{"id":77588,"date":"2026-04-16T01:19:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/the-galaxys-edge-han-solo-proves-you-really-cant-replace-harrison-ford\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T01:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:19:32","slug":"the-galaxys-edge-han-solo-proves-you-really-cant-replace-harrison-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/the-galaxys-edge-han-solo-proves-you-really-cant-replace-harrison-ford\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Galaxy&#8217;s Edge&#8217; Han Solo Proves You Really Can&#8217;t Replace Harrison Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/star-wars-galaxys-edge-han-solo-1280x853.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Earlier this year during her exit interview from Lucasfilm with Deadline, Kathleen Kennedy briefly touched on her one regret with\u00a0<em>Solo: A Star Wars Story<\/em>\u2014the idea that \u201cwhen you\u2019re into something and you realize fundamentally, conceptually, you cannot replace Han Solo, at least right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turns out the Disney Parks have proved her right again.<\/p>\n<p>Today Disney and Lucasfilm revealed the latest addition to the overhaul of <em>Galaxy\u2019s Edge<\/em>\u2014shifting from its initial plans to a familiar hodgepodge of things from the original <em>Star Wars <\/em>trilogy\u2014in the form of the Han Solo character, who will walk around the park (joining the previously established Luke Skywalker and the still unrevealed Princess Leia).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Never tell me the odds. Meet Han Solo, Captain of the Millennium Falcon, at Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge in\u00a0Disneyland Park starting\u00a0April\u00a029. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XQnKhckvVt\">pic.twitter.com\/XQnKhckvVt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Star Wars (@starwars) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starwars\/status\/2044460879211860316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, this is not a knock on the cast member who\u2019s been hired to fill those Corellian-bloodstriped pants. He looks perfectly fine, even a little like Nathan Fillion forgot his Mal Reynolds costume and just decided to give up the pretense. The costume itself is similarly cromulent as a replica of Han\u2019s <em>Return of the Jedi<\/em> look, but perhaps a little\u00a0<em>too<\/em> clean and neat for Han Solo. The problem with the look, if anything, is the wig, which makes this poor man look like half a Wookiee has been dumped on his head and only <em>kinda<\/em> styled.<\/p>\n<p>But it all comes together to paint a picture that is <em>just<\/em> off enough that the real problem hits you: damn, it really\u00a0<em>is<\/em> just impossible to replace Harrison Ford in your mind\u2019s eye. And that sets it all off even if, again, all the other elements are by and large fine.<\/p>\n<p>For all the benefits Disney feels it\u2019s going to get from pruning out as much of\u00a0<em>Galaxy\u2019s Edge<\/em>\u2018s original worldbuilding to just give the masses the\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em> they want, there is probably something in the fact that you now run the risk of creating enough uncanny valley with people that these wandering characters don\u2019t quite feel like the legendary characters they\u2019re meant to be. And if Alden Ehrenreich, acting his socks off, couldn\u2019t shake that effect off of people, what hope does a random Disney cast member have?<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a good reason a lot of those parks characters are people in full-body suits and helmets: those are much easier to get looking right!\u00a0Which is probably why you\u2019ll see a lot more Vader and Stormtroopers than Han wandering around Disneyland\u2019s\u00a0<em>Galaxy\u2019s Edge<\/em> when the rollout of new timeline changes begins on April 29.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year during her exit interview from Lucasfilm with Deadline, Kathleen Kennedy briefly touched on her one regret with\u00a0Solo: A Star Wars Story\u2014the idea that \u201cwhen you\u2019re into something and you realize fundamentally, conceptually, you cannot replace Han Solo, at least right now.\u201d Turns out the Disney Parks have proved her right again. 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