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"Watch this." (Or maybe don't)
In the ending, one of the main characters close to Han doesn't evolve or grow at all, not even in a bad way really. We know early on the character has "issues" and is "compromised", the character hints at as much once or twice in the movie, and indeed at the end—for no reason other than to let Han down and serve part of the story that's not part of the movie in front of us—the character makes a choice that reinforces the status quo and aligns the character with "evil"; this plot point sort of writes itself after the action, and we in the theater all see it coming. As you can see, it's hard to discuss what is wrong with this character without giving spoilers, and once you see the film the "childrens' crusade" comment makes sense. I don't think it's unnecessary snark, though; literally small plucky orphan children are in peril, again. I actually really liked the movie, but I agree the ending didn't fit with it at all, and that the one character I've been talking about was much too one-dimensional. Overall, between Marvel and DC and this, "Solo" I think was the most successful at incorporating key "canon" details without letting them bog down the story, e.g. the friendship with Chewie was organic, but established the classic "pilot-copilot" relationship dynamic from the original movies.— May 27, 2018 6:49 a.m.