Kylo felt it was too late as Leia was gone, but Han stated that while Leia was gone, what she stood for and fought for wasn't. In rage, Jabba sentenced Skywalker, Solo, and the Wookiee to be fed to the sarlacc in the Great Pit of Carkoon. 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Their actions allowed the Alliance Fleet to destroy the superweapon. Solo played sabacc with Nico and attempted to learn her reasons for joining the Imperial Navy. Unable to persuade Skywalker to end his self-imposed exile, she concluded that the son of Han Solo was the last hope of the galaxy, and therefore went directly to Ren in the hope of helping him find redemption in the light. He was saved by Nico, and the two of them went to get Lyttan and Tamu. Despite their setbacks, Jom managed to kidnap Senator Rethalow, who confessed to his dealings with Red Key and Black Sun. Solo remarked to Skywalker that he wasn't sure if he was very frustrated with Organa, or if he was beginning to like her, and shoved Chewbacca into the chute. En route to Akiva, Solo threatened to shoot Grakkus if he tried anything against him or Chewie. Despite Solo promising to come back for her, Qi'ra eventually joined Crimson Dawn. Using this information, Han and Norra managed to disable the power generator. [76], Upon to returning to the Rebel Fleet with their new prisoner, Doctor Aphra, Solo and his friends went their separate ways; Organa, Artoo, and Threepio went to detain Aphra at an Alliance-controlled space station, Sunspot Prison, with the assistance of Sana Starros, whom Organa hired to transport them to the prison. Solo refused and wanted to help Valance. [10], Han and Chewie in the cockpit of their newly acquired Millennium Falcon, The Falcon instantly became Solo's most prized possession. Leia then heard her son crying. Soon after, a cadet came to Lyttan and said that he broke off before he could get a shot. In an attempt to discredit Chancellor Mothma, Wartol leaked news about the Imperial presence to HoloNet News. The rebel smugglers flee for their lives after Solo was caught cheating at sabacc. Norra said that she was traveling to the Inner Rim world of Jakku to hunt down Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, the purported instigator behind the Liberation Day attacks on Chandrila. After subduing the gangsters, they rescued Conder and Nim Tar's child. Before he could react, Lee Re Anno summoned an interdimensional creature to distract the Imperials so the race could proceed. He continued to smuggle until he was brought back into the fight by a scavenger named Rey and a defected First Order stormtrooper named Finn, who carried with them a droid, BB-8, that had part of a map to Skywalker's location. As Solo got up to leave, he was confronted by one of Jabba's bounty hunters: the Rodian Greedo. The real Magoichi's name and history are unclear, but … [62], Tomine told Solo he and the other racers were criminals. Under duress, Aram told the rebels how to enter Ashmead's Lock. A very short time later, the Dowutin and his cronies discovered that Solo was, in fact, playing a dishonest game, so Solo fled with Skywalker just behind—not wanting to discover if the Dowutin really was going to cut off their fingers and tongues for their dishonesty. Alarmed at the friendship between Ransolm Casterfo and Leia, Lady Carise shared this information with him, knowing Ransolm's hatred for Vader. [18] Despite several setbacks, Han persisted with his mission. [27], Soon after, Han was bullied by 404-913,[27] named Beilert Valance. The Falcon soon reached Yavin 4, where Solo and the others were welcomed; Alliance Alliance High Command had feared that Organa had died with her world. Then Zalla, the sister of Bellan, the Queen of Rendel, came to Solo and Karamu and had a conversation with them about that when she cursed Rendel because she was jealous when her sister became Queen so she drove her sister off the planet, and her sister Bellan became known as the Emerald Witch. Solo was in disbelief at Vader's power—Solo was still not convinced that the power Skywalker and Vader wielded was real—and at Artoo's assurance that they were operational, opened fire on Vader with the walker's laser cannons, minorly injuring the Dark Lord and allowing Solo to pilot the walker outside the facility into the refuse fields. Solo shot them and then impersonated the crew, yelling out to a pair of stormtroopers outside for assistance. The New York Times (NYT or NY Times) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership. Later Han was practicing on a battlefield as an Imperial Army trooper and wondered how this was supposed to help him in pilot training. The job was to deliver a single statuette for a one million credits. When Nico left, Han, Valance, Tamu, and Lyttan then left for the base, being chased and fired at by Qhuloskian ships. Han sensed that Leia had a connection through the Force that he