Creative Movie Makers understand they blundered when they killed-off Hans Solo. I believe they did this because Disney was doing a spin-off of Han, a name that means ‘Gift of God’. They held ‘The Board Meeting of the Stupid’ and talked about getting young people to associate with a younger Han so they can make more money. An old man sword fighting, does not get the juices of young males, flowing. So they run Han thru with a light saber which ranks as one of the worst scenes in movie history! Imagine if Santa Clause got into a sword fight with The Evil One, is stabbed in the heart – and dies! Harrison Ford is 72 and looks like Santa, or, Alec Guinness!
Harrison Ford is 72 and looks like Santa, or, Alec Guinness who suggested he had been hired to act in a movie resembling “Fairy-tale rubbish”. Harrison Ford also said he was in a “kind of fairy tale setting” that reminded him of the Grimm brothers who wrote Briar Rose, and Sleeping Beauty, a Belle who made Disney famous.
There is a striking paralel between the careers of Rutgar Hauer and Harrison Ford. They look a like. Rutgar played in the series Floris Rosenmund, which was based upon historic figures, some, who went on Crusade against Islam.
SYNOPSIS:
Hans Solo finds himself wandering in a ghost state on Skellig Michael. The light force fades away here. He climbs the ‘Eye of the Needle’ and is transported to McClure’s Beach in California. Coming down from the rock, he notices the plaque that says;
“WARNING: SIX KNOWN DEATHS”
He counts the number of the brave men and women he has known. Suddenly, he beholds his own death. He huddles in a cave nearby, and has amazing visions. He concludes he has not come into another dimension, but, his genetic memory has brought him home to……………….THE GARDEN!
As the sun is setting, he emerges from the cave and is startled by a group of young trippers who can not stop staring at him. Finally, a very beautiful young woman says;
“Dude! Your glowing. There’s a halo around your head!”
The four young roommates take Hans back to their house in Height where these wanna-bes have replicated the lifestyle of the sixties. Hans stops folks in their tracks as he walks down the street. A Jesus Freak, rushes up to Hans, and thrusts his Bible in his hands.
“Here! This is your book, and no longer mine!”
While Hans is enjoying the communal meal, the T.V. is turned on. As he takes in this show about a dude who swallows smart pills to fight crime, there is a news bulliten.
“A giant Yetti has come down from the mountains in Afghanistan, and is pounding Al-queda to death with what looks like the jawbone of an ass.”
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Talking on The Jonathan Ross Show, he said: “There is science fiction I’ve read that I really enjoyed, but I can’t say I was a fan of the genre.
“I don’t think of Star Wars as science fiction, really.
“What I understood about it was from the context of the characters, that I was one of a kind of fairy tale setting.
“Han Solo is dead. His dark side-loving son Kylo Ren stabbed him right through the chest with a lightsaber, which in the Star Wars universe usually proves fatal. But some fans aren’t convinced: They think that maybe, just maybe, a lightsaber stab and a fall into a bottomless pit on the Starkiller Base are only flesh wounds, and Han is still alive.”
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After the events of The Force Awakens, it appears incredibly unlikely that Harrison Ford will reprise his role as Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode 8. However, in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Harrison Ford teased that the character may still return.
It’s been rumoured that Yoda could return in Star Wars: Episode 8 as a Force ghost at Han’s funeral, but there’s one character who we all want to return that hasn’t really been discussed – and that’s Han Solo himself. A big part of why his return hasn’t been discussed is because he’s, well, dead, but that doesn’t mean that he couldn’t appear in future Star Wars movies. It’s impossible for Han to return as a Force ghost because he wasn’t force sensitive, and it’s also impossible for him to reprise his role as Han Solo’s corpse because that was incinerated when Starkiller Base blew up. While Darth Maul survived falling from a great height and being cut in half by Obi-Wan, it’s unlikely that Han Solo survived Kylo Ren’s attack for the same reason that his body can’t appear – Starkiller Base blew up. In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel earlier this year though, Harrison Ford remained coy over whether he could return
When Sherlock Holmes tumbled into a similar abyss, many fans and scholars loved pointing out that the body of the detective was never found. The same is true of Han Solo: We’re meant to believe that if the lightsaber stab didn’t kill Han, then the fall from that catwalk would finish the job. But people have survived great falls in Star Wars before, specifically Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back. After getting his hand sliced off by Darth Vader, Luke fell/jumped into an abyss in Cloud City only to find himself hanging on a weather vane on the bottom of the floating station. From there, he was picked up by the Millennium Falconafter Force-reaching out to Leia, and he lived to fight — and complain — another day.
