![]() ![]() It’s ironic that being closed off to this emotion, or allowing oneself to be in love, has now manifested itself into becoming a trophy for Jabba the Hutt’s wall. Allowing himself to be vulnerable to love may be the scariest thing Han Solo has ever faced. Being put into carbon freeze will allow for Han to turn off feelings he has not allowed himself to experience for a very long time. He has been closed off emotionally for a while, now, which is why his burgeoning relationship with Leia Organa is such a potential threat to his false sense of security. It’s difficult and unexplored territory for the captain of the Millennium Falcon. The conflict within can be much more daunting than any asteroids or stormtrooper blaster fire. From a literary perspective, ice may imply that Han is closed off to the feelings he is struggling with. This is a threat to Solo’s mortality, but it’s also a threat to his growth as a character. Let’s further extend the metaphor: With Han being in carbonite, he is, in essence, encased in frozen water. The carbon freeze chamber emphasizes this with dramatic precision. However, when the water freezes, the symbolism turns dire. Conversely, rough waters indicate turmoil and angst. As water flows, so to do the character’s range of emotions the more calm the water, the more relaxed the character feels. It can be a mirror that provides insight into the character’s emotional state. We also see a carbonite-frozen Leia communicating directly with Luke (via Force-telepathy) in Star Wars #4, clearly showing that she's awake and conscious.Water is often associated with a number of key storytelling ideas that reflect a great deal about where a character is in his or her journey. Moment in conscious, painful asphyxiation-and now suddenly he was It had been a grim sensation-as if for anĮternity he’d been trying to draw breath, to move, to scream, every Suspended animation for six of this desert planet’s months-a period Happening?” He was, understandably, disoriented, after having been in Han squinted up at the dim form above him. This ties up nicely with the description of Han's time in carbonite in the Return of the Jedi Official Novelisation Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious ![]() Known trophies of this variety date back to the ancient Krath thatĬonquered the carbonite mines of the Empress Teta system, thousands of Known to use carbonite in this crude but effective way. Nothing." Imperials, bounty hunters, and some gangsters have been ![]() With some modifications, however, these carbon-freezingĬhambers could be equipped to entrap living cargo, subjecting them toĪ painful stasis that has been described as “a big wide- awake Thus became the standard for industrial applications, such as theįreezing of coaxium, tibanna, and other volatile substances for Generators became the norm in medical applications. With the need for such lengthy voyages, and bio-entropic field The use ofĬarbonite for organic hibernation faded away as hyperdrives did away Pre-Republic borders relied upon extended hibernation to keep the crewĪlive as they traveled across unfathomable distances. Galaxy for centuries, as ancient sleeper ships that expanded the The peculiar stasis qualities of carbonite have been known in the Regardless, please provide references and context.Ĭanonically, carbonite freezing someone without preparation seems to leave them in a semi-conscious state and subject to extreme pain. If none (currently) exist, legends explanation would suffice. Looking for in-universe, canonical explanations not armchair speculation and theories. Does someone frozen in Carbonite - who is then unfrozen - have any memory of their time frozen in Carbonite at all?.Does someone frozen in Carbonite fall into a deep sleep/hibernation immediately upon freezing?.But what does being placed in “suspended animation” actually mean for the subject themselves and their own experience? Yes, references are made to suspended animation and such. There are references to hibernation sickness and its side-effects - such as temporary blindness - when someone is unfrozen from Carbonite, but is there any insight as to what someone like Han Solo actually experienced in this process? Inspired by this other question about what Captain America experienced after being frozen for 67 years at the bottom of the ocean, is there any in-universe explanation for what Han Solo experienced while frozen in Carbonite for the in-universe time period between the events of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983)? ![]()
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