LEGO Star Wars: The Han Solo Affair

LEGO Star Wars: The Han Solo Affair
Attribution information
Director(s)	Tony Mines Tim Drage
Writer(s)	Tony Mines Tim Drage
Music by	Jason Graves
Production information
Released	2002
Run time	3 minutes
Language	English
Chronological information
Timeline	3 ABY

LEGO Star Wars: The Han Solo Affair, also known as Star Wars Episode V½, is a short stop-motion animated film using LEGO characters that was released in 2002. It was created by Spite Your Face Productions Ltd and hosted on LEGO.com. It was also shared on Brickfilms.com and later posted to video streaming sites such as YouTube.com by Spite Your Face Productions.

Publisher's summary

From between the scenes of The Empire Strikes Back, it's the Han Solo Affair!

Han Solo's friends hatch a plan to rescue him from the clutches of Darth Vader and Boba Fett.

Will they succeed? Find out in this wacky Star Wars adventure!

Opening crawl

EPISODE V½ THE HAN SOLO AFFAIR
It is a time of crisis for the Rebel Alliance. On Cloud City, high above the planet Bespin, Han Solo has been captured by Darth Vader's Imperial forces and frozen in carbonite. As bounty hunter Boba Fett prepares to deliver the pirate to Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels hatch a desperate plan to save their friend…

Plot summary

Boba Fett in Slave I

As Han Solo is frozen in carbonite, his friends Chewbacca and Leia look on in dismay. R2-D2 uses an energy blast on the ceiling to make sparks rain down. A madcap chase around Cloud City ensues, with Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader joining in. Eventually, Han ends up being tractored in by Fett, who then escapes in Slave I, with all the other characters fainting in disbelief.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

C-3PO Chewbacca Boba Fett Imperial officers Jabba the Hutt (Mentioned only) Lobot Princess Leia Organa R2-D2 Luke Skywalker Han Solo Stormtroopers Darth Vader

Droid models

Astromech droid R2-series astromech droid Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid

Events

Galactic Civil War Occupation of Bespin

Locations

Bespin Cloud City

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Bounty hunter Galactic Empire Imperial officer Stormtrooper Pirate (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Human Clone Cyborg Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Slave I Storm IV Twin-Pod cloud car T-65 X-wing starfighter

Weapons and technology

Armor Darth Vader's armor Mandalorian armor Stormtrooper armor Blaster Cybernetics Borg Construct Aj^6 Droid Hoversled Laser Lightsaber Carbonite freezing room

Miscellanea

Carbonite

External links

• LEGO.com Star Wars Han Solo Affair on LEGO's official website (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Star Wars Episode V 1/2: The Han Solo Affair (backup link)
• Han Solo Story - Lego Star Wars - Mini Movie on the official LEGO YouTube channel (backup link)
• Star Wars: The Han Solo Affair on the Spite Your Face Productions YouTube channel (backup link)