When Leia says "I'd rather kiss a Wookie" isn't Han's response a little bit weird?


"You could use a good kiss".

What's his context for knowing how good Chewbacca's kisses are?

Is this some kind of reference to duplicating the lonely shenanigans of pirates of times of yore?

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I thought he said, "He could use a good kiss!" As in it would be good for Leia to kiss him. Of course I have met people in real life who kiss their dog or cat. So it's not that weird.

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No, Han said, "I can arrange that. You could use a good kiss."

He's just being obnoxious. She tried to shock him, and he's calling her bluff.

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Huh. Somehow I always thought he said, "He could use a good kiss." Frankly I like it better. In fact I'm going to just insist you're wrong and I'm right cause I find what you insist he said wrong.

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Surely Chewbacca is more than a dog as far as intelligence goes. I don't think Han views him like a pet.

If Han is aware of the high quality of Chewie's kisses, I think that implies some cross species homosexuality between the two shipmates...

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What the hell kind of noob has ever even suggested that Chewie is a "pet" and not a sentient intelligent being!!!

As for the scene, Han is having a hard time coping, because it's been a decade or two since any woman has failed to fall for his charm and good looks, and he's never been interested in a woman who either outranks him, or who has better things to do than be his girlfriend. He's always thought of himself as a confident, in-charge kinda guy, but on Hoth... he made the nasty discovery that he has insecurities like everyone else.

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I said a person kissing a Wookie is similar to kissing a dog/cat. I didn't mean Chewie had the intelligence of a dog or cat. Just that his whole body is so hairy it's like kissing a dog/cat.

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Sorry!

And I've been known to kiss my cats. With closed lips, though.

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He's saying that she's so uptight that even something as unappealing as a kiss from a walking dog/man-ape would be good for her.

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Or maybe he's implying that kissing a wookie is better than making out with your own brother.

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