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Indiana Jones or Han Solo?

Indiana Jones

At least he can hold down a job

Han Solo. I mean really, he has a STARSHIP. Also he doesn't get as beat on as much as Indy

Han Solo. Great wing man.

Han Solo has a job – small package transport.

Indiana Jones from really young Indy with TE Lawrence and Teddy Roosevelt through teenage Indy (with Pancho Villa, in WWI, and working with John Ford as a stunt man) to the Last Crusade. Crystal Skull was a supreme disappointment. Indy is about religion and mysticism, not space aliens.

My opinion may change after we see whether Episode VII of Star Wars will be good or bad like Crapisodes I – III.

Buck

Indy, he's a real life hero that we can all relate too. Something that happened long ago and far, far away, well that's just fiction…..?

Han Solo; always shoots first.

Dr. Jones by a far

Indiana Jones in the 25th Century-now that's a movie.

Since you didn't give Harry Steele, the real Indiana Jones, as an option, I'll take Han.
Cf. YouTube link

Indiana by a country mile

Indiana.

*Choice of apparel*

Indiana Jones: Old west-style garb

Han Solo: Old west-style garb

Winner: TIE (no, not that kind)

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*When someone pulls gun on him…*

Indiana Jones: …Out-draws them – with a BULLWHIP!

Han Solo: Shoots first, no – second, or was it at the same time?

Winner: Indiana Jones

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*Flying vehicle of choice*

Indiana Jones: Bi-Plane… some repairs required

Han Solo: Millineum-freaking-Falcon…. some repairs required

Winner: Han Solo by 12 parsecs

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*Offspring grew up to be…*

Indiana Jones: Shea LaBouf

Han Solo: anyone but Shia La Bouf

Winner: Anyone who missed "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

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*Got Old and gray, still came back to fight…"

Indiana Jones: Comic Book Russians that were even worse caricatures than the comic book Nazis

Han Solo: A resurgent Empire, maybe… well they've got stormtroopers anyway.

Winner: Han Solo

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*Preferred Alien Companion*

Indiana Jones: CGI people (or person?) from future/alternate dimension/who knows?

Han Solo: Chewbacca

Winner: Han Solo

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*Arch-nemesis dispatched by:*

Indiana Jones: Having GOD melt his face off

Han Solo: Accidental rocket pack malfunction, fell into pit, became subject of hilarious

Robot Chicken segments.

Winner: Indiana Jones

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Judges?

Indiana Jones, always had a soft spot for archaeology.

"You call this archaeology?!?"

X never marks the spot.

I prefer women myself. But you all have fun with your sick little fantasies! ;-)

Indy has a little more depth to his character than Han. Han is the swashbuckling, rouge, gunslinger. Indy is the scientist type who is an action hero only because he has to be to get that prized artifact. Han seems to relish the action.

Dr. Jones

Fun read Ghostrunner!

And now in true TMP style my answer is…

I can't answer the question. The OP did not specify between Indy Jr or Sr.

A .45 beats a prop gun that needs special effects to fire.

So Indy

Dr Jones

Han Solo
he is the common man in Star Wars. He wasn't royalty, he didn't have powers. He was just a guy trying to make his way through life and owed money. We can relate to that more than any other character. Han Solo is one of us.

I just wish I had a Wookie for backup.

The OP did not specify between Indy Jr or Sr.

What? The dog?

Henry Jones, Sr. was never Indiana.

Also -- Indy is a great hero; he's runs counter to the monomyth that is so typical of movies. Does Indy need to be convinced that he's the hero? No. Does Indy avoid his destiny? What's destiny to Indy?

And for the guy who says that Indy doesn't shoot first:

youtu.be/WdGr7OIGt6k

@ Ghostrunner
<queue golf clap>
Well played, sir.

It used to be Indy, then along came that episode of The Big Bang Theory… :(

Indiana Jones. He has a Phd, and I think he can take Han Solo in a throw down fight.

