Han and Chewbacca talk in Jabba’s dungeon cell.

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Han Solo

A Jedi knight? I'm out of it for a little while, everybody gets delusions of grandeur.

— Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi ‧ 1983

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Our interpretation.

Han’s disbelief at Luke’s new identity turns a heroic transformation into an old friend’s complaint. The joke lets affection appear as scepticism.

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