it cracks me up how fandom still sometimes mistakes han solo for like…. a cool bad boy, but literally everyone in the actual star wars universe knows the truth. even fucking snoke…. snoke…..who didn’t have the perception to realize when he was Totally about to Get Murdered….. even he can look at han solo’s only son and be like “you’re fucked, kid. your dad was the nicest man in space. a slightly prickly teddy bear with a marshmallow center. a pushover. his vest pockets? full of ice cream money. if you’ve got a mean bone in your body, you got it from your terrifying mother”
like i’m rewatching tlj and snoke’s line about kylo ren having “too much of his father’s heart” …. how the fuck does snoke know about han solo’s big beautiful heart, i am really asking??? did he once give snoke’s ship a fucking jump when it was stalled out? did han solo appear in the star wars equivalent of those sarah mclachlan commercials, holding a fucking adoptable porg in each hand? did kylo ren tell snoke stories about his dad picking him up from school and taking him out for burgers like what the fuck, how the fuck does the entire universe, including a fucking sith lord, know what a sweet crusty old fucking dope han solo was??? were there fucking pamphlets???!!?!
“Rey was a second chance for Han to be the father he wanted to be, and
he taught her the most important lesson that any of us can learn: you
matter.” 😢
What I like about Ben/Kylo’s decision after defeating the Praetorian Guard is that it shows how things like conversion and salvation are not instantaneous, clearly identifiable, clean-cut events. They are journeys, processes, sometimes nonlinear. Choosing to be good is not a one-time event, it is something you must choose again and again.
Han Solo to baby Ben in Aftermath: Empire’s End:
“Hey. It’s you and me, kid. Whole damn galaxy against us but we’ll make it through okay. I’m not always gonna be the best dad—c’mon, I don’t know what the hell I’m doing here. I can barely take care of myself. But I’ll always keep us pointed in the right direction…even if we zig and zag a little to get there. There’s your first lesson: Sometimes doing the right thing doesn’t mean following a straight line. Sometimes you gotta—” He takes his hand and gestures with it like it’s a fish swimming this way and that, left and right and up and down. “Don’t tell your mother I said that.”
Reylo Source 