![]() ![]() They used a large facility housed in the Jedi Temple to freeze themselves in carbonite, as a means to smuggle their team past the prison facility's life-form scanners. ĭuring the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, and the clone troopers under their command embarked on an extraction mission to the Citadel on Lola Sayu. The earliest known use of carbon freezing living victims to be displayed as trophies dated back thousands of years to the ancient Krath and their conquest of the carbonite mines of the Empress Teta system. However, with some modification industrial grade freezing chambers could be modified into a crude and indeed painful means of bio-stasis sometimes described as "a big wide-awake nothing." At various times the likes of Imperials, bounty hunters, and underworld gangsters were known to use this cruel but effective method. Only industrial applications remained in common usage, typically for freezing coaxium, tibanna, and other volatile cargoes for transport. Over time the use of carbon freezing dropped off as the advent of hyperdrives eliminated the need for such extended voyages, and bio-enthropic field generators became standard for medical stasis applications. Ushering a new age of exploration that expanded the pre- Republic borders, carbonite freezing was employed aboard ancient sleeper ships to keep crews alive in extended periods of hibernation as they traversed interstellar space. The discovery of the peculiar stasis qualities of carbonite by the scientists from the planet Koros Major saw the end of generation ships and development of sleeper ships. Had Ford committed to three films like Fischer and Hamill, then we likely would never have gotten to see him encased in carbonite." Are, uh, we sure this thing is safe? I don't wanna end up a wall decoration." ― ARC trooper " Fives," before the Battle of Lola Sayu He said, “I thought the best utility of the character would be for him to sacrifice himself to a high ideal and give a little bottom, a little gravitas to the enterprise.”įord eventually did get his wish, as well as millions of dollars, when Force Awakens came out in 2015. In an interview with Conan O’Brien, Ford explained that he wanted Solo to die. One reason could be that he was a little unhappy with the material. What Does Ford Think?Īnyone who’s seen Return of the Jedi can tell Ford’s heart isn’t quite in the movie. When Kazanjian asked what would happen if Ford did come back, “George simply replied that we would then write him into Jedi.” Solo getting encased in carbonite was all done assuming he would not return, so his daring rescue was invented because he decided to come back. When I suggested to George we should bring him back, I distinctly remember him saying that Harrison would never return.” Howard Kazanjian, a producer on Return of the Jedi and Indiana Jones, explained that Ford’s contract was the reason “why he was frozen in carbonite in The Empire Strikes Back. One man who suspected Ford may be done was George Lucas. ![]() It’s crazy to think about this in hindsight, but it was totally plausible for Ford to leave this franchise behind in 1980. Before doing Return of the Jedi, he found time to star in Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, and Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. To make matters even more complicated, the success of the first two Star Wars films had made him an enormous star. Ford earned just $10,000 for A New Hope, but he would go on to earn $34 million for The Force Awakens many years later.įord’s contract differed in one significant way from Fischer and Hamill’s: he only agreed to do two films. To make matters worse, the principal players weren’t terribly well paid. Other than Alec Guinness, no one in the cast really expected the film to be a success. Harrison Ford’s Contract Dispute Caused Iconic Momentįord joined Mark Hamill and Carrie Fischer as the young stars of Star Wars. It’s been endlessly parodied, turned into a lego minifig, and probably wouldn’t have happened if George Lucas had a crystal ball. Among the most iconic visuals is Han Solo, played of course by Harrison Ford, encased in carbonite at the conclusion of the Empire Strikes Back. Star Wars is loaded with some of the most famous iconographies in the history of popular culture.
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