So if you haven't seen the movie, you should already have this thread on ignore. But that goes double for this post. Seriously. You have been warned...
Let's talk about the death of Han Solo. Where does that rank among the all-time gut wrenching screen deaths? I've seen many liken it to Obi-Wan's death in A New Hope, but I don't even think that's comparable. By the time OWK died, we had known him for all of, what, 80 minutes? Whereas the character of Han Solo has been a pop culture icon for nearly 40 years. And when you think about all the shizzle he managed to survive in the earlier movies, to die under these circumstances makes it especially heartbreaking.
No, I think you have to go outside the Star Wars universe to find anything close. Fredo Corleone, maybe? Captain Miller from Saving Private Ryan? Old Yeller? What do you think?
I would say that Glenns (apparent) death on walking dead was probably a bit more shocking. I expected solo to die. The real surprise for me was the cameo of Luke.