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10 outstanding facts about Han Solo
Han Solo, a smuggling adulterer - or so, do you believe it!
The charming and cunning smuggler has always had a heart of gold - not to mention the quick trigger finger - and remains to this day one of the most beloved and respected figures in War of the Interests history.
He's the man young guys want to be, and the man grown guys think - but what exactly do you know about the galaxy's greatest smuggler?
Oh, also, the trailer for all the sequel trilogy, especially a few revealing ones about The Rise of Skywalker!
Han shoots first!
You know, we can't talk about Han solo without talking about the most controversial thing Han Solo has ever done!
That's right - Han shoots first.
In the earlier version of A New Hope, Han shot Greedo in the cantina under the table before Greedo even got a chance to shoot at Han.
However, George Lucas decided to change this part, when Greedo first shot (very badly) in the 1997 Special Edition - although this was later changed in the 2004 version, both of which shoot
Lucas felt that Han's first shot was a bit of a villain, making him a "cold-blooded killer".
That said, his later versions changed it to make it more similar to the original, and he was even photographed wearing a “Han Shot First” T-shirt back in 2007.
The "who is the first to shoot" debate has completely erupted the Star Wars fan base - one so big that it even has its own Wikipedia page!
The whole incident is also covered in Solo: A Star Wars Story, in the dramatic final battle between Han and Beckett, where Han shoots Beckett in the middle - which the writers confirm was an incident.
The Empire landed Han and prevented him from flying.
No, they didn't send him into the room without dinner because of mischief.
In Solo: A Star Wars Story, we see Han joining the Empire in the first place, saying he would become a pilot before we join the Battle of Mimban and treating Han as an infantry soldier in the Navy
So how did Han go from being a pilot to being an angry person on the ground?
Well, in a scene removed from Solo we see Han landing his Tie Fighter before the cut-off scene leaves him chewed on by the squadron's Commodore, who found him guilty of not coordinating, and told
Han, once a smug fraudster, replied "Oh, I think it would be much worse.
Commodore smiled, half to himself and half to Han, calmly replying in that dry Imperial tone "Oh, we'll send you flying again."
Cut scene of Han being launched into the air by an explosion on Mimban.
Han Solo got married when she met Leia.
Now, I know they weren't exactly together until at least Episode VI, but before that you can't deny the mutual charm and flirtatious nature between the smuggler and the princess.
We can give Leia a free ticket for this, she's single, but Han Solo… well, he's married.
Sort.
In Episode 6 of Marvel's Star Wars main manga (set between episodes IV and V), Han and Leia land in a beautiful, idyllic world while fleeing the Empire.
They decide to stay there for a while to escape the chasing Ties and for a second it looks like romance will flourish between the two.
And then, out of nowhere, a non-Empire ship cuts through the planet's atmosphere and begins to explode at them.
The ship landed and a woman in a hood stepped down from the steep ramp claiming Han Solo's wife.
The ship's captain and a gunman of Han's level, Sana Starros, started a little annoying because Han - in Han style is really no surprise - deceived Sana and she wanted credit
On the next couple of issues, we find out that Han and Sana got married to cover up for the drug-theft job they were pulling, and that Han broke up with her.
In classic Star Wars fashion, the two make up after fighting some bad guys and Sana becomes allies of the rebellion - especially against Princess Leia.
At the end of the story, she tells Leia with great relief that her marriage to Han is fake, and only part of the job.
Han Solo's pants have something called a Corellian Bloodstripe.
In the gap between Lucas's 1977 original space epic and Disney buying the Star Wars copyright, there's a lot to explore in the extended universe (which Disney banished when it bought the Star Wars copyright).
If you've ever met a fan of heavy Star Wars, then you'll know we focus on every little detail and every detail of it is given a plot.
Right.
Beneath Han's pant leg is a bit of yellow pipe.
These Bloodstripes are awarded by the Corellian military force for outstanding acts of courage - like the Victorian Cross or the Medal of Honor.
Han Solo is a terrible father.