Nearly everyone in the world witnessed Han Solo get killed by his son in “Star Wars Episode 7”, which still has lots of fans upset over the demise of such a beloved franchise character. All of this leads many “Star Wars” fanatics to speculate over the internet on the possibility that Han Solo is still alive.
The influence of these books was widespread. W. H. Auden praised the collection during World War II as one of the founding works of Western culture.[3] The tales themselves have been put to many uses. Hitler praised them as folkish tales showing children with sound racial instincts seeking racially pure marriage partners, and so strongly that the Allied forces warned against them;[4] for instance, Cinderella with the heroine as racially pure, the stepmother as an alien, and the prince with an unspoiled instinct being able to distinguish.[5] Writers who have written about the Holocaust have combined the tales with their memoirs, as Jane Yolen in her Briar Rose.[6]
Obi-Wan Kenobi
I have been offered a movie (20th Cent. Fox) which I may accept, if they come up with proper money. London and N. Africa, starting in mid-March. Science fiction – which gives me pause – but is to be directed by Paul [sic] Lucas who did “American Graffiti, which makes me feel I should. Big part. Fairy-tale rubbish but could be interesting perhaps.
And once he was on set, Guinness was no more impressed, writing to his friend:
… new rubbish dialogue reaches me every other day on wadges of pink paper – and none of it makes my character clear or even bearable. I just think, thankfully, of the lovely bread, which will help me keep going until next April even if Yahoo collapses in a week … I must off to studio and work with a dwarf (very sweet – and he has to wash in a bidet) and your fellow countrymen Mark Hamill and Tennyson (that can’t be right) Ford. Ellison (? – No!) – well, a rangy, languid young man who is probably intelligent and amusing. But Oh, God, God, they make me feel ninety – and treat me as if I was 106. – Oh, Harrison Ford – ever heard of him?
The mention of “Yahoo” refers to a play based on Gulliver’s Travels that Guinness starred in around that time. I love the idea of Guinness wandering around the Star Wars set calling Harrison Ford “Tennyson.
The story is set in 1650.[1] A local surgeon, Johan Claeszoons, meets a strange dwarf in the forest who is unable to speak his language. He shares some food with him and the dwarf becomes his friend. He turns out to be an alverman, who was banned from the kingdom of Avalon because he was too curious. He is only allowed to return to his people when if can bring something of use to the entire people of Avalon. His magic flute and his magic ring Fafiforniek aid him.
Later in the story Johan meets Rosita, the beautiful daughter of Don Cristobal de Bobadilla, with whom he falls in love, but he has to face the menace of her suitor, the evil Guy de Sénancourt as well as Cristobal, who sends his Native American servant Otorongo after him…
1975 saw a West German remake of the series, Floris von Rosemund, again starring Rutger Hauer, but with German actor Derval de Faria as Sindala.[5] This version put much more emphasis on the comedic aspects of the stories and provided the female characters Ada and Viola with larger parts than the original. Strangely enough the East German dub of the original Dutch, black and white, series was made two years after this, in 1977.[6]
Knight Floris van Roozemond (spelling varies with o/oo, s/z and d/dt), accompanied by the Indian Sindala (Bergman), returns home from a trip around the world only to find his castle occupied by Maarten van Rossum, the commander in chief of Charles, Duke of Guelders. Charles, who controls Guelders, is involved in a power struggle against Philip the Handsome who rules the Burgundian Netherlands, the rest of the Low Countries. Floris had so far been neutral due to his absence, but after he finds his castle stolen, he sides with Wolter van Oldesteijn, who is allied with Burgundy against Charles, Duke of Guelders. Charles and Maarten van Rossumare aided by the Frisian pirate Greate Pier partly as an ally, and partly to do the dirty work.
Floris of Rosenmund is a German television series in 1975 with Rutger Hauer and Derval de Faria in the lead roles. It is a remake of the Dutch series Floris – the man with the sword , in the Rutger Hauer also Floris embodied.
