Harrison Ford Wanted to Kill Han Solo!

Posted Apr 18th 2008 3:32PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Action, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Movie Marketing, Remakes and Sequels

Say it ain't so, Dr. Jones! Entertainment Weekly continues their coverage of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull with a very in-depth four-page spread on the film; including interviews with most of the cast, as well as this little nugget from Harrison Ford with regards to the death of Indiana Jones: "A death scene for Dr. Jones? That would never happen, Harrison Ford assures us. He remembers trying to persuade Lucas to kill off his Han Solo character in the second or third initial Star Wars movie, insisting it'd make for a better story. ''You don't need him,'' says Ford. ''He's got no mama, got no papa - out there all by himself. He's a piece you can move around or get rid of. But I couldn't get George to go along with that. He didn't want to stop making the toys.''

George didn't want to stop making the toys. I love it! In addition to fun little facts like that, EW has revealed two new photos from the film (included in the gallery below). The entire article is definitely worth a read, though Lucas still sounds like an old bitter dude when it comes to films that are overly-hyped: "All I'm saying is, I have been there, and I have walked through the valley of death on highly anticipated sequels." Always the negative one ...

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1. Sorry to say but this is very old news. Ford was saying this during press for "Return of the Jedi".

Posted at 3:51PM on Apr 18th 2008 by DAVID F

2. Don't be sorry, it's okay. This one is for those who don't remember what Ford said when he was doing press for Jedi 25 years ago. Thanks for sharing though -- and while it might not be new news to you, it might be new news to someone else. And in that case, that's just swell.

Posted at 3:54PM on Apr 18th 2008 by Erik Davis

3. It's also mentioned on the Star Wars (Episodes 4-6) special edition set. However, you are a busy bloke so perhaps it's forgivable.

Posted at 4:00PM on Apr 18th 2008 by cinematical

4. True true. You know what would be cool though? How bout a post about what everyone at Cinematical feels about this new Indy film...and why? I for one am looking forward to it and am sooooo tired of all the negative vibes by folks who haven't seen it! So, how bout it? What do all those 20 bloggers on the column up there to the right think about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?

Posted at 4:03PM on Apr 18th 2008 by DAVID F

5. It's funny that Lucas is a bitter bastard! I don't know if Lucas gets the fact that he didn't write it and Spielberg is directing! So that alone should make for a better sequel than, i don't know, let me see here. Oh yeah!!! EVERY SEQUEL HE WROTE AND DIRECTED FOR STAR WARS!!! He's going to knock it because HE failed with the "oh i've had the story for a new Star Wars in my head for years". YEARS!!!! Then why couldn't he pass the writing off to someone who can do it!!! My first rant!! The big brain is winning again, Woohahaha. I am the greetest and now i'm leaving earth for no raisen!!

Posted at 4:19PM on Apr 18th 2008 by WARBRINGER DOOM

6. David, I'm supposed to stay hush hush on this, but next week we're launching our 10 most anticipated films of the summer and Indy is on there. So you'll be able to see what we think when that hits.

Posted at 4:26PM on Apr 18th 2008 by Erik Davis

7. Way to blow it, Davis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Just kidding. Looking forward to it.)

Posted at 8:42PM on Apr 18th 2008 by Sam

8. Too bad Han Solo is galaxies away, and was born a long, long time ago.

Posted at 3:55PM on Apr 19th 2008 by LiqwidZero

9. Sweet! I look forward to it. I hope it will emcompass the lil ones as well as the biggies comin' out. With Indy going fedora to cowl against Batman it feels like 1989 all over again!

Posted at 3:01PM on Apr 21st 2008 by DAVID F

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