Justin Lin exited the franchise with the sixth movie, Fast & Furious 6, which ended with footage already seen in the third movie, Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift, of the seemingly fatal car crash that killed Han.
Director Justin Lin has directed four of the previous installments in the Fast & Furious franchise and has now returned for a fifth to helm Fast & Furious 9.
At an anniversary screening for the movie, Lin was made aware of the #Justice for Han social media campaign.
“Han means so much to me because he was a character before Fast & Furious.”