I don't think that Han Solo is a mentor character...

^^About the thing half the world dies, actually you're right, but it's because that film is not structured with the death of the mentor, but if I hadn't put that either, there would have been two films that were missing from the list. I was thinking of putting Anakin because he dies from a certain point of view, and even though his "death" has a big impact on the characters (just like the mentor's death) I don't think he can be considered a mentor, so I improvised not knowing what to insert. Regarding the fake death thing, I didn't know, interesting, but it seems to me that in the film they said that he could die

^^Yeah I know, but in any case it would have given a great impact to the plot and to the characters, the mentor's one I should have used it more as a comparison because actually my text also has many defects

Ok I structured the text badly but give me one last chance to explain better. I shouldn't have used the mentor rule, because like @WriterBuddha said earlier, Han Solo is not a mentor, and also because no mentor dies in ROTS. I should have instead used the example of symbolic death, the death that gives a twist to the plot, because Han Solo's would have been perfect, also in ROTS it would have been Padme's, since he was the only person keeping Anakin on the light side. So now tell me if you agree on the theory of Han Solo's death, sorry again if I structured the text badly

Personally, I think Han Solo's death in Episode V wouldn't be really useful to the story.

From the perspective of movie making, since he was alive, but captive, the audience was left worried for him, it was a "fishing hook" that worked perfectly, pulling the viewer to the next movie almost effortlessly. If Han dies, the characters are sad and angry, but this is not good ground for a finishing piece of a trilogy to be built on. It's not selling that good.

Narratively speaking, Han's death would certainly affect almost all characters, but it wouldn't really give a twist to the plot. It would've only make it more difficult for Luke to follow Yoda's and Obi-Wan's guidance and not to give in to fear, anger, hate and aggression while facing with his father, as he would've caught between "you're my father" and "you killed my best friend who was also my sister's boyfriend." So, it would've been unwise to lead the story toward that direction.

Han being captive and Vader revealed to be Luke's father are the two plot lines left open in Episode V for Episode VI to wrap up. Jabba and Boba are both gaining importance in the plot because they're having Han as captive. But if Han is dead, that plot line ends, and Episode VI is forced to deal with a storyline that is entirely new and has nothing to do with Vader being Luke's father and the Rebellion trying to topple dictatorship in the known universe. That's not really something that you should do in the third episode of a trilogy, it feels like a detour. Because Han lives, Luke and Leia wanting to rescue their friend/lover ties Jabba and Boba in a way that it wraps up what Episode V started, without introducing a new issue, a new enemy, a new problem. In my opinion, that would cause the story to go up on the curb a bit.

As for Han being alive because Luke and Leia are siblings, I'm a bit skeptical. Leia is falling in love with Han in Episode V, before it's revealed that she and Luke are siblings. If Han dies, his death would mean Leia losing her lover, and getting together with not-her-brother Luke in the next Episode would've feel like she didn't really care about Han. I am not familiar with many stories that are introducing a love triangle, writing the girl to choose one, then killing that character off, and sending the girl to the other guy in the next episode. It makes the first love story seem spurious, the it can make the girl look callous and the dead lover a poor guy who believed, he is loved but he was just placeholder in someone's heart.

Han could have been died in Episode VI, too, if he must get out of the picture, thus resolving the love triangle, but, again, for Leia and Luke getting together, Leia and Han shouldn't fall in love in Episode V.

Boba didn’t die in rotj. Js

^^Yes, I was thinking earlier that if Leia got together with Luke later she would seem numb, you're right

^^Oh you're right, I had a memory lapse

@Dawdlingyew5374

That was what I was saying! We know this from BBF.

If anything I thought you were originally going to mention the reason why Han should have died in ESB is because the actor himself, Harrison Ford, wanted Han to die in the OT! I believe Ford wanted Han to die in ANH, if I remember correctly. But Lucas obviously had other plans.

But I am sure everyone agrees that just because an actor wants their character to die, that does not mean it makes sense for the character to die.

Of course, the reverse happened in the ST. There is that small behind the scenes drama about Mark Hamill not wanting the path they took for his character, Luke Skywalker, in TLJ. Presumably that included the fact his character died. (He later claimed to have changed his mind about it, since he did not want to appear like a petulant child).

But it turns out many fans agreed with the actor's original position in that case. They didn't like what they did to Luke in TLJ!

So like Watto says, "Hey, whaddaya know!"