When we look at the beautiful, shiny Millennium Falcon in Solo, and then look at that filthy bucket bolt, spilling it in A New Hope, it should come as no surprise that Han Solo is essentially
If he loves Falcon so much and that's how he treats it, then how badly did he treat his son?
Well, first of all, we have to cut Han a little.
However, kids don't really tend to get too well the difference between good and bad, and young Ben often rages when he was a child, when he crushed things around or tore buildings into pieces.
Understandably, this scared Han, who was eager to take the young Ben over to Luke for his Jedi training.
Han is genuinely afraid that there are too many Vaders in Ben, even at such a young age and does not want life under the Empire to be re-enacted with Ben leading.
In one occasion, Ben overhears Han saying that he can finally become a "monster" - something deeply influences him and sadly finally comes true.
But, as we saw in The Rise of the Skywalker, Ben finally proved his father and all his other critics wrong, turning to Light in a final act of self-sacrifice.
Han and Falcon both became famous after their Kessel run.
Oh boy Han loves to brag about that Kessel run!
But if a parsec is a unit of distance, not time, how exactly is it going to do a Kessel Run in less than 12 parsec…?
Well, as we saw in Solo, Han was able to make Kessel Run shorter by flying dangerously near the black hole cluster The Maw, shortening the distance to 11.5 parsec instead of the standard 12 and taking one
As one of the most used smuggler routes in the Star Wars galaxy, the Kessel Runway requires extremely skilled pilots due to all the nebulae, asteroids and
So when Han brags about performing Kessel Run in less than 12 parsec, you can believe he's bragging about his skills and ship!
Han Solo is an alien Jedi.
In the May 1974 draft of the original Star Wars script, Han Solo was a Ureallian - a giant blue-skinned monster with large gills and no nose.
He is also a member of the Jedi Bendu, an early draft of the Jedi Order, and a good friend of the Shogun (Luke) Skywalker.
However, over time, Lucas decided to turn Han into a “tough James Dean-style star driver […] a cowboy in a spaceship - simple, emotional and egotistical.
George changed Han into a human so that the three main characters (humans) could develop a closer relationship, with Chewie entering the alien friend's place.
Han Solo's most iconic line of music is impromptu.
Leia: "I love you."
Han: "I know."
We all know that this is one of Han Solo's best moments - however, one that is completely undescribed.
In the original script, Leia is said to say “I love you.
However, this was changed so that Leia simply said "I love you" to Han with the same return.
During the shooting of the original Star Wars in 1977, it was no secret that Harrison Ford wasn't a fan of George Lucas's script - told Lucas "you can type this [trash] but you sure don't.
Including the part in the prisoner's escape scene on Death Star when he answered below:
Harrison Ford didn't even bother learning the lines for this and just scanned all of them on the spot!
Young Han almost appeared in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
There were a lot of concepts of a young Han Solo that were almost incorporated into the Star Wars standard before the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Some of the film's early scripts featured young Han in the film's Kashyyyk segments, as a human living among the native Wookie population.
He is even believed to have interacted with Yoda and Wookie chiefs Tarfful and Chewbacca, where he discovered part of the droid generator during the prelude to the Battle of Kashyyyk.
However, this part was written despite the concept being somewhat recycled for the animated TV show Star Wars: The Clone Wars, with Jaybo Hood being created as a sort of hybrid between Young Anakin and Young Han.
A little bit of background, Jaybo is a 10 year old kid living on the moon, where he reprogrammed a battalion of warriors to become his servant, tidying up his track and bringing him food.
Harrison Ford wants Han to die in Episode VI.
Despite being Ford's breakout role in A New Hope, he's one of the strongest (if not the only) supporters for the smuggler to end up with the original trilogy.
While quite a few people said that Ford wanted his on-screen counterpart to achieve his end because he was "bored" by Han, that's not true.
This is what Han got in the first episode of the sequel Trilogy on Starkiller Base at the hands of his son, Ben Solo / Kylo Ren.
And I can't disagree with him - RIP Han Solo, you'll miss it!