could never have with Ben. Born on Corellia, he was orphaned at an early age and taken by the pirate Garris Shrike to serve on his crew. Solo sarcastically told Organa great work in getting them nowhere and tried to shoot the open the exit. This article has an excess of redlinks in it. And when he did, Starros recognized the name of Princess Leia and decided to claim the bounty on Organa by turning her in to the Empire. [119], Immediately following Solo's capture and imprisonment, the Rebel Alliance began preparations for a rescue mission. Solo had a bad feeling that Skywalker was aboard, and was overcome with guilt at realizing that he had let his friend get captured. So smiling is a winner when it comes to great first impressions. Just then, a low growl sounded; the four simultaneously realized they weren't alone. Lucas desired new and unknown actors to play Star Wars's major roles, and originally forbade Harrison Ford from auditioning, having worked with him on the 1973 film American Graffiti. [37] Starros made her peace with Organa and Solo, so she set off on her own in the Cobra. Due to the complicated nature of the repairs, Han remarked that he wished that Greer Sonnel, a former racer and Junior Sabers champion who was serving as Leia's pilot, was still on his team. [73] Solo and the group fled the chaos back towards the Falcon, and Solo called Threepio to tell him to inform the princess that they had rescued Skywalker, no thanks to her. [66], While continuing their journey towards the Falcon, Chewbacca roared over the comlink, relieving Solo that his friend was alive. As they did so, Chewbacca heard strange noises coming from the compactor and ran away. Together, they commemorated the fallen pilots of Red Squadron. [123], After Sinjir disabled Tolruck's control module, a mass planetwide Wookiee uprising broke out. [176] Many fans disapproved of the change, and an online petition that called for Lucas to re-release the original cut of the scene was signed by thousands. While on Theron, Solo received news about the Senate bombing and saw footage of the damage. Soon, the Falcon emerged from hyperspace in the Alderaan system. Organa explained they had undercover agents they had to recover and decided to use the Dragon Void Run as cover to rescue them. Still, Solo kept in regular contact with his wife. [19], Still determined to continue her investigation into Rinnrivin's cartel and the Amaxines, Leia and her team took leave to travel to Sibensko, where the two groups were hiding. [87] Solo, along with Chewbacca, Starros, Leia, and S4 took the Falcon to the Citadel of Ktath'atn. The troopers opened fire, but Solo ran and started his ship, and once everyone was on board, blasted off and away from the battle station. She had planned to sell the creature, and its death had caused her serious financial problems. He and Chewbacca then repaired the Falcon[53] best they could with the parts they were allowed by the Alliance deck crew. After dropping a cargo of spice they were smuggling for Jabba, Solo and Chewbacca had a 50,000-credit bounty placed on their heads. The princess stopped him, however, and transferred their stolen clearance codes to the TIE fighter pilots. In comments on another blog post this week, one writer said she hated "Thank you in advance" and another wanted […] Solo was then given a tip, much to Chewie's chagrin. [128], Leia gave birth to a son named Ben Solo. [49], Solo, Chewie, and Makkeer then went to the planet Ogem to find the final droid. Before Vader could arrive, however, Organa finally made it back, having escaped Vader herself due to the timely arrival[76] of one of Vader's rivals, the Mon Calamari General Karbin,[75] and struck Aphra across the jaw, thereby also saving the day. As a result, Han and Norra's team were able to free Chewbacca and a hundred other prisoners including Norra's husband and Temmin's father Brentin Lore Wexley. [74], Neither Wookiee gained the upper hand for some time, so Solo drew his DL-44 pistol to help his friend, but Krrsantan thwarted his attempt when he threw Chewbacca straight into the smuggler, knocking his blaster into the bounty hunter's grasp. Han then raised his hand, and Broog called him a Corellian worm. Other recruits had tried to emulate his flying moves, but at least one recruit nearly died in a failed attempt. Solo was able to destroy the citadel and return to the Partisans' base. Calrissian then invited Solo, Organa, and Chewbacca for refreshments, and told them about a deal that would keep the Empire out of Cloud City. Solo became a smuggler, and … Despite an emotional reunion between father and son, Kylo Ren killed his father. During the investigation, they ran into native droids and a male Duros named Akar Duel. The team then hunted the remaining rebels and arrived at the Kaliida Nebula and met Home One. Solo and Chewbacca returned fire while they retreated to Skywalker's position. Organa saw Vader and ordered Solo to target him, while the slaves targeted the Imperial ground troops. A week later, they visited Aloo, and she told them that she had a tooka-sitting job for Chewbacca on the planet Ushruu, though Solo was to remain with her. They visited Leia's domicile and warned Princess Leia and Han Solo about the Empire. Solo and Skywalker recovered themselves, and were met with the imposing figure of the Wookiee Black Krrsantan,[74] a bounty hunter working for Jabba, second only to Boba Fett..