Improvised
Improvised
[Caption above the panels:] Harrison Ford famously improvised his "I know" line in E.S.B. Here are a few of his less-successful ad-libs:
[Harrison Ford as Han Solo (in all the panels) stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber.] Leia: I love you. Han: Well, duh.
[Han Solo in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon.] C-3P0: Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3720 to 1! Han: Seriously? ...Christ.
[Han Solo stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber.] Leia: I love you. Han: Oh! Hey, that explains the kissing earlier.
[Han Solo stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber.] Leia: I love you. Han: I'm nailing your brother.
[Han Solo standing in front of Luke Skywalker, who is holding a blast shield helmet and a lightsaber. The training droid hovers between them.]
Han: Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for scissors, though they do beat paper and rock.
[Han Solo stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber.] Leia: I love you. Han: Cool. Listen, this thing is really, really cold.
[Han Solo stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber.] Leia: I love you. Han: Wowzers.
[Han Solo sits with two others. General Madine approaches.] Madine: General Solo, is your strike team assembled? Han: Barely. They're pretty drunk.
[Han Solo and Princess Leia stand in an Ice Tunnel of Hoth.] Leia: I'd just as soon kiss a wookie. Han: Man, me too but Chewie never seems interested. Maybe I should grow my hair out.

In the second of the original Star Wars film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back , just before Han Solo , portrayed by Harrison Ford , is frozen in carbonite, the following conversation occurs:
Leia: I love you. Han: I know.
The original script had Han Solo respond to Leia with "I love you, too," but Harrison Ford felt that the character would not give such a cliched response, even in the face of likely death. He and the director Irvin Kershner changed the line to "I know" before filming. They did, however, also film the scripted version, but it was the "I know" version that was actually used in the finished film.
This line is generally thought to be better than the original would have been. It was long thought that Harrison Ford ad-libed the line. Others have even suggested it was because they had filmed the scene so many times, that Ford in exasperation at some point just blurted out the "I know" after hearing "I love you" so many times. But it has later been revealed that it was not ad-lib on the spot, although Harrison did suggest the I know line to the director. This has been described here: How the Famous 'I Love You/I Know' Scene From 'The Empire Strikes Back' Really Came Together .
The comic presents several alternative ad-libs that Ford could have made in that conversation, as well as at various points throughout the original trilogy. So in this situation, it is the actor Ford and not Han Solo who speaks the lines.
Note: although it's spelled "wookie" in the comic, the canonical spelling of Chewbacca's species is " Wookiee ".
The title text continues the ad-lib in panel four. It refers to the plot twist that Luke Skywalker is Princess Leia's brother, which would not be revealed until the next film in the series. How Harrison Ford knows this twist at this point in the story is unknown.
[Caption above the panels:] Harrison Ford famously improvised his "I know" line in E.S.B. Here are a few of his less-successful ad-libs:
[Harrison Ford as Han Solo (in all the panels) stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber.] Leia: I love you. Han: Well, duh.
[Han Solo in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon.] C-3P0: Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3720 to 1! Han: Seriously? ...Christ.
[Han Solo stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber.] Leia: I love you. Han: Oh! Hey, that explains the kissing earlier.
[Han Solo stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber.] Leia: I love you. Han: I'm nailing your brother.
[Han Solo standing in front of Luke Skywalker, who is holding a blast shield helmet and a lightsaber. The training droid hovers between them.]
Han: Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for scissors, though they do beat paper and rock.
[Han Solo stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber.] Leia: I love you. Han: Cool. Listen, this thing is really, really cold.
[Han Solo stands in front of Princess Leia on the Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber.] Leia: I love you. Han: Wowzers.
[Han Solo sits with two others. General Madine approaches.] Madine: General Solo, is your strike team assembled? Han: Barely. They're pretty drunk.
[Han Solo and Princess Leia stand in an Ice Tunnel of Hoth.] Leia: I'd just as soon kiss a wookie. Han: Man, me too but Chewie never seems interested. Maybe I should grow my hair out.
