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US Postage stamp depicting the Star Wars characters Han Solo and Chewbacca, circa 2007.
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Cowboys & Aliens (2011), Ender’s Game (2013), and
others. Earlier this year, it was announced that he’d reprise his role in a sequel to Blade Runner.
According to several media sources and social media buzz,
rumor has it that Ford might be reprising his role as Indiana
Jones in the fifth installment of the popular franchise. More
details on the movie are still under wraps.
Flying High

Several sources report that the accident was due to engine
failure; Ford has flown numerous times since the accident.
Staying Relevant
When asked at the San Diego Comic Con where he thought
Han Solo would have ended up, Ford replied honestly: “It
never occurred to me to think about it because I never thought
it would come back. I never thought we’d do another.”

While Ford is often dubbed one of Hollywood’s most private Ford is among a handful of older Hollywood action stars
actors, his love of flying is well known. A private pilot, he that continue to make movies that attract audiences from
is qualified to fly both helicopters and
across the globe. A recent New York
fixed-wing aircraft; he’s even provided I remember the engine Post article, which detailed Ford’s inemergency services at the request of lovolvement in the movie Expendables
stopping, I remember 3, explained it most succinctly with:
cal authorities.
that part “There is a precedent for veteran acIn March 2015, he made international
tors punching and kicking their way
headlines when he had to conduct an
into old age...”
emergency landing on a golf course in
Santa Monica, Calif. He suffered serious injuries but was Moreover, The Washington Post notes that Ford is part of
back to flying within three months.
a generation of Hollywood stars that are shaping how the
general public perceives aging.
During a recent segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ford shared
how he only remembers parts of the incident.
“Indeed, the steady stream of films being made with the
likes of Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Har“Yeah I remember. Not all of it, I remember some of it,” he rison Ford, Diane Keaton, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Tommy
recalled about the landing. “I remember the engine stop- Lee Jones and Helen Mirren bode well for a new view of
ping, I remember that part very well. And then I remember the possibilities of the years opening up between midlife
the tower; I remember their suggestion. Their suggestion and the end of life. These films are both reflecting and shapwas that I take the normal route to land and I knew I wasn’t ing a new zeitgeist,” cites the article.
going to do that, so I said no. And that’s the last thing that
I remember until five days afterwards actually.”
That’s good news for a new generation of Ford fans.

very well.

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