Well here’s a thought. Imagine, if every time a TIE fighter was destroyed someone went on trial for it. The bean counters on Coruscant would be very busy indeed, and this deleted scene from Solo: A Star Wars Story shows the aftermath of such a crash as Han is put on trial for destroying a fighter.
In the new clip from Solo, Alden Ehrenreich’s version of the galactic scoundrel disobeys a superior’s order to eject from his crippled TIE Fighter, choosing to crash-land the smoking, out-of-control craft instead.
He clicks off the headset ordering him to stop. “This conversation is over!”
Some things never change.
The scene was the connecting tissue that shows how Han managed to wash out of the Imperial Academy as a pilot, ending up instead on the mud-soaked battleground of Mimban.
“I still can’t decide if you’re brave or stupid,” the commodore tells him during the ensuing court martial.
“I like to think I’m a little of both,” Han replies.
He insists he’s not trying to be a hero. But Han just can’t help himself. Being a good guy is his destiny.
