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'''Han Solo''' was a [[Human/Canon|Human]] [[Smuggler/Canon|smuggler]] from the [[Planet/Canon|planet]] [[Corellia/Canon|Corellia]]. His best friend and first mate was [[Chewbacca/Canon|Chewbacca]], a [[Wookiee/Canon|Wookiee]] from [[Kashyyyk/Canon|Kashyyyk]], whom Solo affectionately referred to as "Chewie". Solo [[Pilot/Canon|piloted]] a customized [[Freighter/Canon|freighter]], the [[Millennium Falcon/Canon|''Millennium Falcon'']], which he had won from fellow scoundrel [[Lando Calrissian/Canon|Lando Calrissian]]. Solo and Chewbacca would later join the [[Rebel Alliance]] after rescuing [[Princess/Canon|Princess]] [[Leia Organa]] of [[Alderaan/Canon|Alderaan]] from the [[Death Star/Canon|Death Star]], a battlestation constructed by the [[Galactic Empire/Canon|Galactic Empire]] capable of destroying entire planets, and assisting in the destruction of the same battlestation in a later [[Battle of Yavin/Canon|battle]]. Solo would later become a [[General/Canon|General]] thanks to his efforts in a number of Alliance battles against the Galactic Empire.
'''Han Solo''' was a [[Human/Canon|Human]] [[Smuggler/Canon|smuggler]] from the [[Planet/Canon|planet]] [[Corellia/Canon|Corellia]]. His best friend and first mate was [[Chewbacca/Canon|Chewbacca]], a [[Wookiee/Canon|Wookiee]] from [[Kashyyyk/Canon|Kashyyyk]], whom Solo affectionately referred to as "Chewie". Solo [[Pilot/Canon|piloted]] a customized [[Freighter/Canon|freighter]], the [[Millennium Falcon/Canon|''Millennium Falcon'']], which he had won from fellow scoundrel [[Lando Calrissian/Canon|Lando Calrissian]]. Solo and Chewbacca would later join the [[Rebel Alliance]] after rescuing [[Princess/Canon|Princess]] [[Leia Organa]] of [[Alderaan/Canon|Alderaan]] from the [[Death Star/Canon|Death Star]], a battlestation constructed by the [[Galactic Empire/Canon|Galactic Empire]] capable of destroying entire planets, and assisting in the destruction of the same battlestation in a later [[Battle of Yavin/Canon|battle]]. Solo would later become a [[General/Canon|General]] thanks to his efforts in a number of Alliance battles against the Galactic Empire.
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Solo was wanted by [[Jabba|Jabba]] the [[Hutt/Canon|Hutt]] after losing a shipment of [[Spice/Canon|spice]] and was tracked by numerous [[Bounty hunter/Canon|bounty hunters]], like the [[Rodian/Canon|Rodian]] [[Greedo/Canon|Greedo]], as a result. One such bounty hunter, [[Boba Fett/Canon|Boba Fett]], who was working with the Empire's [[Anakin Skywalker/Canon|Darth Vader]], managed to deliver Solo to Jabba to fulfill the contract after Solo had been encased in [[Carbonite/Canon|carbonite]] as part of Vader's trap for [[Luke Skywalker/Canon|Luke Skywalker]]. Solo was eventually rescued by Skywalker, Organa, Chewbacca, and Calrissian; both Jabba and Fett were killed in the rescue.
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Solo was wanted by [[Jabba|Jabba]] the [[Hutt/Canon|Hutt]] after losing a shipment of [[Spice/Canon|spice]] and was tracked by numerous [[Bounty hunter/Canon|bounty hunters]], like the [[Rodian/Canon|Rodian]] [[Greedo/Canon|Greedo]], as a result. One such bounty hunter, [[Boba Fett/Canon|Boba Fett]], who was working with the Empire's [[Anakin Skywalker/Canon|Darth Vader]], managed to deliver Solo to Jabba to fulfill the contract after Solo had been encased in [[Carbonite/Canon|carbonite]] as part of Vader's trap for [[Luke Skywalker/Canon|Luke Skywalker]]. Solo was eventually rescued by Skywalker, Organa, Chewbacca, and Calrissian; both Jabba and Fett were killed in the rescue. Solo eventually led a successful expedition to destroy the shield generator of the second Death Star, playing a key role in the Battle of Endor.
