Although this article is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.
Please see the reasons for this title in the "Behind the scenes" section below, and/or the relevant discussion on the talk page.
- "Always thought it would be you... getting killed... saving me or my kids..."
- ―Han Solo to Chewbacca[src]
The children of the Millennium Falcon co-pilot and smuggler Han Solo, whether real or merely hypothetical, were referenced by Solo in his dying words to his friend Chewbacca.
Biography[]
Sometime around the 19th century, Han Solo and his friend Chewbacca accidentally traveled to Earth when their spacecraft, the Millennium Falcon, went off course while trying to escape from a Star Destroyer and fleet of TIE fighter. There, a tribe of natives ambushed the pair and Solo was mortally wounded. Taken back to his ship, the dying Solo confessed to Chewbacca that he had always thought it would be his counterpart, beholdened by a life debt, who've died first—sacrificing himself to save Han or his potential kids.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Jacen, Jaina and Anakin Solo, Han Solo's children in Star Wars "Legends."
Han Solo mentioned children in "Into the Great Unknown", a non-canon Star Wars comic book story written by W. Haden Blackman and published by Dark Horse Comics in the nineteenth issue of Star Wars Tales. The comic portrays a crossover between the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.[1]
In the Star Wars Legends continuity (known then as the Expanded Universe), Han Solo fathered three children, named Jacen, Jaina and Anakin. The former two were born at the end of Timothy Zahn's 1993 novel The Last Command,[2] while the latter was born in Tom Veitch's 1994-1995 comic book series Star Wars: Dark Empire II.[3] Solo's musing that he guessed Chewbacca would die saving his kids is a reference to Chewbacca's controversial death saving Anakin in R. A. Salvatore's 1999 novel The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime.[4] At the very least, Solo's mention of his "kids" sets "Into the Great Unknown" around or after 9 ABY.
In the new Star Wars canon established in 2014, Solo has one child, Ben Solo, who debuted in J.J. Abrams' 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, the first installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy.[5]
"Into the Great Unknown" does not indicate when its story takes place within the Star Wars timeline, and although Solo mentions Chewbacca saving his kids, the dying pilot could have been referring to hypothetical future children that he might one day have had.
Appearances[]
- Into the Great Unknown (Non-canonical appearance) (Mentioned only)