"machines. All forms of artificial intelligence in ""Star Wars"", like in the modern world, have many purposes. Many of these require manual operation and/or programming. In ""Star Wars"", this is sometimes achieved with the help of an appropriate droid. For example, a scene in ""The Empire Strikes Back"" shows Han Solo ordering Chewbacca to shut down the ""Millennium Falcon"", possibly to reboot the ship's entire system. When C-3PO questions whether that includes shutting him down as well, Han replies ""no"", because he needs C-3PO to communicate with the ship's computer. This is possibly due to Han knowing that C-3PO is"
"commercially available Lego set. Lego has also made a version of the Falcon to tie in with the newest Star Wars movie, """". It is called the Kessel Run Millennium Falcon. Millennium Falcon The Millennium Falcon is a fictional starship in the ""Star Wars"" franchise. The modified YT-1300 Corellian light freighter is primarily commanded by Corellian smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and his Wookiee first mate, Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). Designed by the Corellian Engineering Corporation (CEC), the highly modified YT-1300 is durable, modular, and is stated as being the second-fastest vessel in the ""Star Wars"" canon. The ""Millennium Falcon"" first"
"Millennium Falcon The Millennium Falcon is a fictional starship in the ""Star Wars"" franchise. The modified YT-1300 Corellian light freighter is primarily commanded by Corellian smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and his Wookiee first mate, Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). Designed by the Corellian Engineering Corporation (CEC), the highly modified YT-1300 is durable, modular, and is stated as being the second-fastest vessel in the ""Star Wars"" canon. The ""Millennium Falcon"" first appears in ""Star Wars"" (1977), and subsequently in ""The Star Wars Holiday Special"" (1978), ""The Empire Strikes Back"" (1980), ""Return of the Jedi"" (1983), """" (2005), """" (2015), """" (2017), and"
"Solo action figure with ""human proportions"" was released in 1977 to follow with the initial release of the original Star Wars films, while a figure created for the films' mid-1990s re-release was criticized as ""unrealistically muscled."" In June 2018, Han Solo's Blaster from 1983's ""Return of the Jedi"" was auctioned for $550,000. Ripley's Believe It Or Not bought the item at the Hollywood Legends auction at Planet Hollywood casino-resort in Las Vegas. Han Solo Han Solo is a fictional character in the ""Star Wars"" franchise, who is a pilot from the planet Corellia. A primary character in the original film"
"Chewbacca Chewbacca (), nicknamed ""Chewie"", is a fictional character in the ""Star Wars"" franchise. He is a Wookiee, a tall, hirsute biped and intelligent species from the planet Kashyyyk. Chewbacca is the loyal friend and first mate of Han Solo, and serves as co-pilot on Solo's spaceship, the ""Millennium Falcon"". Within the films of the main saga, Chewbacca is portrayed by Peter Mayhew from episodes ""III"" to ""VII"" (Mayhew shares the role with his body double Joonas Suotamo on """"). Suotamo took over the role alone in """" and reprised the role in """". The character has also appeared on"
"her son from the dark side. 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. Han Solo's first film appearance however was in 1977's ""Star Wars: A New Hope"" where he is played by Harrison Ford. He and his Wookiee co-pilot and best friend, Chewbacca are initially hired to transport Luke Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi. Han and Chewbacca later become involved in the Rebel Alliance and are committed to its cause. Over the course of"
"Solo family The Solo family is a fictional family of characters in the ""Star Wars"" franchise, whose most key member is smuggler Han Solo, one of the central protagonists of the franchise starting in the original film trilogy which he is featured prominently throughout. Subsequent to these films' events, Han marries Princess Leia, hence connecting her family tree to his; their son Ben Solo is introduced in the 2015 film """". In the alternate ""Star Wars"" expanded universe of novels and comic books, Han and Leia have three children: Jaina, Jacen and Anakin Solo, who appear as lead characters in"
