![]() ![]() Yet once it was successful on Han Solo, the usefulness in bounty hunting became evident and that sparked technological advancement on the technique. Perhaps carbon freezing hadn’t been specced for humans at the time of Empire Strikes Back, because really, who would freeze a human like that? Theory #4: There were technological advancements. That’s certainly in character for the smooth talking sabacc player. If that was the case, Lando was bluffing because he was stalling for time. So, maybe Lando suggested the carbon freezing equipment wasn’t specced for humans, yet he knew full well it was. C-3PO said it was fine and that prissy droid was known for saying things out loud that his companions wished he’d keep to himself. They said specifically in Empire that the Cloud City equipment wasn’t built for humans, but perhaps there was carbon freezing equipment elsewhere in the galaxy that was specifically tuned toward putting living creatures in the deep freeze. In short, Boba Fett started a fad that persisted 6 years later. As Fett went, so did other bounty hunters, many of which may have done business in Jabba’s palace where they could see Han Solo’s carbonite captivity with their own eyes. When Fett experienced the usefulness of carbon freezing bounties, he made it common practice. ![]() Why was it commonplace 6 years later in The Mandalorian? Picked and packed and ready to ship. Fett says, “ What if he doesn’t survive? He’s worth a lot to me…“ĭisney+’s The Mandalorian happens 6 years after the events of The Empire Strikes Back, so what changed in carbon freezing in those 6 years? It was portrayed as risky in Empire. Nobody trusted carbon freezing living beings in Empire Strikes Back, evidenced by OG Mandalorian Boba Fett, who clearly expresses his concerns to Darth Vader. That’s a huge shift from The Empire Strikes Back where an ad hoc experiment in Cloud City freezes Han Solo in carbonite in order to test the process before Darth Vader attempted to freeze Luke Skywalker as well. ![]() In fact, we see a fast-talking Mythrol, that the Madalorian had just captured, get the flash freeze treatment on the spot. ![]() In the opening episode of The Mandalorian, we see inside the Razor Crest, Dyn Jarren aka the Mandalorian’s ship, and he’s carrying several bounties who are frozen in carbonite. But as the history of the Age of the Empire continues to be explored, it may only be a matter of time before Han's tenure in carbonite is given an official timeframe.Why is a living creature being frozen in carbonite in The Mandalorian so common when it seemed so risky in Empire Strikes Back? For now, it seems the time from his freeze on Cloud City to his thawing on Tatooine has roughly taken about a year, with his time at Jabba's palace potentially being less due to the planet's measurement of time. This has created a small gap of time that, even now, is still being fleshed out and discovered through various media. Han's time frozen in carbonite is never mentioned again following his rescue. Since the series is still ongoing, there will most likely be even more events to pad the time before the Rebels are reunited with Han, further justifying a year as the correct time frame. Meanwhile, Luke is on a quest to complete his training, even obtaining an entirely different lightsaber from his green one. So far in the series, the Rebel Alliance has been stretched thin and is trying to rebuild its forces. However, a year seems more likely than six months in the new canon, as the recent Star Wars comic series from Marvel has started to cover the events between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. RELATED: Star Wars Theory: Grand Admiral Thrawn Is Force-Sensitive ![]()
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