Line #3 Heartwarming/Solo


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4	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Chewie, [[Film/{{Casablanca}} I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.]]"'']]
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6	* This story is the start of a decades-long friendship between Han and Chewbacca.[[note]]44 years from this to Han's death in ''The Force Awakens''. That's two-thirds of Han's entire life.[[/note]]
7	** In the cell/pit, Han befriends Chewbacca after revealing he can speak the latter's language. In fact, they successfully work together to pull off a trick to escape. It's strangely heartwarming that their friendship was built on [[FireForgedFriends the two of them escaping from a common enemy]].
8	** Chewie has been victim of {{dehumanization}} at the hands of the Empire: trapped in a muddy pit and treated like a feral "beast" to throw other prisoners to. Han starts treating him like a person the second he figures out he's a Wookiee.
9	** 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 great copilot, a friend and [[UndyingLoyalty someone he can trust completely]].
10	** 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, Chewbacca 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.
11	** Before that point in the story, Chewie showed his trust by allowing Han to do the prisoner-guard routine with him, something that he objected to strongly when [[Film/ANewHope Luke suggested it years later]].
12	* Han and Qi'ra's {{Adorkable}} reunion.
13	** 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.
14	* Beckett and Val's relationship, which is portrayed as truly loving. Their ultimate goal from all the crime? To retire in happiness together.
15	* It doesn't last, but Beckett told Han and Chewie to take off after the failed train job. The Crimson Dawn don't know them, won't come after them if he can't get the syndicate to accept his apology and let him make it right. Maybe he was lying, maybe not, but it's touching and they're both ready to believe him in the moment.
16	* Rio Durant convincing Beckett and Val to take Han and Chewbacca onboard, rightfully guessing both can be trusted. He's also a quite easy-going and friendly guy overall.
17	* 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 still his relatively new Wookiee friend. He makes it clear he's ready to never see the Wookiee again as he's finding his people.
18	** Even more poignant when you consider the decision by the filmmakers to omit (for this film anyway) the "life debt" aspect of Solo and Chewbacca's relationship. Here Chewie is perfectly free to leave Han and go with his own kind; he chooses to return because he WANTS to.
19	** Becomes better when Chewie helps save Han later, showing he now knows he has a friend for life who needs his help.
20	* Despite joking about getting her mindwiped and L3's frequent snarky comments, it's clear L3 and Lando care about each other. After L3 instigates a slave rebellion on Kessel, a firefight breaks out and pins the group down and results in L3 getting shot. Despite Beckett and Han's demands he stay back, Lando rushes out to go rescue her. She doesn't make it and spends her last moments in absolute terror as her systems shut down, with Lando unable to do anything but tell her she will be fine.
21	** However, along with her navigational systems, her personality is uploaded to the ''Millennium Falcon's'' computer, which explains where the personality that C-3PO was talking about came from, meaning that the ''Falcon'' is essentially ''alive'' and helps to explain some of the impossible things she can do. Every time the ''Millennium Falcon'' appeared following the events of ''Solo'', L3 was there too, still helping to fight oppression.
22	** What's more, L3 liberating the droids on the mining planet leads to them freeing more droids, who eventually free 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.
23	* Somewhat of a tearjerker as well, but Qi'ra telling Han he's "The Good Guy," despite his claims that he's an "outlaw". Han clearly doesn't think much of himself, but others see the goodness in him.
24	* After Solo's final showdown with Beckett, he watches as Qi'ra fly off in her ship, finally realizing that his fantasy of running away with her will never come to life. Despite losing both his mentor and the woman he loved, there is hope as Chewie puts a reassuring hand on Han's shoulder, showing that while Han lost a lot- he gained a whole lot more.
25	* Just before the train job, the crew discuss what they want to do with their cut. Han translates that Chewie says he’ll find and free his people, which is heartwarming in and of itself. But the real kicker is after Han says he’s not sure if Chewie said ''tribe'' or ''family,'' Beckett replies: [[FamilyOfChoice “What’s the difference?”]]
26	* During the mass breakout on Kessel, we see slaves actually working together to get off the planet.
27	** The breakout actually kicks off because L3 removes the restraining bolt on a droid, who then starts a chain of releasing the rest of the droids in the control room. The droids then deactivate the chains on the slaves they had just been monitoring.

Context Heartwarming / Solo