History Heartwarming / Solo

** Han Solo is pretty well used to suggesting crazy plans and having everyone around him immediately doubt him. When he tells Chewie, during one crazy maneuver, to drop the landing gear, Chewy roars in response. Han says, "When I tell you to," in a normal tone of voice. Clearly Chewie said "When" and not "What!?". He has already learned to trust Han.

* In the Kessel mines, Chewie sees some Wookiee slaves and decides to abandon the plan to rescue them. Instead of arguing, Han just says "you might need this" and tosses his spear to Chewie. He makes it clear he's ready to never see the Wookiee again as he's finding his people.

** Han Solo is pretty well used to suggesting crazy plans and having everyone around him immediately doubt him. When he tells Chewy, during one crazy maneuver, to drop the landing gear, Chewy roars in response. Han says, "When I tell you to," in a normal tone of voice. Clearly Chewy said "When" and not "What!?". He has already learned to trust Han.
** Before that point in the story, Chewy showed his trust by allowing Han to do the prisoner-guard routine with him, something that he objected to strongly when Luke suggested it years later.

* Just like ''Film/RogueOne'', the film brings back a character from the prequels, played by their original actor (albeit with a different voice this time), with the reveal played dead straight as a shocking twist despite the films' highly controversial regard among the fans. And this one has the bonus of implying there might be more plans for Darth Maul still to come. Ray Park was pretty happy to be back, and was quite pleased that it was in ''Solo'', as Han Solo is his favourite character.
** But even the voice is heartwarming. For fans of the cartoons/video games, Creator/SamWitwer is widely considered to BE Darth Maul, credited with turning him into an actual, fleshed-out character. Almost exactly a year after Witwer's last appearance on ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', it's great to hear his voice again.

* Creator/RonHoward [[https://twitter.com/realronhoward/status/1005721169553551361?s=21 took to twitter]] to say that despite the film not making as much money as expected, he’s still proud of the film and the work the cast and crew put into it. After seeing a lot of directors (most recently [[Film/Mother2017 Darren Aronofsky]], [[Film/GodsOfEgypt Alex Proyas]] and [[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Paul Feig]], to name a few) lash out at people for their film bombing, Howard instead expressing he’s proud of his film and the support he’s gotten throughout its run is very sweet to see.

* Just like ''Film/RogueOne'', the film brings back a character from the prequels, played by their original actor (albeit with a different voice this time), with the reveal played dead straight as a shocking twist despite the films' highly controversial regard among the fans. And this one has the bonus of implying there might be more plans for Darth Maul still to come.

* Creator/RonHoward [[https://twitter.com/realronhoward/status/1005721169553551361?s=21 took to twitter]] to say that despite the film not making as much money as expected, he’s still proud of the film and the work the cast and crew put into it. After seeing a lot of directors (most recently [[Film/Mother2017 Darren Aronofsky]] and [[Film/GodsOfEgypt Alex Proyas]] to name a few) lash out at people for their film bombing, Howard instead expressing he’s proud of his film and the support he’s gotten throughout its run is very sweet to see.

* Creator/RonHoward [[https://twitter.com/realronhoward/status/1005721169553551361?s=21 took to twitter]] to say that despite the film not making as much money as expected, he’s still proud of the film and the work the cast and crew put into it. After seeing a lot of directors (most recently [[Film/Mother2017 Darren Aronofsky]] and [[Film/GodsOfEgypt Alex Proyas]] to name a few) lash out at people for their film bombing, Howard instead expressing he’s proud of his film and the support he’s gotten throughout it’s run is very sweet to see.

* Creator/RonHoward [[https://twitter.com/realronhoward/status/1005721169553551361?s=21 took to twitter]] to say that despite the film not making as much money as expected, he’s still proud of the film and the work the cast and crew put into it. After seeing a lot of director’s (most recently [[Film/{{Mother}} Darren Aranofsky]] and [[Film/GodsOfEgypt Alex Proyas]] to name a few) lash out at people for their film bombing, Howard instead expressing he’s proud of his film and the support he’s gotten throughout it’s run is very sweet to see.

** What's more, L3 liberating the droids on the mining planet leads to them fleeing more droids, who eventually flee the badly-treated miners, who then proceed to revolt and fight their captors. Seeing them cheer and grin with joy as they realize that their shackles are ''gone'' is enough to warm your soul.

* This story is the start of a decades-long friendship between Han and Chewbacca.[[note]]44 years. That's two-third of Han's entire life.[[/note]]

** Even better? In ''Legends'', Chewbacca sticks around with Han because the Wookiee owes him a debt for having saved his life in the past. Here it's revealed that Chewbacca stuck around with Han not because he had to, but maybe because he likes Han and wants to keep being with him, and Han finds in him a copilot, a friend and [[UndyingLoyalty someone he can trust completely]].

* This story is the start of a 44 year-long friendship between Han and Chewbacca.[[note]]That's two-third of Han's entire life, by the way.[[/note]]

** Even better? In ''Legends'', Chewbacca sticks around with Han because the Wookiee owes him a debt for having saved his life in the past. Here it's revealed that Chewbacca stuck around with Han not because he had to, but maybe because he likes Han and wants to keep being with him, and Han finds in him a copilot, a friend and someone he can trust completely.

** Even better? In ''Legends'', Chewbacca sticks around with Han because the Wookiee owes him a life for having saved his life in the past. Here it's revealed that Chewbacca stuck around with Han not because he had to, but maybe because he likes Han and wants to keep being with him.

* This story is the start of a decades-long friendship between Han and Chewbacca.

** Even better? In ''Legends'', Chewbacca sticks around with Han because the wookie owes him a life for having saved his life in the past. Here it's revealed that Chewbacca stuck around with Han not because he had to, but maybe because he likes Han and wants to keep being with him.

** Qi-ra's words to Han Solo. She tells him what got her through 3 years apart was imagining herself having adventures with Han. Also counts as a TearJerker when you take into account she was just trying to tell him [[LyingToProtectYourFeelings a white lie]] so they would essentially part on good terms.

* In the Kessel mines, Chewie sees some Wookie slaves and decides to abandon the plan to rescue them. Instead of arguing, Han just says "you might need this" and tosses his spear to Chewie. He makes it clear he's ready to never see the Wookiee again as he's finding his people.

** What's more, L3's liberating the droids on the mining planet lead to a chain event where the droids freed more adroids, and those droids freed the miners, liberating the planets' slaves! Just seeing the miners cheer with joy is enough to warm your soul!

* In the Kessel mines, Chewie sees some Wookie slaves and decides to abandon the plan to rescue them. Instead of arguing, Han just says "you might need this" and tosses his spear to Chewie. He makes it clear he's ready to never see the Wookie again as he's finding his people.

* Rio Durant convincing Beckett and Val to take Han and Chewbacca onboard, rightfully guessing both can be trusted.

** Even better? In "Legends", Chewbacca sticks around with Han because the wookie owes him a life for having saved his life in the past. Here it's revealed that Chewbacca stuck around with Han not because he had to, but because he likes Han and wants to keep being with him.