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Indiana Jones vs. Han Solo: Who Would Win?
Posted by FSR Staff (editors@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 13, 2008
Have you ever wondered who would win in a fight between two of Harrison Ford’s most badass characters? Please, this is no time to chime in about Deckard. We all know he is badass, but this is a battle that needs to be fought. This should be a college course or something. Iconic Film Badassery 101 perhaps?
The following chart was inspired by an article we saw over at MySloCounty.com, but we’ve changed it a bit. We’ve inserted our own commentary and a few added criteria:
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Indiana Jones |
Han Solo |
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Sidekick |
Short Round This little guy would not be an asset in the fight. In fact, we see him standing on the sidelines, constantly breaking Indy’s concentration by yelling out “Dr. Jones! Dr. Jones”. Alternate: Mutt Williams Indy would be much better off taking him newfound friend Mutt Williams, played in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by Shia LaBeouf, into a fight. |
Chewbacca Chewy is a big, badass wookie who could literally tear your arms out of the socket. As well, he is smart, agile and incredibly loyal. He could probably take out Dr. Jones himself. Alternate: Luke Skywalker Nothing like a soon-to-be Jedi master and his lightsaber to back you up. Should Han and Chewy fail, one-hand Luke could step in and finish off the petty school teacher. |
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Transportation (Escape Method) |
Combination of trains, biplanes and mine cars |
Millennium Falcon
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Motivation |
Indy is only interested in finding precious relics and keeping them away from the Nazis. We aren’t even sure that he would want to take on a man of Han’s stature. |
The cause of a rebel. Han is all about doing the wrong thing because it feels so right. We have a feeling that he would probably kick Dr. Jones’ ass just to impress Princess Leia, or perhaps to woo away Marion Ravenwood. Take that, archaeology. |
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Weapon |
Whip What can you really do with a whip? You can grab things, you can swing from things and you can lash someone’s face pretty bad. Alright, that is pretty dangerous. Revolver Jones at times has been known to bust out his six-shooter and take out a swordsman or two. |
Blaster No lightsaber for Han, but he doesn’t really need one, does he? The blaster will equal any gun from the 1950s. |
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Girl |
“Marion Ravenwood” (Karen Allen) Not only is she good looking and a supposed tiger in the sack, but Marion Ravenwood can be a hellcat if provoked. Should a sideline catfight break out among the leading ladies, she’s be tearing up golden bikini’s left and right. As well, this is one lady that can hold her liquor. |
“Princess Leia” (Carrie Fisher). Leia’s got the goods, we’ve all seen it. As well, she grew up in high society and holds a title in the government. She is also the (spoiler) descendant of Darth Vader. That has to count for something in a fight, right? |
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Weakness |
Snakes |
Carbonite |
On top of the items presented in this chart, here are a few other things that we should be thinking about:
What starts the fight?
Does Han have some ancient relic that Indy needs? Did Indy somehow stop the progress of the rebellion? Or does it have something to do with love? Should the fight be fought over a woman, we have a feeling that Han Solo would come out in the end. Jones always was more of a “love em and leave em” sort of dude, whereas Solo was ultimately tamed by the lovely Leia.
Who shoots first?
Jones was never a shoot first sort of guy, that’s why the Nazis always got the drop on him. He preferred to make a run for it. Han… Well, we all know the story there.
Does the quality of hairdo even matter?
We think it does. Advantage Solo.
Our Winner: Han Solo
When we really look at the facts, we are pretty sure that Han Solo would come out of a scrap as the winner. Don’t get us wrong, we love Indiana Jones and we acknowledge the fact that he has been through some serious situations and always seems to come out alive, but when it comes down to a one-on-one dogfight, Han would prevail.
It would certainly be a dirty fight, with both combatants using all sorts of trickery and backhandedness, but in the end there would be no escape for Dr. Jones. He would have to come to hand-to-hand blows at some point. It is there that Solo, the scrappy, veteran soldier would likely put him down.
But that is just what we think…
Who do you think would win in a fight, Indiana Jones or Han Solo? The more operative question: Why?
Original Article by Brian Gibson, additional commentary by Neil Miller.
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19 Comments
May 13th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Don’t sell out Gibson! Based on the information presented here, Han Solo is clearly the winner of almost every category here.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I’m not sure any of these factors matter in a fight except weaponry and degree of badassness. Who cares who they’re dating or if they can fly a plane if it’s mano y mano?
