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Chewbacca
In A New Hope, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker meet Chewbacca, the Wookiee copilot of the Millennium Falcon, in the Mos Eisley Cantina.
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Timothy Lawrence
Andor Season 1 Mirrors the Original Trilogy
The four arcs of the first season of Andor mirror sections of the original trilogy.
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Timothy Lawrence
Between a Believer and a Skeptic
In "Aldhani" (Andor 1.4), after leaving his home world of Ferrix, Cassian Andor joins a Rebel group and finds himself caught between the true believer…
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Timothy Lawrence
It's Not My Fault!
The Empire Strikes Back draws a series of parallels between Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, highlighting how both have matured by becoming leaders who…
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Robert Brown
Finn's Lessons
Around the midpoint of both The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, Finn travels through hyperspace with a mentor figure who tries to teach him an…
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Timothy Lawrence
Conflicted Sons
At the climaxes of both Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, a son has a violent confrontation with his father.
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Timothy Lawrence
Han's Coffins
In The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo is frozen in carbonite so that Darth Vader can test carbon-freezing as a means to capture Luke Skywalker.
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Robert Brown
Like Father, Like Son
After his return to the light side in The Rise of Skywalker, Ben Solo makes some comic gestures that recall the mannerisms of his father, Han Solo.
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Robert Brown
Using Your Eyes
In "Always Two There Are" (Rebels 2.5), Kanan Jarrus trains Ezra Bridger in the ways of the Force while Captain Rex watches and gives his own advice.
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Timothy Lawrence
Chewie Wails While Han Freezes
In both the first and third acts of The Empire Strikes Back, Chewbacca wails because Han Solo is going to be frozen.
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Timothy Lawrence
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A Smuggler's Regress
In A New Hope, Leia Organa tells the “mercenary” Han Solo, “If money is all that you love, then that’s what you’ll receive.” She doubts “if he really…
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Robert Brown
Dryden Vos
In Solo: A Star Wars Story, Han Solo has to perform a job for Dryden Vos, a gangster who works for the crime syndicate Crimson Dawn.
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