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===Biography===
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====Working for Jabba====
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{{Quote|Look, I ain't in this for your revolution, and I'm not in it for you, Princess. I expect to be well paid. I'm in it for the money.''"<br />"''You needn't worry about your reward. If money is all that you love, then that's what you'll receive." (To Luke) "Your friend's quite a mercenary. I wonder if he really cares about anything–or anybody.|Han Solo and Leia Organa|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope}}
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Han Solo originally worked for Jabba the Hutt as a smuggler. Han was boarded by an Imperial patrol and had to dump his load of spice–spice he couldn't recover. As a warning, Jabba hired [[Greedo]], a novice [[bounty hunter]], to let Solo know that he was serious about getting paid. However, the Hutt lord was not renowned for patience, and none of Solo's smuggler friends would help him.
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When Greedo found Solo in the [[Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina|Mos Eisley Cantina]] on Tatooine, it became clear that he intended to kill Solo rather than give him a chance to pay Jabba. Han shot Greedo under the table, then paid the bartender for 'the mess', as he put it. Later, Solo found Jabba and a band of his thugs, including Boba Fett, in [[Docking Bay 94]], where the ''Millennium Falcon'' was docked. Solo managed to convince Jabba to give him more time, promising to repay him what he owed plus fifteen percent after being paid for a routine charter flight he and Chewbacca had recently arranged in the cantina, with an [[Obi-Wan Kenobi|old man]], a young [[Luke Skywalker|farmboy]] and two droids, named [[R2-D2]] and [[C-3PO]].
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====Mercenary turned Rebel====
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[[File:HanChillinAtChalmuns-ANH.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Solo in [[Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina]]]]
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{{Quote|Well, anything's better than just hanging around waiting for him to pick us up.|Han Solo to Luke Skywalker, regarding Obi-Wan Kenobi's orders to stay with R2-D2 and C-3PO.|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope}}
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As luck would have it, the passengers were [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] and [[Luke Skywalker]], who meant to escort the droids [[C-3PO]] and [[R2-D2]] from Tatooine to [[Alderaan]] on behalf of the [[Rebel Alliance]]. When they arrived in the [[Alderaan system]], the crew and passengers of the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' found that the planet had been destroyed by the [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station|Death Star]]. After they were dragged on board by the Death Star's [[tractor beam]]s, Skywalker convinced Solo and Chewbacca to help him [[Rescue on Death Star I|rescue]] Princess Leia Organa by promising "more wealth than you can imagine." Han helped Luke infiltrate the massive station in stolen [[stormtrooper armor]] and after several misadventures, they managed to rescue the Princess and escape, at the cost of Obi-Wan's life, taken by his former [[apprentice]], [[Darth Vader]] during their duel aboard the [[Death Star]].
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Afterward, Solo took Leia, Skywalker, and the droids to [[Yavin 4]] to collect his reward. Though he was initially willing to abandon the Rebels and make off with his fee, an attack of conscience, (brought on partly by Chewbacca's arguments) led him to join the [[Battle of Yavin]] at the last moment. The ''Millennium Falcon'' joined in just in time for Solo to d disable [[Anakin Skywalker|Darth Vader]]'s [[TIE Advanced x1|TIE advanced]]. This allowed Skywalker to destroy the Death Star, scoring a major victory for the Alliance and recognition for Solo. As a result of this battle, as well as his earlier involvement in rescuing Organa, Solo and Chewbacca had a bounty placed on their heads.
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====Hero of the Alliance====
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{{Quote|You didn't rescue me. You fell for Darth Vader's trick and led the Imperials straight to Rebel base at Yavin Four.''"<br />"''No, I lured the Death Star into the Rebel trap. If not for me, that thing would still be flying around the galaxy.|Leia Organa Solo and Han Solo|Dark Nest I: The Joiner King}}
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[[File:Han3 edited.png|thumb|left|250px|Solo infiltrates the Death Star wearing [[stormtrooper armor]].]]
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Solo and Skywalker were both awarded medals of honor for their efforts, and Solo was handsomely rewarded.