Besides, Myslocountry forgot the ever-important hair style category which Han also clearly wins.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I agree with Cole, the Hair is a big Factor of play in action movies.
But Solo takes it easy, hands down.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Indiana Jones is the fkn man, he would totally win. First of all he’s the main character and not a total pansy like Han Solo. Indi does it all himself no help from Luke, Leia, and/or Chewy. Plus chicks in Indiana are way hotter, helpless or not.
May 13th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Dude, first rule of Blog Club is “Don’t Equivocate!” (A little different than Fight Club). People want a goddang winner here! I’ll break it down for you…
Weapons: Han
Women: Indy (please, Leah would have sucked in bed and you know it).
Vehicles: There IS no cooler vehicle than the Falcon.
But the real deciding factor is…
Sidekick: Sweet Jesus man the fact that he undertook Short Round as a sidekick for even one second makes him the automatic LOSER.
May 13th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Indy would win since he’d shoot first, unlike Han Solo (thanks George “Revisionist” Lucas!)
May 13th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Indiana all the way, to make this fight even possible you’d have to settle for both to meet somewhere in the middle seeing as how Jones is past and Solo is future, on even ground I’d like to think that Jones would have the advantage
May 13th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Joe, before you get eaten alive by fanboys…
Han Solo is distant past, not future.
Please, friends, do not flame Joe.
May 13th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Indiana Jones is an archaeologist and a part time professor. Han Solo is a SPACE PIRATE. Well, smuggler, but space pirate was more dramatic. He’s a Veteran of the Battle of Yavin (Death Star), The Rescue of Princess Leia (Boarding a Death Star), The Battle of Hoth, and the Battle of Endor. He is a combat veteran. And I’m sure Leia gets freaky in the rucksack. I love Indiana, but Han Solo is the clear winner here.
May 13th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
This isn’t a fight fight, Solo has access to technologies far more advanced than Indy. I mean, Millenium Falcon compared to trains and planes, pfff. And Solo has Alien sidekicks and someone who has effing JEDI powers.
A more fitting fight would be between Indy and Deckard.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
wow, indiana alive yet?
May 14th, 2008 at 3:45 am
His Linus Larrabee character from that Sabrina flick he did would fuck both Han Solo and
Indy up.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:23 am
The real question is this.
Could Han Solo commandeer a horse, chase down a Nazi convoy, take on a transport truck full of soldiers (including one particularly bad ass Arian looking fool) and come out of it with the loot intact.
No, he would have dropped his cargo at the first sign of imperial trouble.
May 14th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
This is completely backwards, Jones is far smarter & would find a way to win.
May 14th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
lol thanks Cole, so I’m not much of a Star Wars fan….clearly, forgive my lack of info S.W. fans
May 14th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
This is stupid…of course Rick Deckard is going to kick both of thier a$$es
May 18th, 2008 at 11:18 am
A clear-headed revision of the evidence leads to only one sane conclusion: Indiana Jones beats Han Solo. A blaster is really not much of an advantage over a six shooter, and Indy is a master with the whip. Most important, Han never demonstrated the sheer guts and athleticism that Indy did when he took out a whole truck of soldiers, at one point crawling under it and letting the truck drag him across the ground.
When it comes to a fight, Han Solo could not hang with Indy, no serious question can be raised about it. Episode IV: A New Hope was superior to Raiders of the Lost Ark by a small amount, but Indy clearly beats Han in a fight.
May 26th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Scanain & Matthew both makes very good point for the Indy Wins case, but that all depends on weather Han gets the drop and shoots first or not. But then again Indy did take out the Swordsman with his six shooter.
If its one on one without Han’s technological advantages and the super powered sidekicks, I’m gunna have to go with Jones. He could probable use his whip to disarm Solo in the same way Vader did with the force, and I don’t remember Solo punching anyone in the face. (possible because most of his enemies wore helmets)
We see Indy cop much more of a hiding and still bounce back for more the we ever see of Han, and Indy comes out on top in all of his films, where as Han is left a bit cold at the end of Empire.
Harrison Ford was happy to come back for a 4th Indy film but tried to talk Lucas into killing off Solo at the end of Jedi, that’s got to count for something, kind of.
May 26th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
If this was straight up fisticuffs. NO sidekicks, weapons, transportation or girls.
Indy FTW.