[56] Solo pleaded with Krrsantan that it wasn't the time to collect Jabba's bounty on him. Solo and Organa frantically searched for him, and seconds later he reemerged. Several months after the Battle of Endor, Han arrived at Maz Kanata's castle on Takodana to rendezvous with an Imperial defector named Ralsius Paldora, who had stolen intelligence crucial to the liberation of Kashyyyk. Fleeing back towards the Imperials, Solo flew straight towards the bridge of the Star Destroyer Avenger, then hid on the back of the bridge. [10], In the confusion, Han and Qi'ra escaped to the Imperial checkpoint, where they used the coaxium to bribe the officer on duty to let them through. With hundreds of V/O credits to his name, Veteran Voice Monkey Steve Blum is best known as the voice of "Spike Spiegel" from Cowboy Bebop, "Wolverine" from several incarnations of X-Men (animated … Han suggested using the Force, but Leia advised him to pick up their son and snuggle him. He was then handed over to Fett and loaded onto Slave I. Solo was fine with staying; he'd gotten much more than the he's signed on for in the cantina. He hailed from Corellia and became a smuggler, even completing the Kessel Run in just twelve parsecs with his prized ship, the Millennium Falcon, and coming under the employ of Jabba the Hutt. There, they met with Mon Cala's Regent, Grand Admiral Urtya. Skywalker, with Chewbacca and Artoo, came and revived the smuggler and thanked him for coming to his rescue again. Lyttan and Tamu said that he would never learn how to fly at the academy and that they might send him to a wretched place like Urthak or Mimban. Rey and Chewie jettisoned the tracker bomb out the airlock, while Finn informed Han of the situation and the Falcon jumped back into hyperspace. [14], Solo landed the transport at Weapons Factory Alpha without incident and the group emerged from the craft. However, Vader used the dark side of the Force to stop the walker. 32 BBY (Approximate date),[2] Corellia[3] He advised him that he wasn't meant to build ships, but rather to fly them. Broog overheard Han. After this debate, Solo learned Luke had gone missing on patrol. Chewbacca gave Solo a thermal detonator, which he used to explode the window which brought in sunlight. Shortly, Solo returned to the Five Sabers race. Solo was able to bribe the sergeant and toss a detonator into the transport. Kenobi took Solo's skepticism as a challenge and put a helmet over Luke's face so he couldn't see. Lyttan and Tamu were surprised that Han survived the crash. He predicted that it would be a big battle. Skywalker then offered Jabba one last chance to free them, which he denied. [123], Princess Leia was unable to get help from the New Republic since they were preoccupied with fighting against the Galactic Empire. The Times op-ed writer is a Trump-loathing theater nerd who studied at a feminist yeshiva and used to date Kate McKinnon. Before they could truly begin, however, a pair of Imperial TIE fighters unexpectedly approached the shuttle and demanded identification from the Invictus. She recruited her team, the tech Meori, actor Tunga Arpagion, and the Partisans to pose as Queen Trios and disrupt the Spike. Realizing the Empire had discovered their location, the Rebels decided to evacuate. Jabba inquired whether Solo was going to pay him, and why he had "fried poor Greedo." This article or section needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of article quality. If we're not going to have something important and irreversible happen to him, then he kind of feels like luggage. During their respective assignments, Han and Qi'ra both failed to deliver as promised, leading them to be hunted down by factions such as the White Worms, the Kaldana Syndicate, as well as the Empire. Solo was then sedated by Triple-Zero. Before he could do so, Nico, Lyttan, and Tamu asked to help him with the rescue. [55] He arrived in his ship to find Skywalker in his T-65B X-wing starfighter being pursued by three TIE fighters, led by Darth Vader, in the station's meridian trench. [5], After Solo's death, Rey, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 flew in the Millennium Falcon to the planet Ahch-To to recruit Jedi Master Luke Skywalker to the Resistance's cause while Kylo Ren recovered from the injuries he sustained during the Battle of Starkiller Base. [141], Han Solo was created by George Lucas