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[[File:HanBlasterHoth.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Han after destroying a [[Viper probe droid|probe droid]] on [[Hoth]].]]
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{{Quote|You like me because I'm a scoundrel.|Han Solo to Leia Organa|Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back}}
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After the battle of Yavin, the Rebel Alliance moved its headquarters to the planet [[Hoth]]. Solo resolved to leave his friends in the Rebellion and finally settle things with the Hutt. After Luke Skywalker disappeared while on patrol, Han went out to search for Luke on a [[tauntaun]], although he ended up stranded alongside Luke in the blizzard. Because of these circumstances, he was forced to use his recently deceased Tauntaun as a makeshift heat source by borrowing Luke's lightsaber to cut its innards open until morning when [[Wedge Antilles]] located him in a search operation. Likewise, during patrol, he managed to find a [[Viper probe droid]] and destroyed it, although not before it transmitted images of the Rebel shield generator and thus gave away their location. Before he could finish repairs on the ''Millennium Falcon'' and leave the Rebels' [[Echo Base]], however, he was caught up in the Imperial [[Battle of Hoth|attack on Hoth]]. When Princess Leia and C-3PO were cut off from their evacuation ship, Solo took them on board the ''Millennium Falcon'', which avoided Vader's [[Death Squadron]] by hiding in the [[Hoth asteroid field]]. When they were nearly trapped in the gullet of a [[Exogorth|space slug]], Han flew the Falcon back out into the asteroid field where they were almost immediately detected by a Star Destroyer. Han, ignoring a warning from C3PO, moved his ship into an attack approach, flying directly over the Star destroyer's bridge. Subsequent tracking of the Falcon turned up no trace; Han had outwitted the Star Destroyer's command by attaching his ship to the rear of the ships conning tower with the Falcon's landing claws. Han and his passengers later escaped undetected by drifting off amongst the Star Destroyer's garbage dump before itr went into hyperspace. During their escape, Solo and Leia began to show their affection for each other, which would later lead to them falling in love.
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Since the ''Millennium Falcon''{{'s}} repairs were still not complete, Solo went to the nearest safe haven—[[Bespin]], home to Solo's old friend Lando Calrissian's [[tibanna]] mining facility, [[Cloud City]]. Unfortunately for Solo, he had been beaten there by Darth Vader and Boba Fett. Under duress, Calrissian made a deal with the Dark Lord to betray the Rebels in exchange for the continued autonomy of Cloud City. Calrissian invited them for "refreshments," and led them into a room where Darth Vader sat, waiting. Han, with one of the fastest draws of his life, pulled his blaster and fired a couple shots at Vader, who easily blocked them and snatched the blaster out of Han's hands using the Force. Then, Boba Fett and stormtroopers surrounded the Rebels, capturing them. Solo was badly tortured on a scan grid by the Imperials who, according to him afterward, never even asked him any questions. While in his cell, Calrissian came and told the agonized Han about the custody of Leia and Chewbacca and Vader's plan to trap Luke Skywalker. Uncaring about the consequences and furious at his friend's betrayal, Han slugged Calrissian before being subdued by the administrator's guard detail.
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[[File:Hansicle-TSWA.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Han Solo ''"[[Man in Carbonite]]"'']]
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Shortly afterward, Han was taken by the Imperials to be frozen in carbonite as a test to ensure that Luke Skywalker would survive a similar freezing. There, surrounded by Darth Vader and his personal guard, he spoke his last words before being frozen. In response to Leia saying, "I love you" Solo responded, "I know." ({{Audio|ILoveYouIKnow-ESB.ogg|Listen}}) After being frozen, Han Solo went into a state of hibernation.
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Fett, dubbing Vader's handiwork, ''[[Man in Carbonite]]'',<ref>[[Shadows of the Empire 1|Shadows of the Empire #1]]</ref> loaded the slab containing Solo aboard the Slave I, and departed for [[Jabba's Palace]]. After escaping Bespin, Skywalker, Leia, Chewbacca, and a repentant Calrissian set about planning Solo's rescue.