Rutger Oelsen Hauer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɵtxər ˈulsə(n) ˈɦʌuər]; born 23 January 1944) is a Dutch actor, writer, and environmentalist. He has acted in both Dutch and English-language TV series and films.
His career began in 1969 with the title role in the Dutch television series Floris. His film credits include Flesh+Blood,Blind Fury, Blade Runner, The Hitcher, Escape from Sobibor (for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor), Nighthawks, Wedlock, Sin City, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Ladyhawke, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Osterman Weekend, The Blood of Heroes, Batman Begins, Hobo with a Shotgun, and The Rite.
In 1360, during the Hundred Years’ War, France is occupied by the English, and the Black Prince rules France with an iron fist. In Sologne in the heart of France, Thierry of Janville, a young lord, fights gallantly against the English occupation but is betrayed by his steward, Florent, and loses his title and his lands. He then takes the name of “Thierry La Fronde”, and with the help of his faithful companions continues his fight undercover.
Edward of Woodstock KG (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), called the Black Prince, was the eldest son of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, and the father of King Richard II of England. He was the first Duke of Cornwall (from 1337), the Prince of Wales (from 1343) and the Prince of Aquitaine (1362–72).
He was called “Edward of Woodstock” in his early life, after his birthplace, and since the 16th century has been popularly known as the Black Prince. He was an exceptional military leader, and his victories over the French at the Battles of Crécy and Poitiers made him very popular during his lifetime. In 1348 he became the first Knight of the Garter, of whose order he was one of the founders.
Woodstock Palace was a royal residence in the English town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire.[1]
Henry I of England built a hunting lodge here and in 1129 he built 7 miles (11 km) of walls to create the first enclosed park, where lions and leopards were kept. The lodge became a palace under Henry’s grandson, Henry II, who spent time here with his mistress, Rosamund Clifford.[1]
Important events that took place at the palace include:
- The marriage of William the Lion, king of Scots to Ermengarde de Beaumont in 1186
- The signing of the Treaty of Woodstock between Henry III of England and Llewelyn the Last (1247)[2]
- The birth of Edmund, youngest son of King Edward I of England (1301)
- The birth of Edward, the Black Prince (1330)
- The marriage of Mary Plantagenet, daughter of Edward III of England, to John V, Duke of Brittany (1361)
- Imprisonment of the future Queen Elizabeth I of England (1554–58)[1]
Woodstock Palace was mostly destroyed during the English Civil War, and the remaining stones were later used to build Blenheim Palace nearby.
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George Lucas gave his characters names that sound pleasing to him, and often a name he gives suggests something about the character’s traits. I would guess that “Han” is a shortened version of the Northern European name “Hans” (originally short for “Johannes”, or “John”), and “Solo” refers to Han’s personality of being a loner.
George Lucas gave his characters names that sound pleasing to him, and often a name he gives suggests something about the character’s traits. I would guess that “Han” is a shortened version of the Northern European name “Hans” (originally short for “Johannes”, or “John”), and “Solo” refers to Han’s personality of being a loner.
Czechoslovakian Meaning: … In Czechoslovakian the meaning of the name Han is: German Meaning: The name Han is a German baby name. In German the meaningof the name Han is: Gift from God.
Dutch Meaning: … In Dutch the meaning of the name Jan is: God has been gracious; has shown favor. Slavic Meaning: The name Jan is a Slavic baby name. In Slavic the meaning of the name Jan is: God has been gracious; has shown favor.
English Meaning: The name Jon is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Jon is: or abbreviation of Jonathan ‘Jehovah has been gracious; has shown favor.’ Sometimes used in the French fashion hyphenated with a second name like Jon-Carlo or Jon-Paul.
Derived from the Middle Latin Johannes, which is from the Ecclesiastic Late Latin Joannes, which is from the Greek Iōannes. Iōannes is Derived from the Hebrew Yonatan, a short form of Yehonatan which is derived from yehōnātān (Yahweh has given). The name is borne in the Bible by the eldest son of King Saul. Var: Jonothan, Jonothon. Short: Jon. Pet: Jonnie, Jonny.