during the development of Lucas' 1977 film Star Wars and is present in Lucas' 132-page The Star Wars: Rough Draft, completed in May 1974. Han used his coaxium as a buy-in to play sabacc with Lando and win the Millennium Falcon. He headbutted Bot, who was subdued by Chewbacca but not before Bot injected himself with the poison. Han was thinking about what they said and thought that he should do something deeply stupid. Grakkus had organized a gladiator fight between Skywalker and Kongo the Disembowler, a massive beast from the molten world of Mustafar. Rey told her that while she didn't hear what Solo told Ben, he didn't fight nor call out, to which Leia assured her that he always knew when to run and when to make a stand. One of the station's tractor beams, however, began to pull the Falcon in. When they arrived on Rendel, they found the planet was smothered in thorns the size of Rancor teeth. Later that evening, Namir—though the captain never got the man's name, and he never gave his—boarded the Falcon with a bin of mechanical parts with orders to give them to the captain on behalf of the Alliance deck crew. [117] Solo and Skywalker scouted out the land around the base on regular recon missions as a part of their duties, using reptilian tauntauns as mounts to better traverse the freezing landscape.[29]. The smuggler tried but failed to convince both gangs that he would fix things eventually, with one of the gang leaders threatening to take away the Millennium Falcon as payback. Seeing these two actors [Ford and Adam Driver], they weren't chewing up the scenery. One officer recognized that six people had left the base and six speeders were also missing. With neither Solo nor Aphra able to gain the upper hand, they each resorted to shooting their own nests of wasp-worms above each other's heads, which dropped the stinging worms onto each other. Solo defended Leia and Skywalker's ship as they boarded the base to rescue Mothma and the other ambassadors. [170] Actor Chris Pine also named both characters as sources he drew upon when preparing to play James T. Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek, mentioning their humor and "accidental hero" traits. Solo soon saw Skywalker, though he was unconscious and being carried by the assassin droid 0-0-0. A short time later, after being denied access to the parts he needed to finish repairing the Millennium Falcon, Solo went and asked Organa what it would take for him to get the parts so he could leave the Alliance and settle his debt with Jabba before bounty hunters showed up to forcibly take him to Jabba. U'Il explained that they were ambushed by the Empire because one of the Rebel spies in the group must be a traitor. To Solo's surprise, he led them into a room with Darth Vader. As Solo walked away, he was stopped by a Dug smuggler who warned him that he was in danger. The princess, however, took over Solo's plan; she kicked him into Starros and pulled a blaster pistol from her boot. "[141] Kylo himself would admit to being devastated by Han's death, telling Rey that he still loved his father. Of the thirty Alliance ships that had participated in the battle, only three returned to the base with Solo in the Falcon. He and Chewbacca used the den several times over the years. Corellia[1] [68], Solo attempts to defuse the tension between Starros and Organa in the Monsua Nebula, Starros then contacted the Star Destroyer that had come to the planet after being alerted by the TIE that had originally pursued the Invictus, telling them that she intended to claim the bounty on Organa. Han attempted to take Qi'ra with him, but both were captured by the White Worms, and brought before crime boss Lady Proxima. Homeworld In the ensuing struggle, Han was still mostly blind, rendering him unable to contribute much. They then took a ship loaded with webweaver spiders aboard the Star Destroyer Dominion and fought their way through the ship's corridors. Han arrived on a racer and rescued his wife. As the partisans boarded the Falcon, Solo and the others came under attack by stormtroopers. Chewbacca also came to and pointed to an Imperial Lambda-class T-4a shuttle that was flying towards space. When Ben turned back around, Han had disappeared. Immediately after, the cadets started to beat Han up. [148], The script of The Empire Strikes Back originally called for Solo to respond to Princess Leia's declaration of "I love you" with "I love you too." The droid revealed the map to the lost treasure of Rane Mahal, which was located on Sakreen. Solo stepped in front of her blaster in an attempt to defuse the situation. Having experience in taking down superweapons' shield generators, Solo and Chewbacca volunteered to disable the shield. [29], Han Solo and Chewbacca began their outlaw lives working as part of pirate Tobias Beckett's crew. [54] After the troopers left, Solo and the others emerged from the compartments and Kenobi