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Even if you know that TV shows and movies aren’t real, when fictional characters fade into oblivion, your heart will break. Unfortunately for us and our emotions, that’s what makes storytelling so great. Here are some of the saddest on-screen death scenes in cinematic history. In the original Star Wars trilogy, Han Solo undergoes a classic heroic transformation. When we first meet him, he’s a callous smuggler who pushes others away and only cares about money, but by Return of the Jedi, he’s found redemption, purpose, and the love of his life. It’s a nice, tidy ending, which is what made Han’s true fate in Star Wars: The Force Awakens so sad. In a galaxy far, far away, there aren’t always happy endings. Fans spent 30 years imagining Han and Leia living happily ever after, but it turns out their child became the next Darth Vader, the marriage fell apart, and Han went back to smuggling. By the time an older Han appears on screen, his jokes are tinged with loss. What makes Han’s death the saddest scene in Star Wars history is that he dies for simply trying to do the right thing. The young Han wouldn’t have done it, but the adult Han knew Kylo Ren would probably kill him, yet the notoriously sleazy smuggler still makes one last effort to redeem his son. From the moment Han approaches Kylo, every Star Wars fan knows it’s going to be an “Obi-Wan moment,” but that only complicates the moment the lightsaber strikes. Han Solo 0:00 Jane and Andrea 1:29 John Coffey 2:51 Uncle Ben 3:41 Hodor 5:09 Erik Killmonger 6:06 Barb 7:30 Anastasia “Dee” Dualla 8:23 Spider-Man 9:34 Littlefoot’s Mom 10:40 Mufasa 11:54 Artax 12:38 Jack Twist 13:28 Wilson 14:14 Logan 15:18 Read the full article: https://www.grunge.com/132373/the-sad...