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>>Solo's death meant nothing. Not just because
>>it was ridiculously predictable, but the Solo
>>character wasn't even like able let alone
>>recognizable.
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It was painful watching the 75 year-old version of Han Solo and realizing that he was still doing the same shit that instead of actually evolving as a character he was just a more physically handicapped version of the swashbuckling womanizer he was 40 years ago. They could have made Han Solo evolve in some interesting way, but instead they wanted to rehash the old, "I've got a bad feeling about this" lines and behavior so that the audience could get their fix of nostalgia.