Han Solo, Scoundrel

Hi AliaVakar, are you doing the character analysis based just on the one episode, A New Hope, or through the trilogy? If it's just on the one episode, it's a bit more difficult because of his role through the rest of the trilogy. He provided all the things you listed. I think he also was a possible "rivalry" for the romantic interest for Leia, before knowing that Luke is her brother. In the New Hope episode, you don't realize he is going to return to save Luke by shooting Darth Vadar's tie fighter, so there is a redemption factor in his character, he learns that friendship and loyalty is more important than his greed, but more importantly, he puts his life on the line with Jabba by not paying him on time and knowing that the bounty hunters would be after him, he still came back to help Luke. I believe he plays a pivotal role in Star Wars as a character who lives his life as a smuggler but comes out a hero. His character is seen on polar opposites, starts out a loner with only his partner, Chewy and then ends up fighting for a cause as a General. There are many layers to his character. He is a realist, mocking Luke as he is training with Obi, about the Force but then comes to respect the Jedi and allows some of the idealism to influence him. You sense his loyalty to Chewy but feel as though he cares little for anyone else but disproves that at the end. He is one of my favorite characters in Star Wars. I don't know of any sources but Star Wars, Wiki or Wookiepedia has tremendous amount of information on all the Star Wars characters and the subsequent novels after Return of the Jedi, which Han Solo is still a main character in those novels.