The way that he and Leia had handled the reveal of Darth Vader's connection to their family was probably the biggest transgression in all of the missteps. The kid deserved to know far earlier than he did who his grandfather was and he definitely shouldn't have found out through the holonet.
It always felt to him more of a thing Leia should have talked with their son about, but in hindsight, it seems like should have stepped in and said something before that story leaked ...
"I don't think you feel that way." For all the 'you don't know me' shade his son likes to throw at Han, he knows what Ben's voice sounds like when it says something in conviction and when it isn't. "You always speak as if we're on the same side and it's a struggle to work against it."
It always struck the Elder Solo as another one of those cruel twists of fate that his son idolized the man who showed Han the true meaning of pain. Not as if his life hadn't been full of it, but Devaronian blood-poison suddenly seemed like a walk in the park after cloud city.
He'd be dead or worse, kept in stasis and on display in Jabba the Hutt's place, if it had been up to Darth Vader. And if Han had been killed or left in some sort of hell between death and life, there certainly would have been no Kylo Ren to worship the Dark Lord of the Sith.
"You come from power on my side too."
The Solo's, only a generation or so before Han, had been one of the wealthiest families on one of the wealthiest planets in the whole galaxy. His line could be traced back to the last monarch of Corellia and to nobleman pilots who were known to be among the greatest in their day. And, also in his line, the most savage pirate ever. Or you know, maybe none of that because new canon.
"The Solo legacy, which is just as much a part of you as anything you get from the other side, is full of people who didn't let anybody push them around. They were people who made their fate themselves. They let their actions speak louder than words."
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It always felt to him more of a thing Leia should have talked with their son about, but in hindsight, it seems like should have stepped in and said something before that story leaked ...
"I don't think you feel that way." For all the 'you don't know me' shade his son likes to throw at Han, he knows what Ben's voice sounds like when it says something in conviction and when it isn't. "You always speak as if we're on the same side and it's a struggle to work against it."
It always struck the Elder Solo as another one of those cruel twists of fate that his son idolized the man who showed Han the true meaning of pain. Not as if his life hadn't been full of it, but Devaronian blood-poison suddenly seemed like a walk in the park after cloud city.
He'd be dead or worse, kept in stasis and on display in Jabba the Hutt's place, if it had been up to Darth Vader. And if Han had been killed or left in some sort of hell between death and life, there certainly would have been no Kylo Ren to worship the Dark Lord of the Sith.
"You come from power on my side too."
The Solo's, only a generation or so before Han, had been one of the wealthiest families on one of the wealthiest planets in the whole galaxy. His line could be traced back to the last monarch of Corellia and to nobleman pilots who were known to be among the greatest in their day. And, also in his line, the most savage pirate ever.
Or you know, maybe none of that because new canon."The Solo legacy, which is just as much a part of you as anything you get from the other side, is full of people who didn't let anybody push them around. They were people who made their fate themselves. They let their actions speak louder than words."