Han solo s first film appearance however was in 1977s star. Now a nineteenyearold skilled swoop bike pilot, he decides to escape and hopes to become an imperial navy pilot. Han solo appears in the rise of skywalker after leia gives all of her life essence to save the lost soul of her son ben solo aka kylo ren. Disney and lucasfilm debated han solo death in star wars. The first book in this exciting han solo series begins with a recounting of han s late teen years and shows us how he set before the star wars movie adventures, these books chronicle the comingofage of the galaxys most famous con man, smuggler, and thief. Anakin solo was a human male jedi knight of the new jedi order who was the third child of han solo and leia organa solo and the younger brother of jaina and jacen solo. While getting roughedup by a toddler is just part of being a dad, last.
It follows the smuggling days of han solo and chewbacca before the events of the original star wars film. In the force awakens, the character murders his own father. If you are talking about legends, then the ending of han solo is never revealed. Either way, theres no mention of any life debt, so until we hear. Abrams felt the character wasnt evolving or contributing to the storys development. A star wars story may 25th, theres new life for the character, with actor alden ehrenreich taking on the role of the younger, preleia, prerebellion han. Han solo and the lost legacy is the last of the original han solo trilogy published way. Perhaps it would have been better to name this book han solo and the. Photo by ethan millergetty images so, when han solo perished at the hand of his son, it wasnt as surprising as it could have been. If abrams truly kills of han solo, that is a ballsy decision that could enrage the star wars community, unless its handled in an. Set before the star wars movie adventures, these books chronicle the comingofage of the galaxys most famous con man, smuggler, and thief. But, its time to come to terms with the facts han solo is dead in the star wars universe, and hes never coming back. However, chewbacca the wookie died about 25 years after episode iv saving the solo children when they were still young. Yet, ben solo does this without any trouble in the closing moments of the rise of skywalker.
The new star wars novel goes deep into the past and future of han. After receiving a heartfelt message from his deceased parents, leia skywalker the late carrie fisher and han solo harrison ford, kylo ren is killed and ben emerges. There should be more official confirmation on that. In general, the descendants of jacen, jaina and ben are main characters in this era, set when and after darth krayt takes over the galaxy. They are killed in the bombing, along with the rest of the neighborhood minus liesel. Did you know that han solo completed the kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.
One of them is a massive reveal about emilia clarkes character, qi. While fighting he was wounded with an amphistaff through his side, but he didnt died. Han solos killer kicked him in the face first, new star wars book. She loses ben solo to the dark side, then she loses han solo when hes killed by their son. Harrison ford is happy han solo finally died in the force. The 24 biggest questions we have after seeing solo. Ride with him as he rides to the rescue, narrowly escapes certain death, and foils evil in its ruthelss tracks. Their connection begins when solo boards a derelict slaving craft to find that its cargo of wookiee children had escaped and all that was left on board was a severely wounded wookiee in the pilots seat. Chewbacca was fiercely loyal to han solo, having sworn a life debt to him. He has been described as arrogant despite being an underdog who mostly looks scruffy. Han solos death in the force awakens came about when writerdirector j. Han solo is a marvel comic book miniseries written by marjorie liu and illustrated by. During the same time that leia does this, kylo and rey are engaged in a lightsaber battle on the remains of the death star ii.
The second volume of the legacy comic series, set about 140 years after return of the jedi, features jacens descendant ania solo as the protagonist. Want to read the best han solo stories the galaxy far, far away has to offer. Why in the world would he want one of the most iconic characters ever created to be killed off. Its a similar death to that of obi wan kenobi in a new hope one of sacrifice. Like splinter of the minds eye by alan dean foster, it could be categorized as fanfic while we wait for the sequels, but i. Taking place about a decade before han would meet luke and his crew in a dingy little cantina on tatooine, solo gives us a pretty clear backstory about the troubled, optimistic, han. In the expanded universe books, han solo and chewie first meet on an empire slave ship while lt. But that films final scene made it clear that han had, once upon.
Han solo soars againin this awesome trilogy of his extraordinary exploits. Her brother luke sacrifices his life to save her and the rest of the resistance. Harrison ford is happy han solo fina lly died in the force awakens the actor who portrayed han solo for nearly 40 years addressed the characters demise in. Harrison ford had no problem sharing the fact that he believed han solo should have died 30 years ago in order to give the star wars series more emotional weight.