"Solo: A Star Wars Story Solo: A Star Wars Story (or simply Solo) is a 2018 American space Western film based on the ""Star Wars"" character Han Solo. Directed by Ron Howard, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the second ""Star Wars"" anthology film following ""Rogue One"" (2016). Alden Ehrenreich stars as Han Solo alongside Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo, and Paul Bettany. The plot takes place approximately ten years prior to the events of ""A New Hope"", and explores the early adventures of Han Solo"
"Kylo Ren Kylo Ren is a fictional character in the ""Star Wars"" franchise. Introduced in the 2015 film """", he is portrayed by Adam Driver. ""Kylo Ren"" is the chosen name of Ben Solo, the son of original ""Star Wars"" trilogy characters Han Solo and Leia Organa. Though trained by his uncle Luke Skywalker as a Jedi, he has been seduced to the dark side of the Force by Supreme Leader Snoke and aspires to be as powerful as his grandfather, Darth Vader, and create a new order in the galaxy separate from the legacies created by Luke and the"
"Wars"" universe"". Anakin Solo is the youngest child born to Han Solo and Princess Leia, and the younger brother of Jacen and Jaina Solo. Anakin is named after his maternal grandfather, Anakin Skywalker, and, like his namesake, is a talented pilot who is prodigiously gifted both in the Force and mechanical engineering. Anakin appears as an infant and toddler in many ""Star Wars"" novels such as the ""Jedi Academy"" trilogy (1994). Anakin and his siblings play central roles in other novels such as ""The Crystal Star"" (1994), the ""Corellian"" trilogy (1995) and ""The New Rebellion"" (1996). Anakin's birth is featured"
"it as ""Han"" like Lucas, and that when, in ""The Empire Strikes Back"", Lando is choked by Chewbacca for betraying Han, Lando causes most other characters to shift to ""Han"". In ""Solo: A Star Wars Story"", Glover decided to deliberately use ""Han"" instead of the other characters ""Hahn"" in order to honor the character's trait. Lando Calrissian first appears in ""The Empire Strikes Back"" (1980) as the administrator of Cloud City. The rebels arrive in Lando's old ship, the ""Millennium Falcon"". Shortly before Han Solo and crew make it to Bespin, Darth Vader and a contingent of Imperial forces arrive"
"are soon found by First Order stormtroopers and are forced run for their lives. After a fierce firefight, the three of them steal a ship, the Millennium Falcon, from Unkar's junkyard and flee into space. Hux informs Ren of their escape and Ren angrily wrecks his room. While in space, they are captured by a larger ship supposedly owned by the First Order. It turns out the ship is piloted by Han Solo and Chewbacca, who had come to reclaim their ""home,"" which had been stolen from them years earlier by criminals. Rey and Finn inform them that BB-8 contains"
"haunting contours."" Kyle Buchanan of Vulture.com was underwhelmed by the reveal of Driver under the mask. Leon, however, argued: Driver won a 2016 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal. In January 2018, Kylo was voted seventh greatest movie villain of all time by the readers of ""Empire"". Kylo Ren Kylo Ren is a fictional character in the ""Star Wars"" franchise. Introduced in the 2015 film """", he is portrayed by Adam Driver. ""Kylo Ren"" is the chosen name of Ben Solo, the son of original ""Star Wars"" trilogy characters Han Solo and Leia Organa. Though trained by"
"time it came off the assembly line almost like a wild animal, to when it became the magnet in attracting the adventures of the great Han Solo. In 19 BBY, during the Clone Wars' Battle of Coruscant, the ""Falcon"" had gone under the name of ""Stellar Envoy"" under the captaining of Tobb Jadak and his copilot Reeze Duurmun. Jadak and Duurmun had acted as conspirators as part of a plot to overthrow Supreme Chancellor Palpatine as leader of the Old Republic. Their mission failed when an erratic hyperspace jump landed the ""Envoy"" into an accident that killed Duurmun and landed"
"head of military operations, as well as one of her top advisers. When Rebel spies discover plans for a partially constructed second Death Star, Ackbar and Mon Mothma plan a surprise assault on the battle station as it orbits the forest moon of Endor. The attack, known as the Battle of Endor, involves General Han Solo leading a strike team on the moon's surface to destroy the Death Star's energy shield generator, while Ackbar and General Lando Calrissian lead a space battle against the station itself. Ackbar personally leads the assault from his flagship, the Mon Calamari cruiser ""Home One""."