devised a plan to disable the tractor beam from inside the station. He correctly surmised that the mines were programmed to attack ships that were powered up, so he turned off his engines and coasted across the finish line unscathed. Arriving in the hanger to be surrounded by stormtroopers, Han and his compatriots believed they were done for. [143], Later on, when Rey gave Ben the lightsaber that had once belonged to his grandfather, Ben saw that the Knights of Ren were shocked. [33], Imperial Security Bureau agent Alexsandr Kallus hired the bounty hunter IG-88 to assist in tracking down Solo, with the intention of bringing the smuggler to justice for defecting from the Empire and assisting Enfys Nest. Panicked, Solo and Syndulla rushed to the cliff edge and were relieved to see the princess unharmed, having literally stumbled across the lost Rebel ship at the bottom of the pit. The TIEs didn't follow Solo through the planet's electrical super-storms, though that saving grace didn't change the princess's mind; she told the smuggler that she hated him.[39]. Zalla then fell to her knees and started to sadden and die. Solo asked Makkeer why Gwarm was after him. During the battle, Solo saw his son, who had taken the name Kylo Ren, and tried to convince him to return home. Makkeer also revealed that he had been working for Gwarm the entire time. As Starkiller Base prepared to wipe out the world of D'Qar, the site of the Resistance's headquarters, the Resistance planned an attack of their own. Height [149], On May 5, 2016, it was announced that Alden Ehrenreich would be playing the character in the spinoff film. When the orbiting Imperial Star Destroyers began bombarding Kashyyyk, Han, Chewbacca, and their fellow rebels managed to evacuate the civilians underground. Solo agreed to the mission and accompanied Organa back to the docking bay. [12] He started a fight with Han. Confounded on how to proceed, the group was saved by Artoo, who located the group and threw Solo, Chewbacca, and Organa each lightsabers that belonged to Grakkus. Biographical information Artoo, however, had learned that Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan and a leading member of the Rebel Alliance, was aboard the station, and was scheduled to be executed in Detention Block AA-23 very soon. Solo didn't believe it had been easy and demanded to know what information Artoo was carrying that made him so special. Luke and Leia hopped on a speeder to pursue them, leaving Solo and the rest of the strike team behind. [10] At one point his father brought him to the freighter factory where he worked and pointed out to the young Han that the ships being built there were his contributions to the galaxy, but that they ultimately didn't matter. Dryden accuses Han of giving him fake coaxium. Solo hiked atop a ridge with a sniper rifle, while Chewbacca headed around the ridge to intercept the mercenaries. Skywalker was given his medal and they bowed to the princess and turned as the crowd clapped for them. However, the criminals discovered his presence and locked him in a rubbish bin. Leia was annoyed with Solo for overdoing it and reminded him that Dr. Harter Kalonia had said to incorporate jogan into her diet and not to replace everything with it. The emotional maturity of a typical narcissistic person is akin to a 5-year-old child who pouts and refuses to play with a friend in the sandbox because the friend wants to … [7], A short time later, Kenobi, Skywalker, and their two droids, the protocol droid C-3PO and the astromech droid R2-D2, boarded the Falcon after Skywalker remarked that the Falcon appeared to be a "piece of junk." The officer revealed this to Yurib, but Yurib didn't respond. Threepio assured them that he would, and that he would take care of Solo's ship.[14]. [14], Solo, Organa, Artoo, and several slaves boarded the walker, so Solo began their escape, barreling through the walls of the facility. Though Solo confided that he might not make a good father, he promised to keep them pointed in the right direction. With his shipping business floundering, Han resumed smuggling and incurred large debts with the criminal gangs Kanjiklub and the Guavian Death Gang. Grakkus tried to convince Solo to free him and return to his life as smuggler. En route to Ibaar, the nerfs shed lots of fur and made "messes" around Solo's ship. The princess rejected Solo's invitation: she threw the wine into his face, stormed out of the cave, and berated him for getting side-tracked on their mission—especially when they were in danger. [14], Upon arriving at the conference room where Solo was to meet the Empire's negotiator, Solo and Artoo began the attack; Artoo, Skywalker, and Organa took the stormtroopers down in hand-to-hand combat, while Solo held the Overseer at gunpoint and demanded to know the direction to the facility's main power core.
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