Han Solo

Han Solo ( Yan Solo in the French version) is a character of the Star Wars , played by Harrison Ford. Born in 29 Av. BY on the planet Corellia, Han Solo is a smuggler, pilot and former imperial officer who had to desert to save Chewbacca, Wookie slave, to make his copilot of it. He traverses the galaxy on board the Faucon Millenium , which he gained while betting against Lando Calrissian during part of Sabacc, a famous card deck resembling our poker.

A new hope

In a new hope , Han Solo, smuggler always accompanied by his faithful Chewbacca, met the young person Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi on Tatooine. Loading of the two heroes on board the Faucon Millenium , Han Solo left Tatooine precipitately after Stormtrooper S took by storm the track of takeoff of the vessel and consequently fleeing occasion the notorious gangster of Tatooine Jabba Hutt of which it was indebted certain debts. It is during this forwarding that Han Solo and its novel members of crew crossed a field of asteroids which they recognized thereafter as being the remainders of the planet Alderaan destroyed by the Black Star of the imperial ones. By bad luck, their vessel was attracted thereafter by the ray tractor of Black Star, and Han Solo had of another choice to only land inside and to see there immobilized its Faucon Millenium . To counter that, the old man Ben Kenobi went to decontaminate the magnetic pull of Black Star while Luke Skywalker and Han Solo left to the rescue the princess Leia Organa, retained captive in a cell. The vessel could finally leave Black Star with on its board, Han, the Skywalker young person and the rebellious sénatrice, but at the price of the sacrifice of Obi-Wan Kenobi at the time of its duel against Dark Vador. At this moment, Han estimated to have fulfilled its mission and refused to collaborate with the rebellious forces, but after having empoché its had, it returned to surprise Dark Vador by consequently saving occasion the life of Luke Skywalker at the time of the Bataille of Yavin, which made it possible this last to destroy Black Star and Han Solo to prove that it is not only one to be only interested by the money and that it could engage in a combat for a right cause.

Consequently, he embraced with Chewbacca definitively the cause of the Alliance Rebels.

The Empire counter-attacks

In the Empire counter-attacks on the planet refrigerator of Hoth, it saved again the life of Luke Skywalker while leaving to its research, only through the blizzard, it to find cold and exhausted. Later in the surprised attack conducted by the imperial forces of Vador, it was forced to take to the escape with on board the Faucon Millenium the Leia princess. It is not without adventures that finally Han Solo succeeds in finding asylum on Bespin near his/her old friend Lando Calrissian today with the head of the Cité of the Clouds. But what it had not been able to provide was that Lando had been put at the pay of Dark Vador to avoid all reprisals towards its city on behalf of the Empire. The tended trap, Han solo was made capture in company of the princess, then to torture in the presence of Dark Vador in person and finally to freeze in carbonite before leaving in the vessel Boba Fett bound for Jabba Hutt. Before its congelation Leia and Han had all the same time to acknowledge their love mutually.

The Return of Jedi

the Return of Jedi marked its return, and this, thanks to the assistance of his/her faithful friends. Han in its block of carbonite, decorated now a such trophy the palate of Jabba Hutt when the princess Leia disguised in hunter of premium come to deliver Chewbacca managed to cut through a path the evening in the palate to go to defrost Han Solo. But this was a trick organized by Jabba Hutt conscious of trickery. Fortunately the arrival of Luke Skywalker allowed to put an end to this situation and proved that there was even more malignant than Hutt. Indeed, after Luke killed the Rancor of Hutt, this last condemned Jedi and its friends to die devoured by the Sarlacc. But a priori this exit was envisaged in advance by Luke because about to jump in the mouth of Sarlacc one of the guards of Jabba was revealed as being Lando Calrissian and the intrepid droïde R2-D2 launched to the Jedi young person his laser saber. During this ambush Han Solo hardly starting to recover the sight of the continuations of its carbonic congelation, sent without wanting it the hunter of premium Boba Fett right in the mouth of Sarlacc and saved Lando on the point him also to get caught by the terrible creature. Hutt in general agitation, died with the hands of Leia.

Once the again joined together team, it was decided what was going to be the ultimate mission of Rebellious Alliance. Destruction of the second Black Star then in construction close to the forest moon of Endor. For that two bodies of forwarding were dispatched: The first, terrestrial and carried out by lately promoted General Solo, would decontaminate the shield of protection of Black Star located on Endor in a bunker made safe by the imperial ones: Second composed of the space fleet rebels would be given the responsability to tackle face the Black Star.

Voluntary Lando Calrissian going for the attack on Black Star, Han entrusted the Faucon Millenium to him in order to conclude its mission before leaving in company of Luke, Leia and Chewbacca for Endor.

It is while going on Endor that Solo made knowledge, certainly initially animated, of the indigenous people of the Ewok S, of small teddy bears but what does not make less them of true warriors full with courage. Once combined in Ewoks, Solo could succeed in at the same time decontaminating the shield of protection of Black Star, while overcoming the imperial troops with blow of easy way and audacity. The mission which it had just made a success of was capital because it allowed the destruction of the ultimate weapon of the Empire but also the end of the reign without division of the Empire in the galaxy.

Wide universe

Through the novels telling the continuation of the saga Star Wars , Han Solo, married has Leia Organa in 8 a. BY, will be the father of two twins, Jacen and Jaina then a third of the name of Anakin, which will become in their turn Jedi knights like their mother and their uncle.

He is also the hero of a literary trilogy the trilogy Han Solo written by Ann C. Crispin, which takes place between 10 Av. BY and a new hope , where his youth is discovered.

External bonds

Card of Han Solo on Starwars.com

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