"name Ben Solo, who trained as a Jedi under Luke. However, he was corrupted by the First Order's Supreme Leader Snoke, and turned to the dark side. As Kylo Ren, he betrayed the Republic and destroyed the Jedi – much like his grandfather, Darth Vader. Heartbroken by Ben's betrayal, Han and Leia separated, while Luke went into exile. Leia asks Han to find Ben and bring him home, convinced that there is still good in him. Han and Chewbacca go with Finn to the First Order's planet-converted superweapon, Starkiller Base, to destroy the base and rescue Rey. There, he sees"
"Han is a main character in the 2015 ""Star Wars"" comic series. Issue #6 introduces Sana Starros, an associate of Han's who has previously posed as his wife. ""Star Wars: Han Solo"" is a five-issue mini-series focused on Han entering a race called the Dragon Void Rule. In the earliest version of the initial draft for ""Star Wars"", Solo was a Ureallian with green skin, no nose and enormous gills, also being a member of the Jedi Bendu and being acquainted with General Skywalker. The following draft saw Solo as a pirate with a beard and flamboyancy, Lucas settling on"
""""" (2018). Additionally, the ""Falcon"" appears in a variety of ""Star Wars"" expanded universe materials, including books, comics, and games; James Luceno's novel ""Millennium Falcon"" focuses on the titular ship. It also appears in the 2014 animated film ""The Lego Movie"" in Lego form, with Billy Dee Williams and Anthony Daniels reprising their roles of Lando Calrissian and C-3PO, and Keith Ferguson voicing Han Solo. The ship originally had a more elongated appearance, but this design's similarity to the Eagle Transporters in """" prompted Lucas to change the ""Falcon""s design. The original model was modified, re-scaled, and used as Princess"
"this movie's wise, ancient alien with connections to the mystical side of the galaxy."" Of the character's alien species and planetary origins, Abrams said that though ""The Force Awakens"" does not answer these questions, more information about Maz is forthcoming ""in other venues"". In the film, Han Solo visits his old friend Maz at her tavern, seeking her aid in returning the wayward astromech droid BB-8 to the Resistance. Maz, who has a crush on Han's copilot, the Wookiee Chewbacca, is intrigued by Han's companions, the renegade stormtrooper Finn and the scavenger Rey. First Order stormtroopers, led by Kylo Ren,"
"television, books, comics, and video games. Chewbacca, a 200-year-old Wookiee, becomes a young Han Solo's companion after they both escape Imperial captivity on Minban. After a series of adventures on Vandor and Kessel, Chewbacca embarks on the smuggling trade, serving as Han's co-pilot on the ""Millennium Falcon"" for the rest of Han's life. Standing at eight feet tall, Chewbacca is covered with long hair and wears only a bandolier. His weapon of choice is the Wookiee bowcaster (a crossbow-shaped directed-energy weapon). Chewbacca was named one of the ""greatest sidekicks"" in film history by ""Entertainment Weekly"". In France, in ""Episode IV"","
"Wookiee Wookiees () are a fictional species of intelligent bipeds from the planet Kashyyyk in the ""Star Wars"" universe. They are taller, stronger, and hairier than humans and most (if not all) other humanoid species. The most notable Wookiee is Chewbacca, the copilot of Han Solo, who first appeared in the 1977 film ""Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope"". According to an interview with creator George Lucas, the inspiration for the Wookiee was Lucas' dog, Indiana (whose name is used in the Lucas-inspired Indiana Jones movies). ""He was the prototype for the Wookiee. He always sat beside me in"
"and crash-land. Finn survives and assumes that Poe died in the crash. He encounters Rey and , but the First Order tracks them and launches an airstrike. Finn, Rey, and flee the planet in the ""Millennium Falcon"", which they steal from a junkyard. The ""Falcon"" is captured by a larger ship piloted by Han Solo and Chewbacca, looking to reclaim their former vessel. The group is attacked by gangs seeking to settle debts with Han, and flee in the ""Falcon"". At the First Order's Starkiller Base, a planet converted into a superweapon that harnesses star energy, Supreme Leader Snoke allows"
"Star Destroyer toy released by Hasbro ""is the rarest among Hasbro's Collector Fleet"". Star Destroyer Star Destroyers are capital ships in the fictional ""Star Wars"" universe. The Imperial Star Destroyer, which first appears in the first seconds of ""Star Wars"" (1977), is ""the signature vessel of the Imperial fleet"". The term ""Star Destroyer"" also refers to other vessels in the franchise. Numerous Star Destroyer models and toys have been released, and the iconic scene featuring the vessel's first appearance pursuing Princess Leia's starship has been called a milestone in special effects history. In draft scripts for the film that would"
"additional detailing reflecting the passage of time. The most noticeable change is the rectangular sensor array above the top hull, which replaces the circular dish from the first three films. Han Solo won the ""Millennium Falcon"" from Lando Calrissian in the card game 'sabacc' several years before the events of the film ""A New Hope"". In ""Star Wars"", Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) charter the ship in the Mos Eisley cantina to deliver them, C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), R2-D2 (Kenny Baker), and the stolen Death Star plans to Alderaan. When the ""Falcon"" is captured by the Death"
"coordinates where Luke Skywalker is to be found, Ren kills an old vicar known as Lor San Tekka, and captures Resistance pilot Poe Dameron, who has also been sent to recover the map by General Leia Organa. Ren soon learns that the pilot had entrusted his astromech droid, BB-8, with the map. Poe flees with the help of rogue stormtrooper Finn, who later finds BB-8, and the scavenger Rey. Finn, Rey, and BB-8 escape Jakku in the ""Millennium Falcon"", and are soon intercepted by the ship's former owner, Han Solo, and his co-pilot Chewbacca. It is revealed that Ren is"
"Tantive IV The Tantive IV (also referred to as the Rebel blockade runner) is a fictional spaceship in the ""Star Wars"" film series. It was used by Leia Organa in """" and was the first vessel audiences saw when ""Star Wars"" premiered in 1977. Other Corellian corvettes, which share the ""Tantive IV""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s design, appear in ""Return of the Jedi"" and in the ""Star Wars"" expanded universe's books, comics, TV series, and games. The ship's design stems from initial concepts for the ""Millennium Falcon"". When """" featured a ship called an ""Eagle"" Transporter with an appearance similar to the Industrial Light"
"several expanded universe books and other media. The anthology film """" reveals Han Solo's father, whose name is not revealed, constructed ships in planet Corelia, where Han was born. The name of Han's dad is not known. In the Legends-canon his name was Jonash Solo. 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. Han Solo's first film appearance however was in 1977's ""Star Wars: A New Hope"" where he is played by Harrison Ford."
"Han a Nova battle cruiser if he abandons his quest to win Leia's heart. Han snaps. He abducts Leia using the Gun of Command, and flees with her and Chewbacca aboard his recently refitted ""Millennium Falcon"" to Dathomir. Prince Isolder pursues him with his Hapan fleet. He arrives at Dathomir shortly after Han despite Han's headstart, as Isolder is aided by the Jedi Master Luke Skywalker who uses his Force powers to navigate a shorter (but still safe) path through hyperspace, shaving time off accepted conventional routes. There they both discovered that Zsinj had truly laid claim to Dathomir—in orbit"
"captured by Jawas, and are taken to be sold. In the process of being sold to Owen Lars, C-3PO convinces his new owner to buy R2-D2 as well. The duo ultimately lead Lars' nephew, Luke Skywalker, to Obi-Wan, for whom R2-D2 plays Leia's message. After Imperial stormtroopers destroy the Lars homestead, C-3PO and R2-D2 go along with Luke and Obi-Wan on a mission to rescue Leia, transported by Han Solo and Chewbacca on board the ""Millennium Falcon"". When the ship is taken hostage on the Death Star, C-3PO helps R2-D2 shut down the space station's trash computer, saving their human"
"The Han Solo Trilogy The Han Solo Trilogy is a trilogy of science fiction novels set in the ""Star Wars"" galaxy. It follows Han Solo's origins and life before the events depicted in the original ""Star Wars"" trilogy. The trilogy was written by Ann C. Crispin (as A.C. Crispin), and released in June 1997, October 1997, and March 1998, respectively. The author stated that ""Per Lucasfilm's request, I did not cover Han's time in the Imperial Academy, or his first meeting with Chewbacca"". These events were eventually depicted in the 2018 film """". The trilogy begins 10 years before Han"
"Qi'ra Qi'ra is a fictional character in the ""Star Wars"" franchise, introduced in the 2018 film """" and portrayed by Emilia Clarke. She is Han Solo's childhood best friend and first love from the planet Corellia. The pair live on the streets before he flees the planet. Qi'ra subsequently becomes a lieutenant in the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate. In the 2018 ""Star Wars Anthology"" film ""Solo: A Star Wars Story"", Qi'ra is introduced as an orphaned street thief living on the shipbuilding world of Corellia. She and her lover, Han, attempt to use the valuable fuel source coaxium to bribe"
"medal along with Luke Skywalker and Han Solo at the end of ""A New Hope"", MTV presented the award as a medal bestowed by Carrie Fisher. Peter Mayhew had voiced concern about Chewbacca being skipped in the original medal scene as well, but noted that Chewbacca does get the last ""line"" in the film as compensation. Chewbacca Chewbacca (), nicknamed ""Chewie"", is a fictional character in the ""Star Wars"" franchise. He is a Wookiee, a tall, hirsute biped and intelligent species from the planet Kashyyyk. Chewbacca is the loyal friend and first mate of Han Solo, and serves as co-pilot"
"C-3PO C-3PO () or See-Threepio is a humanoid robot character from the ""Star Wars"" franchise who appears in the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy. Built by Anakin Skywalker, C-3PO was designed as a protocol droid intended to assist in etiquette, customs, and translation, boasting that he is ""fluent in over six million forms of communication"". Along with his astromech droid counterpart and friend R2-D2, C-3PO provides comic relief within the narrative structure of the films, and serves as a foil. Anthony Daniels has portrayed the character in ten of eleven ""Star Wars"" cinematic films released to"