Jediana Jones.

Prefered Jack Ryan myself

Henry Jones, Sr. was never Indiana.

I'd like to continue my tirade in good TMP style…but I got nuthin'.

Jack Daniel's aged better and didn't destroy a piece of history :)

Han Solo.

Indiana was always a principled do-gooder. Saving antiquities so they could live in a museum. Also, afraid of snakes, pussy.

Han was a straight up criminal who had to grow into being a principled man. Look at the retcon Lucas did to make Solo less of a murderer by changing who shot first.

Pre-morality Solo will gun you the down. Which was part of his appeal. If a man like that is a hero compared to the Empire….they must be really evil.

They are the same person aren't they ?

And for the guy who says that Indy doesn't shoot first:

The "story" on that is Harrison was very sick that day and didn't feel up to the fight scene as written. So he improvised and the director liked it so much he kept it in.

It used to be Indy, then along came that episode of The Big Bang Theory…

Like many things on that show they got it wrong. Raiders was NEVER about rescuing the Ark. It was about rescuing the girl. Without Indy Marion would have died in the Himalayans.

…Solo less of a murderer by changing who shot first.

When someone tells you he is there to kill you, you don't let him shoot first!

When someone tells you he is there to kill you, you don't let him shoot first!

Of course, Greedo was not necessarily going to kill him. I believe Han disagreed with Greedo with "Over my dead body." Greedo replied "That can be arranged." To which Han said "You'd like that wouldn't you." and then shot.

Now to be fair, Greedo did not give Han any favorable options. He could go with Greedo and accept his fate with Jabba or he could die and Greedo would still get his reward. Han chose a 3rd option of course.

This is going to depend entirely on the new 'StarWars' movies… and I'm afraid Han is not politically correct enough to garner any proper treatment from Disney.

But I can probably safely say that Han from the original StarWars movie wins my vote…. after he wimps out in 'Empire' and especially in 'Jedi' the vote goes to Indy.

Great comments above!

Considering that Disney paid $1 USD Billion dollars, just to be allowed to make Star Wars movies, I live in hope that means they are going to want them to be GOOD.

Lucas may have 'artistic vision' – at least that's his reason for the constant tweaking of his movies.

Disney sees dollar signs. They want people to pay to see these movies. After all, they need to feed the mouse.

"But I can probably safely say that Han from the original StarWars movie wins my vote…. after he wimps out in 'Empire' and especially in 'Jedi' the vote goes to Indy."

When it comes to Empire, them's fightin' words my good man! Jedi we agree on though, a stint in carbonite seems to suck all the sass right out of you. Empire Han, though? He was THE MAN :)

I've got a brown fedora, a leather jacket and a bullwhip. So, Indy.
I've got the original plastic Kenner blaster pistol (that still buzzes if it has batteries) and several Millenium Falcon models, so Han Solo….
So, uh…
(Pulls out blaster, shoots screen.)
"Boring conversation anyway."

P.S. A teenager pointed out to me a few months ago that Indiana Jones never needed to rescue the Ark from the Nazis. God was going to do that all along. Of course, neither Indy or the Nazis knew that. Clearly, they needed to ask some kid from a Baptist Sunday School about what the Ark does to God's enemies.

The kid obviously watches The Big Bang Theory.

Deckard.

They both remind me of the Rick Deckard character .

But Han Solo because he was out first.

etotheipi thinks well:)

The Ark didn't just kill God's enemies, it killed a Hebrew for touching the Ark because of a clumsy oxen. You don't just touch it.

I would say both from the first movie in each of the two genres.

Also take note solo is a norwegian orange flavoured soda (like fanta but different)

So can you really have a action hero named after a soda?

On the other hand whats so great about Indiana. Lots of corn thats it.

Indiana Jones. Fluent in 27 languages, terrified of snakes, and hates Nazis. I can relate to that.

You speak 27 languages ?!?

Holy crud!