--- description: JJ Abrams opens up about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. title: J. J. Abrams on That Han Solo Scene in The Force Awakens image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb608edb96bc7d186/6988aa72cd1bba27b6702bf4/gettyimages-501587228.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # J. J. Abrams Finally Explains That Han Solo Kylo Ren Scene in _The Force Awakens_ ## Video: Star Wars Behind the Scenes: On Set With BB-8 [Watch (HLS stream): Star Wars Behind the Scenes: On Set With BB-8](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5izeYaFu.m3u8) (0:31)  _Published 2015-12-03. On Set With BB-8_ by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 18, 2016 3:12 PM CUT  LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: Kylo Ren attends the European Premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at Leicester Square on December 16, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: Kylo Ren attends the European Premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at Leicester Square on December 16, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)Chris Jackson-Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 18, 2016 3:12 PM CUT There’s one scene in [_Star Wars: The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4110315/star-wars-time-magazine-cover/?iid=sr-link10 "undefined") that made audiences from Orlando to Osaka gasp and scream. If you’ve seen the movie, you know the scene. If you haven’t seen the movie, remedy that situation and then come back read this article. You’ve been warned. When Harrison Ford’s Han Solo tries to save his son Ben a.k.a. Kylo Ren, ([Adam Driver,](http://time.com/4378997/adam-driver-star-wars-marine-ted-talk/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined")) it doesn’t end well. In the painful scene, Ren ends up committing patricide via light saber and Han Solo became one of the [91 characters who died in _Star Wars_.](http://time.com/4112165/every-star-wars-death/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") It was a heartbreaking and audience members left the theater searching for answers and turning to director J.J. Abrams with their lingering questions. Was Ren simply toying with his father’s emotions and actually planned to kill him from the moment he laid eyes on him? In a [_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/10/17/jj-abrams-star-wars-the-force-awakens-exclusive-commentary/92299234/ "undefined") clip from the forthcoming 3D collector’s edition of _The Force Awakens_, Abrams finally answers that question. --- > “” --- Abrams apparently tried to warn the audience with some visual clues to prepare them for the outcome of the meeting between father and son. --- > “” --- Remember that when [_Star Wars_](http://time.com/4284989/rogue-one-trailer-what-we-learned/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined")_: Episode VIII_ hits theaters in December 2017. Watch below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4534837/j-j-abrams-on-han-solo-death/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4534837/j-j-abrams-on-han-solo-death/"},"headline":"J. J. 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