Han Solo 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 trilogy, Han is the captain of the "Millennium Falcon", along with his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca, whereby both pilots became involved in the Rebel Alliance's struggle against the Galactic Empire. During the course of the "Star Wars" narrative, Han becomes a chief figure in the Alliance and the love interest of Princess Leia. In the sequel trilogy, Han is Leia's husband and the father of fallen Jedi, Kylo Ren. Harrison Ford portrayed Han
Star Wars to Disney in 2012, and parallel to his development of a sequel trilogy, George Lucas and original trilogy co-screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan started development on a standalone film about a young Han Solo. On February 5, 2013, Disney CEO Bob Iger made public the development of the Kasdan film, along with an undisclosed film written by Simon Kinberg. Disney CFO Jay Rasulo has described the standalone films as origin stories. Lucasfilm and Kennedy have stated that the standalone films would be referred to as the "Star Wars" anthology series (albeit the word anthology has not been used in any of the