469: Improvised
| Improvised |
 Title text: Oh, your brother is Luke. Sorry, should've mentioned that first. |
Explanation
In the film "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back", just before Han Solo is frozen in carbonite, the following exchange occurs:
- Leia: I love you.
- Han: I know.
The original script had Han Solo respond with "I love you, too", but Harrison Ford felt that the character would not give such a cliched response, even in the face of likely death and ad-libbed the "I know" line that was actually used in the finished film. The ad-libbed line is generally though to be better than the original would have been.
The comic presents several alternate ad-libs that Ford could have made in that exchange as well as at various points throughout the trilogy.
The title text refers to the plot twist that Luke is Leia's brother, which would not be revealed until the next film in the series. How Han Solo knows this twist at this point in the story is unknown, but he must at least know that Leia has a brother in the centre left panel.
Transcript
- Harrison Ford Famously Improvised His "I know" Line in E.S.B. (The Empire Strikes Back). Here are a few of his less-successful ad-libs:
[Han Solo stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber]
- Leia: I Love You.
- Han: Well, Duh
- [Han Solo in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon]
- C-3P0: Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3720 to 1!
- Han: Seriously? ...Christ
[Han Solo stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber]
- Leia: I Love You.
- Han: Oh! Hey, that explains the kissing earlier.
- [Han Solo stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber]
- Leia: I Love You.
- Han: I'm Nailing Your Brother.
- [Han Solo standing in front of Luke Skywalker, who is holding the blast shield helmet. The training droid hovers between them]
- Han: Hokey Religions and ancient weapons are no match for scissors, though they do beat paper and rock.
- [Han Solo stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber]
- Leia: I Love You.
- Han: Cool. Listen, this thing is really, REALLY cold.
- [Han Solo stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber]
- Leia: I Love You.
- Han: Wowzers.
- [Han Solo sits with two others. General Madine approaches.]
- Madine: General Solo, is your strike team assembled?
- Han: Barely.
- Han: They're pretty drunk.
- [Han Solo and Princess Leia stand in an Ice Tunnel of Hoth]
- Leia: I'd just as soon kiss a wookie.
- Han: Man, me too, but chewie never seems interested.
- Han: Maybe I should Grow My hair out.
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Suggestion: add pansexual to the list of possible sexualities of Han when he ad-libs the line "I'm nailing your brother." This is also a valid sexuality, in which the gender and/or sex of the potential partner is considered unimportant. Therefore, Han having sex with Luke (a male) and seemingly being casual about the idea could make him pansexual. 141.101.70.43 19:47, 10 March 2015 (UTC) Am I Signing Right?