He died because he chose to give up his life for someone else. Han also saves chewie in solo, kind of, but it might be more accurate to say they just escaped an imperial prison hole together. Han solo was still alive in the last novel i read which takes place 44 years after episode iv. Han solo is a fictional character and protagonist in the star wars franchise. Sorry, han solo, theres no time to mourn your tragic. In the expanded universe of the books, no, han solo is very much alive. Han s surname, solo, was not his birth name, with han being given his solo surname by an imperial officer right before han joined the imperial flight academy, which he would leave three years after. Solo was tragically killed by his son kylo ren adam driver in 2015s the force awakens, a stunning patricide which caused a major disturbance in the force. And on a macro level, this conclusion to the skywalker saga is guilty of. The empire strikes back, the story follows everyones favorite pair of smugglers as they fly the. The han solo of these books is the out and out rogue version we first meet in a new hope and the author has. The two hug, kylo ren stabs his father in the gut with a lightsaber, and han falls to his death off a bridge.
Is star wars han solo really dead and who is the son. The han solo adventures is a trilogy of novels set in the star wars fictional universe by american sciencefiction novelist brian daley. They both died while trying to save others except obiwan voluntarily died. Here is the first book in the blockbuster trilogy that chronicles the neverbeforetold story of the young han solo. A star wars story novel expands on the film exclusive excerpts gives you your first glimpse at the wrath of lady proxima, the mind of l337, and a connection to rogue one. Because not only did killing han solo impact on his newfound mentee rey daisy ridley, his exwife leia carrie fisher, and his own son who did the deed kylo ren adam driver, it also threatened. The nowdecanonized but compelling han solo trilogy by brian daley, with the first of the three books published in 1979. Han had already made a major sacrifice by being frozen in carbonite during the empire strikes back, and ford thought there was really nowhere. Of course all the children are strong in the force. Han solo was born into life as a street urchin, and has spent most of his life committing petty thievery for crimelord garris shrike. Rey the only person left who mattered to him most will remember him for the rest of her life for the good that he did. In the movie timeline, yes he died in the force awakens by the hands of his son ben, a. Jennifer heddle senior editor, lucasfilm publishing. Han solo and chewbacca the wookiee teamup for an allnew adventure in this thrilling upper middle grade novel.
Harrison fords abrupt reappearance in a series he was loudly glad to leave was a welcome shock, but it does raise a lot of questions. Han solo and the lost legacy by brian daley goodreads. I may have previously said i hoped han solo landed on. Because even though id thought han solo meant little or nothing to me, reckoning with his death brought me back to the time i first saw him, in 1977, when star warsor star wars, episode iv. While luke does not forgive his nephew for his complicity in maras death, he does receive an understanding of what led jacen to that point. When becketts crew along with han solo and chewbacca attempt to steal some valuable starship fuel coaxium. He died during the battle against the yuuzhan vong on myrkr. When she in turn offers her own life to save ben solo, her body does not leave as her journey is not complete. A star wars story hits theaters tomorrow, on friday, may 25, but spoilers have already made their way onto the internet. Han was introduced in the third film, tokyo drift, as a wise mentor figure for that films lead. Star wars fans were collectively heartbroken and aghast when han solo, arguably the coolest guy in the galaxy, was killed by his son in the final act of the force awakens. When his friend han solo briefly went missing while conducting a night time search and rescue mission on the planet hoth, chewbacca was visibly upset and worried while he awaited solo s return. Named after his grandfather, anakin skywalker, as a child anakin often feared succumbing to the allure of the dark side and. In the case of the force awakens, hans death is right up there with the passings of iconic characters like spock in star trek.
A star wars story is now in theaters, and like every new star wars movie of the last few years, solo contains some pretty big twists including some shocking character deaths. Come to think of it, han is the obiwan of the force awakens. He races off to help rey who is about to perform a ritual, which would ensure her to be the next emperor. Heres what his ending means for his star wars future and the meaning behind that kiss with rey. A star wars story star woody harrelsons tobias beckett teaches han solo some dark lessons. Thats pretty hard to imagine now, when a new star wars film is announced or released every year, along with several novel and comic book tieins. Han solo is the larger than life star wars character who though fictional occupies a prominent space in the memory of most star wars lovers. The books were released in 19791980, making them the first nonmovie star wars books published, except for splinter of the minds eye 1978. The book in which chewbacca died is no longer canon. The actors tobias beckett teaches han solo lessons that for better or. He tells usa today, that was the case with han solo s return too. Harrison ford shares the truth behind han solos death in. Did harrison ford really hate being han solo in star wars.