The developing love story of Princess Leia and Han Solo is a one of the greatest, most tenuous on-screen romances of all time. The Princess and The Pauper. Beauty and the Beast. Prom Queen and the Bad Boy. Call it what you want. It worked. Here are some of their not often seen moments, as well as a few mentions of Han’s other love: The Millennium Falcon.
HAN SOLO & THE PRINCESS
When you storm down a hallways yelling, “You could use a good kiss!” then you know you’ve won the argument. The verbal spat between Han and Leia in the hallway on Hoth is a great character building moment in the film. Their original exchange was a bit longer.
Speaking of kissing, while awaiting ship repairs on Lando’s floating city of love, Leia and Han shared a kiss that ended up on the cutting room floor. It takes place during the scene where Leia’s becoming very anxious about being there. In the novelization, this scene takes place before Chewbacca enters the room with a box full of Threepio:
He moved closer and put his arm around her shoulders, pulling her closer to him. She gazed at him invitingly, and he moved to kiss her –
Greg Rossiter adds:
While listening to the [Empire Strikes Back – Special Edition] soundtrack, disc 2, track 9, I noticed there is some unused music from about 2:33 to 3:20 – some creepy strings and stuff, before going back to the music as heard in the film. Parts of it seem to just be deleted because they opted for silence in the film, but there’s too much material there overall (compared to the available screen time in the film) for that to explain everything. There might have been more footage there when Williams first scored it.
Below are some more images of Han Solo and the Princess that didn’t necessarily make it into the final film.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsahth
TINKERING WITH THE FALCON
Han and Chewie seemed to be endlessly tinkering and tweaking the Millennium Falcon. Most times, this was out of necessity. Enjoy these photos.
Where do you get the scene where han wraps his arms Around leia