punisher1974
Super Freak
Obviously my scenario for Han's send off above would have worked best had they made the film in the late 80's/90's rather than waiting until he was in his 70's.
But I don't think that TFA killed his OT character development per se. His arc for that time in his life will always exist. But people don't stay the same forever. Sometimes they stagnate, backslide, and so forth and TFA reflected that.
Late 80's would have been cool then Han could have told Leia to break out the slave outfit for his arrival home.