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.
Technology in Star Wars to slow down their landings on the surface, as well as reducing their weight until they touch the ground. Doing so allows them to land at a slow and safe horizontal speed. Other starships in "Star Wars" use gravity repulsion coils to lift off the surface and depart from their point of origin. Gravity repulsion is also common in planet-based vehicles in "Star Wars," such as Luke Skywalker's landspeeder, Jabba the Hutt's sail barge, snowspeeders, and hover bikes. The carbonite freezing coffin that kept Han Solo in suspension was suspended in midair using a gravity repulsion force field. Many droids