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====Rescue====
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{{Quote|Chewie… Chewie, is that you? Ch.. Chewie. Wait, I can't see, pal. What's goin' on? Luke? Luke's crazy; he can't even take care of himself, much less rescue anybody… A Jedi Knight? I'm out of it for a little while and everybody gets delusions of grandeur.|Han to Chewbacca in their cell in Jabba's Palace|Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi}}
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In [[4 ABY]], the group managed to locate Solo and set up a rescue operation. As a result of careful planning, Solo was brought out of carbon freeze by Leia disguised as [[Boushh]], temporarily suffering from blindness, a symptom of hibernation sickness. However, Jabba was aware of Leia's real identity and imprisoned Han Solo while Leia was to become his new slave. In his cell in Jabba's Palace, Solo was reunited with his partner Chewbacca. During his short period of captivity, a [[B'omarr Order|B'omarr Monk]] named [[Sai'da]] interviewed Solo, wishing to record the famous smuggler's history. With the arrival of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo was brought once more before Jabba. He tried to barter for his life but to no avail, as he was considered a failure by Jabba. Han reunited with Luke as the two were sentenced to death and carried off to the Sarlacc pit.
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[[File:Hibernation sickness.png|thumb|right|240px|Leia wearing [[Boushh]]'s uniform frees Han from carbonite.]]
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At the Sarlacc pit, Luke turned the tables and a battle broke out. During the fight Calrissian redeemed himself by risking his life to save his old friend. Solo accidentally set off Boba Fett's jetpack which sent him flying into [[Khetanna|Jabba's sail barge]] then into the Sarlacc (though the hunter escaped well after the skirmish had ended.) Solo then managed to rescue Lando from one of the Sarlacc tentacles while hanging from one of the damaged [[Bantha-II cargo skiff|skiffs]], despite hibernation sickness still affecting him. The fighting ended with Leia killing Jabba and Han being reunited with his friends. The heroes quickly escaped Jabba's barge as it exploded due to a chain reaction set off by Luke by firing its cannon into its hull at point-blank range, and then left Tatooine after a fierce sandstorm when Luke revealed he had to go to Dagobah.
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[[File:HanEndor.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Han Solo on [[Endor]].]]
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With the death mark no longer on his head, Solo felt free to devote his time to the Rebellion.
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After recovering from [[hibernation sickness]], he formally joined the Alliance and was commissioned as a [[general]]. He led [[Endor strike team|a commando team]], which included Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa and Chewbacca, on a mission to Endor to destroy the [[Death Star II]]'s shield generator, which would allow a fleet led by [[Admiral]] [[Gial Ackbar|Ackbar]] and Calrissian--now also a general--to move in and attack the station, hopefully capturing or killing the Emperor in the process.<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />
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[[File:Han solo 6.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Han and Leia sharing a passionate kiss on Endor.]]
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On Endor Leia became separated from the group when she chased after two [[scout trooper]]s on a speeder bike. Worried, Han, Chewbacca, and Luke, accompanied by R2-D2 and C-3PO, searched through Endor's thick forest in order to locate her. However the group fell into a trap that appealed to Chewbacca's stomach and was captured by [[Ewok]]s, natives of Endor. They were eventually freed with the help of Threepio—who the Ewoks mistook for a deity—and Luke. Following their initial encounter, Han and the others became part of the Ewok tribe, forming a close bond with them.<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />
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After their initiation into the tribe, Han led his strike force to the [[Endor shield generator bunker|shield generator bunker]]. Solo didn't know, however, that he was walking into a trap; Palpatine himself knew of their attempt to destroy the generator. Solo and his force were captured, while a [[Battle of Endor|battle]] raged in space between the Rebel and Imperial fleets.<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" /> Fortunately, with the help of the Ewoks and a timely reunion with Renegade Squadron, Han and the other Rebels were able to turn the tables. After planting several [[7-PrG proton grenade]]s, Han destroyed the shield generator in time, allowing General Calrissian to begin his attack on the Death Star. The Death Star was finally destroyed, taking the Emperor with it. As the explosion of the Death Star lit the skies, Han said he was sure Luke got off in time, and Leia said "I can feel it." Han, thinking Leia was in love with Luke, offered to step aside when he came back. Leia corrected Han, telling him Luke is her brother, shocking Han, and they shared a kiss as the celebration began. Solo later joined in the evening's banquet.<ref name="Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" />
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==Appearances==
==Appearances==