Han Solo — The Empire Strikes Back Character Profile

About Han Solo

Charismatic smuggler turned Rebel general, pilot of the Millennium Falcon.

Han Solo — Character Profile

Alignment

Anti-hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Blaster combat, Piloting, Smuggling, Charisma, Street smarts

• Strength: 5/10
• Intelligence: 6/10
• Charisma: 9/10
• Morality: 7/10
• Influence: 8/10

Affiliations

• Rebel Alliance
• Galactic Empire
• New Republic
• Crimson Dawn
• Jabba's criminal empire
• Bright Tree tribe
• Endor strike team
• Star Wars universe

Quick Facts about Han Solo

Occupation

military personnel, military officer, mechanic

Eye Color

Brown

Hair Color

Brown hair

First Appearance

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

Manner of Death

Homicide

Han Solo's Known Relations

• Princess Leia — Spouse
• Jacen Solo — Child
• Anakin Solo — Child
• Jaina Solo — Child
• Kylo Ren — Child
• Princess Leia — Unmarried partner
• Bria Tharen — Unmarried partner
• Qi'ra — Unmarried partner
• Anakin Skywalker — Relative
• Padmé Amidala — Relative
• Boba Fett — Enemy
• Jabba the Hutt — Enemy
• Zsinj — Enemy
• Rebel Alliance — Member of
• Galactic Empire — Member of
• New Republic — Member of
• Crimson Dawn — Member of
• Jabba's criminal empire — Member of
• Bright Tree tribe — Member of
• Endor strike team — Member of

Han Solo appears in 5 titles

• Star Wars (1977) — character page
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Return of the Jedi (1983) — character page
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) — character page
• Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Harrison Ford

Appears in

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (7)

• Han Solo — Family Spouse — Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher)

  Wikidata Property: P26

• Han Solo — Romantic Partners — Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher)

  Their romance intensifies under Imperial pressure.

  Han and Leia grow closer in the asteroid field, and Leia confesses her love before Han is frozen.

• Han Solo — Social Old Friends — Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams)

  Their friendship is strained by Lando's forced cooperation with Vader.

  The plot describes Lando as Han's old friend and identifies his administration of Cloud City.

• Han Solo — Conflict Captor — Darth Vader (David Prowse)

  Vader uses Han as both a prisoner and a strategic lure.

  Vader captures Han's group and freezes Han in carbonite as a test for imprisoning Luke.

• Han Solo — Alliance Teammates — Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)

  Han repeatedly protects and supports Luke.

  Han discovers Luke in the snow, shelters him inside a tauntaun carcass, and later joins the effort to escape the Imperial attack.

• Han Solo — Professional Pilot And Copilot — Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew)

  Their long-standing partnership is essential to survival.

  The profile identifies Chewbacca as Han Solo's loyal Wookiee copilot, and they flee together aboard the Millennium Falcon.

• Han Solo — Conflict Bounty Hunter And Target — Boba Fett (Jeremy Bulloch)

  Fett's professional objective makes Han his target.

  Boba Fett tracks Han's group to Cloud City and takes the carbonite-frozen Han to collect a bounty.

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• Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher)
• C-3PO (Anthony Daniels)
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• Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams)
• R2-D2 (Kenny Baker)
• Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew)
• Boba Fett (Jeremy Bulloch)
• Yoda (Voice) (Frank Oz)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness)
• General Veers (Julian Glover)
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