Solo: A Star Wars Story Cannes Film Festival]].]] "Solo: A Star Wars Story" had its world premiere on May 10, 2018 at the [[El Capitan Theatre]] in Los Angeles, and also screened on May 15, 2018 at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. The film debuted in selected countries on May 23 and had its US release on May 25, 2018, the 41st anniversary of the release of the original "Star Wars" film (later renamed "A New Hope" to distinguish the film from the series), in which [[Harrison Ford]] first appeared as Han Solo. A "sneak peek" TV spot was released during [[Super Bowl LII]] on
The Han Solo Adventures The Han Solo Adventures The Han Solo Adventures, written by American science fiction novelist Brian Daley, is a trilogy of novels set in the "Star Wars" fictional universe. It follows the smuggling days of Han Solo and Chewbacca two years before the events of the original "Star Wars" film. The books were released in 1979–1980, making them the first non-movie "Star Wars" books published, except for "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" (1978). They were also the last published until "The Adventures of Lando Calrissian" trilogy in 1983. The three Han Solo books were also published as an omnibus edition in