{"id":5320,"date":"2013-11-06T11:05:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T19:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=5320"},"modified":"2015-07-13T13:48:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T21:48:27","slug":"did-concerns-over-toy-sales-keep-han-solo-from-being-killed-off-in-return-of-the-jedi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2013\/11\/06\/did-concerns-over-toy-sales-keep-han-solo-from-being-killed-off-in-return-of-the-jedi\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Concerns Over Toy Sales Keep Han Solo From Being Killed Off in Return of the Jedi?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

MOVIE URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Concern over toy sales kept Han Solo from being killed off in Return of the Jedi<\/i>. <\/p>\n

One of the biggest decisions that filmmakers have to make when dealing with franchises is how to handle killing off characters. Do you kill off one of your main characters? And if so, which one? This debate was a major one for George Lucas when he began working on the final film of the original Star Wars<\/i> trilogy of films and as it turns out, at least one character might have survived due to, of all things, the Star Wars<\/i> line of toys. Read on to learn what went down in the great “Should Han Solo die in Return of the Jedi<\/i>?” debate of 1982. <\/p>\n

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