Mark Hamill wanted a Luke and Han reunion in 'The Force Awakens,' and it would've been great
While talking to a reporter at the recent Star Wars Celebration, the Luke Skywalker actor revealed how he wished Han Solo's death scene would've played out in "The Force Awakens," in a way that would have involved a reunion for Luke and Han and Leia (sort of).
When Hamill first read the script for "Force Awakens," he said he thought of how he would have liked to see Luke, Leia, and Han in the same place one final time. Han's death at the hands of his own son, Kylo Ren, would have stayed intact, but with some new players. Here's what he said:
The death of Han Solo toward the end of the movie was already emotionally wrenching, but the addition of Luke and Leia as witnesses would have made it more so. Then again, it also would've undercut the subplot of Luke's absence. And bringing him and Leia onto the Starkiller Base, with everything else (including Rey's duel with Kylo Ren), might've just been too much to follow.
Still, it's hard not to want to see Hamill's alternate "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" cut.
See Mark Hamill talk about his idea for the alternate ending below: