Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker: Did Han Solo finally appear as a Force ghost facing Kylo Ren?

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Posted by Lisa Muratore the 16 January 768 at 20 h 00 .

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If some still had doubts, here is what should end the debate about the cameo of Harrison Ford in The Rise of Skywalker!

While Palpatine’s comeback could have been a lot more believable thanks to this story, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will at least have had the merit of satisfying many fans by bringing back the character of Han Solo during a brief cameo. A surprise comeback in front of Kylo Ren who allowed the young man to find redemption and which was according to Harrison Ford necessary vis-à-vis the apprehension of the character of Adam Driver. While echoing their face to face during The Force Awakens, this sequence was decisive to the point that many fans have questioned Han Solo’s abilities to convince his son Ben to move away from the dark side and more specifically the form adopted by the character of Harrison Ford.

Kylo Ren before Han Solo appeared in The Rise of Skywalker. – Credit (s): TM Lucasfilm Ltd

Did Han Solo use the Force in order to come back? Did he return as a Force ghost in The Rise of Skywalker ? Was it on the contrary just a memory of Kylo Ren? The first and the second option do not appear very plausible given that the famous bounty hunter has never shown any sensitivity towards the Force.

elsewhere, his interpreter Harrison Ford had previously returned to this quality in an interview with USA Today admitting to not even knowing what a Force ghost was : “A Force ghost? I don’t know what a Force ghost is. Don’t tell anyone. […] I have no p any idea what a Force ghost is. And I don’t care. ” This should be clear and close once and for all the debate about the appearance of Han Solo in JJ Abrams’ movie, the director having meanwhile not had much effort to convince Harrison Ford to return in the final epilogue !