The Question that Refuses to Die: Will Han Solo come back in the final installment of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy?

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Some questions, apparently, keep coming back, like kudzu...or a boomerang. 

 On Quora, Raivo Berkins asks:

 Will Han Solo come back in the final installment of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy?

 My reply: 
No, Han Solo, the iconic character played by Harrison Ford in the Original Trilogy and in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, will not come back in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. His character was killed off in that 2015 film in such a way that only the dimmest and least observant person could possibly believe that he survived.
Consider. In his last onscreen appearance in The Force Awakens, Han is:
  • Stabbed through the heart with a highly unstable but deadly lightsaber blade wielded by his own son, Ben Solo, aka Kylo Ren
  • Right after being stabbed through the heart, Han falls deep into a chasm under the bowels of Starkiller Base, a planet-turned-into-a-superweapon even more powerful than either Death Star used by the Empire
  • Shortly thereafter, Starkiller Base itself is destroyed by an explosion that engulfs the entire planet
And there’s this fact: Harrison Ford’s name is not on the cast list of The Rise of Skywalker. So there’s that.
Look. The only reason Harrison Ford even signed on to play Han in Episode VII was that Lucasfilm agreed to the actor’s main condition: that the character would be killed in the movie. Billing and salary were secondary issues for the legendary actor, so long as Han died, preferably in a noble bit of self-sacrifice.
So, no. Han ain’t coming back in Episode IX.

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