Han Solo
From impoverished childhood to smuggling to becoming a leader of the Rebellion
Important dates
- * 32 BBY, Corellia
- † 34 ABY, Starkiller Base, Ilum
Notable achievements
- Rebel Alliance hero and leader
- Completed the Kessel Run in just under 12 parsecs
- Husband of General Leia Skywalker Organa Solo
The life of Han Solo
- 32 BBYBorn into poverty to human parents on Corellia
- A young Han joins the White Worms criminal gang
- Enlistment in the Imperial Navy
- Expulsion from the Academey
- Drafted into the 224th Imperial Armored Division
- 10 BBYMimban Campaign
- Han turns to a life of smuggling, eventually finding employ under Jabba the Hut
- After a mission gone wrong, Han ows Jabba the Hut large amounts of money
- 0 BBYHan meets Luke Skywalker and, in an attempt to make a quick buck, becomes entangled with the Rebellion
- 0 BBYHan participates in the Battle of Yavin, the rescue of Leia Skywalker, and helps with subsequent destruction of the Death Star
- 3 ABYBattle of Hoth
- Capture by Darth Vader and encapsulation in carbonite
- Saved by Leia, Chewbacca, and Lando Calrissian
- 4 ABYPromotion to General, Battle of Endor, and destruction of the second Death Star
- 4 ABYWedding to Leia Organa Skywalker
- 5 ABYBirth of son Ben Solo
- Owner of a respectable shipping company
- After the loss of Ben to the Dark Side, Han and Leia separate, and Han returns to smuggling
- 34 ABYDeath at Starkiller Base at the hands of his son, Kylo Ren/Ben Skywalker
“Never tell me the odds.”
— Han Solo
“Yeah, the bastard probably did shoot first.”
— Lando Calrissian
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