Han Lue: The Han Effect in Fast and the Furious movies

Han Lue is a major Fast and the Furious character introduced in Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in 2003.  Han's dies in the third Fast and the Furious movie after a fatal car explosion. In the latter Fast and the Furious movies, Han reappears again in the case. The Han effect in the Fast and the Furious movies confused many moviegoers.

The Han character is featured in Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast and Furious and Fast Five. How does Han die Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and show up again in Fast and Furious? The plot design in the Fast and the Furious movies is consistent with Star Wars movies. The first three Stars Wars movies postdate the last three Star Wars movies. The Fast and the Furious movies are arranged in the following sequential order:

1.  Fast and the Furious
2.  2 Fast 2 Furious
3.  Fast and Furious
4.  Fast Five
5.  Fast and the Furious 6
6.  Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

It is possible Fast and the Furious 7 can precede Tokyo Drift in the plot design. Nevertheless, the seventh Fast and the Furious movie might postdate the Tokyo Drift. The Han effect in the Fast and the Furious movie plot design:

1. Fast and Furious
2. Fast Five
3. Fast and the Furious 6 (rumored)
4. Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Han dies in Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. In the next Fast and the Furious movie, Fast and Furious, Han makes an appearance in the setup scene to establish his character backstory. Han mentions to Dom that wants to go to Japan, sharing the racers are doing wild things out there (drifting). Han returns in Fast Five to help Dom and company plan the multimillion dollar heist.

The Han effect in the Fast and the Furious movie plot design is that Han dies in Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and then reappears in future FF movies in a movie plot design which precedes the previous movies. Thus, the last three FF movies predate the first three movies. The last three movies convey the backstory. 

However, there is reason to suspect that there are story continuity errors in the plot design. In 2 Fast and 2 Furious, Brian's friend Roman Pierce asks the reason Brian lets Dom go in Los Angeles. In Fast Five, Roman meets Dom in Brazil for the first time. We can look at Roman's comment as a response to the events which doesn't state the facts about the Dom character he meets in Fast Five. 

The Fast and the Furious movie plot design is confusing. We question how Han is still alive in the future FF movies after his death. Fast and the Furious creator probably changed the direction of the movie franchise due to the popularity of Han and Letty. In retrospect, the Han effect creates an interesting Fast and the Furious movie plot design.