Han. In the final battle on Endor, when Leia reveals the concealed blaster that will save Han\u2019s life, he says, \u201cI love you,\u201d and this time, she\u2019s the one who says, \u201cI know,\u201d before blowing away a couple of Stormtroopers. The emotional climax of Return of the Jedi<\/em> is Darth Vader\u2019s redemption in his son\u2019s eyes<\/a>, but the movie also gets Han and Leia to a happy place after all the tragedy and heartbreak they\u2019ve been through.<\/p>\n

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