sometimes there are consequences to physically traumatic events
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Carbon-freeze stopped being used for organic lifeforms because of the health risks.
No one had the time to tell Han.
It's a wonder he didn't die.Series
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He had been so damn careful.
It took weeks to be cleared for missions, and would have been much longer without Leia and Luke insisting that Han was essential to the work they were doing, and the seemingly endless doctor appointments to confirm that yes, he was mostly fine, he just couldn't go on missions that could trigger a flare.Series
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There wasn't a huge population of organics on Tatooine, but everyone knew someone who was missing a hand or a limb from an accident, or had to fashion a prosthetic out of debris that did nothing but lengthen a stump to meet the ground, or give someone an immobile rake of a hand. Tatooine was an unforgiving place, and there were never enough resources for genuinely adequate medical care.
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Luke's prosthetic, his lightsaber, and the space between a near-death experience and a rescue.Series
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Luke didn't mind scars; they were just signs of wear-and-tear on a body, but they told a story, and the one behind the jagged lines zigzagging across his skin was one he could do without having to think about every time he moved.
(works okay as a standalone so you can read this w/out having read the rest of this series)
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Han had been waiting for it.
However careful he was--however many missions he reluctantly, bitterly sat out on when it would be too cold or the weather was too inconsistent to safely tell ahead of time--he knew there was always the chance he wouldn't be able to avoid a flare, or it would come on unexpectedly with no reason he could find, and there would be nothing he could do but wait for it to stop.
It felt like it was all he did, waiting for a flare and then waiting for it to end and then waiting for the next one to hit.Series