Han Solo

"Never tell me the odds!"

- Han Solo

Han Solo was a Human smuggler from the planet Corellia. His best friend and first mate was Chewbacca, a Wookiee from Kashyyyk, whom Solo affectionately referred to as "Chewie". Solo piloted a customized freighter, the Millennium Falcon, he had won from fellow scoundrel Lando Calrissian. Solo and Chewbacca would later join the Rebel Alliance after rescuing Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan from the Death Star, a battlestation constructed by the Galactic Empire capable of destroying entire planets, and assisting in the destruction of the same battlestation in a later battle. Solo would later become a General thanks to his efforts in a number of Alliance battles against the Galactic Empire.

Solo was wanted by Jabba the Hutt after losing a shipment of spice and was tracked by numerous bounty hunters, like the Rodian Greedo, as a result. One such bounty hunter, Boba Fett, who was working with the Empire's Darth Vader, managed to deliver Solo to Jabba to fulfill the contract after Solo had been encased in carbonite as part of Vader's trap for Luke Skywalker. Solo was eventually rescued by Skywalker, Organa, Chewbacca, and Calrissian; both Jabba and Fett were killed in the rescue.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi