Solo family 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.
Solo: A Star Wars Story Lucas sold his company to Disney in 2012, Kasdan was hired to help finish the script for "[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]", leaving his son [[Jonathan Kasdan]] in charge of writing "Solo" until his return. In February 2013, [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] CEO [[Bob Iger]] confirmed the development of two "Star Wars" [[standalone film]]s, one written by Kasdan. Shortly thereafter, it was reported that Disney was working on a film featuring Solo. Disney CFO [[Jay Rasulo]] described the standalone films as [[origin story|origin stories]]. In July, Lucasfilm announced that an anthology film focusing "on how [a] young Han Solo became