George Lucas gave his characters names that sound pleasing to him, and often a name he gives suggests something about the character’s traits. I would guess that “Han” is a shortened version of the Northern European name “Hans” (originally short for “Johannes”, or “John”), and “Solo” refers to Han’s personality of being a loner.
George Lucas gave his characters names that sound pleasing to him, and often a name he gives suggests something about the character’s traits. I would guess that “Han” is a shortened version of the Northern European name “Hans” (originally short for “Johannes”, or “John”), and “Solo” refers to Han’s personality of being a loner.
Hauer was born on 23 January 1944 in Breukelen in the Netherlands. He is the son of drama teachers Teunke (née Mellema) and Arend Hauer.[2] He has three sisters, one older and two younger.
Hauer grew up in Amsterdam. Since his parents were very occupied with their careers, he and his sisters were brought up mostly by nannies. He went to a Waldorf school.
At the age of 15, Hauer ran off to sea and spent a year scrubbing decks aboard a freighter. Returning home, he worked as an electrician and a joiner for three years while attending acting classes at night school. Hauer served in the Royal Netherlands Navy.[3]
Career[edit]
Hauer joined an experimental troupe, with which he remained for five years before Paul Verhoeven cast him in the lead role of the 1969 television series Floris, a Dutch medieval action drama. The role made him famous in his native country,[4] and Hauer reprised his role for the 1975 German remake Floris von Rosemund. Hauer’s career changed course when Verhoeven cast him in Turkish Delight (1973).
Given Name SOLON
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Ancient Greek
OTHER SCRIPTS: Σολων (Ancient Greek)
Meaning & History
Possibly from Greek σολος (solos) meaning “lump of iron”. This was the name of an Athenian statesman who reformed the laws and government of the city.
Origin of the name Van: Derived from the English surname Van. It is from the Middle English vanne and the Middle French van, words denoting a type of old winnowing machine. Alternatively, the namecan be a borrowing of the Dutch Van, an element in family names which means “of, from” and indicates place of origin.
Word of the Day: tuin (garden)
March 13, 2013
In this short series of Dutch and English words that are closely related (after having dealt with KNECHT and SLACHT), let’s have a look at the word TUIN, garden. This word sounds like…. ‘town’. So what have TUIN and TOWN in common? TUIN is a garden with flowers or vegetables and TOWN a place with houses and streets. Both words go back to the medieval word ‘tūn’. And a ‘tūn’ in those days referred to an enclosed space. So a town is originally a place with walls around it. And a garden is usually also enclosed by walls or hedges.
he Dutch also have the word GAARD for TUIN. GAARD sounds old-fashioned, but can still be found in BOOMGAARD, orchard, WIJNGAARD, vineyard or DIERGAARD, zoo. GAARD is clearly related to ‘garden’ or ‘yard’, German ‘Garten’ and French ‘jardin’. Another word for GAARD or TUIN is HAAG.
TUIN, GAARD and HAAG are old German words dating back to the early Middle Ages. They all mean fenced-off area. Yes, Old The Hague, La Haye, Den Haag, ‘s-Gravenhage owes its name to this meaning. The earliest name of the place is Die Haghe, literally the ‘Hedge’. The medieval noblemen, the counts, enjoyed this place in the dunes because it was a great hunting ground and so they had a hunting lodge built near a small lake in the dunes early thirteenth century. Lodge and lake are still there, right in the centre of the city: Binnenhof and Hofvijver.
Because The Hague did not receive the privilege of having walls the municipality could not call itself a town. Rival cities like Dordrecht, Delft, Leiden, Amsterdam and Haarlem (towns with walls) made sure that The Hague remained a humble village. It was Napoleon who early 19th century awarded city rights to The Hague, but by then the defensive walls were not necessary anymore. So The Hague is one of the few Dutch major cities without walls.
It may be fitting that the hedge is in the name of the Royal Residence and the Seat of Parliament because it has so many parks. In fact Den Haag is riddled with parks. And isn’t a park a large enclosed garden? The Hague could be seen as one big park between the sea, the dunes and the polders. It is a Park City that needs a lot of maintenance. ‘Let’s cultivate our garden’ (in French: ‘il faut cultiver notre jardin’) Voltaire wrote at the end of his famous novel ‘Candide’ (1759). Maybe he was secretly thinking of The Hague, the Dutch city that he visited several times in his life.
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