In A New Hope, Han was introduced to the Force. He replied, “I’ve seen a lot of strange stuff, but I’ve never seen anything to make me believe there’s one all-powerful Force controlling everything. There’s no mystical energy field that controls my destiny.”
Knowing what we do now about Han from the original trilogy, The Force Awakens, and Solo, we see this part of his conversation with Luke as laughable.
We see our favorite scoundrel become the scoundrel he was in the original trilogy and how through the years after ROTJ, something changed in Han.
In ANH, Han seems like many people today that look all around us (at nature, the galaxy, etc.) and are like those in Psalm 78:32, that “in spite of all this [what God has done], they still sinned; despite his wonders, they did not believe.”
Romans 1:19-20 is just as firm in condemning them, “For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.”
The natural world cries out to us that there is a Creator.
1 The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
2 Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
3 There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
4 Their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
5 which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
~Psalm 19:1-6 (ESV)
Fortunately, Han eventually comes to the realization that “it’s true. The Force. The Jedi… All of it… It’s all true.”
We can rejoice that Han eventually turned from his disbelief and acknowledged the truth.
What are things that we doubt even when Scripture and nature are clear about it?
What convinced Han?
What will help us believe more?
