So the newest Star Wars comic has just released with the Title “Han Solo and Chewbacca”,
and it will cover the time just after Solo: A Star Wars story, up until A New Hope.
The comic actually covers some really interesting parts of Han’s life and something incredible
just happened in the Star Wars Canon.
Han Solo may have just come face to face with his father.
So, lets break down the first issue of Han and Chewwie, and how it will affect the Canon
going forward.
So the story begins with Han Solo deep in thought aboard his ship, the Millenium Falcon
with Chewwie also on board.
Han shouts over to Chewwie “I hate being cold”, foreshadowing his time frozen in
Carbonite.
Chewwie fires back and Han tells him that Kashyyyk is warm, but very, very humid.
Han then remembers his time in Imperial Service fighting on Mimban, telling Chewwie “I also
hate being wet”.
By this point Chewwie is annoyed at Han’s rambling but he tells him that he’s just
talking to pass the time.
All this waiting around has him bored stiff.
Chewwie roars back that if he’s so board, maybe he should help fix the Induction Manifold...
Moments later a crackly voice streams in through the Ship’s comms unit and on the other end
is an angry woman named Khel Tanna.
Now the reason she is fuming at Han Solo here is because they agreed to rendezvous outside
of a Casino that they just robbed, ready for pickup in the falcon.
The problem is... that Han hasn’t shown up yet.
This has left Khell stranged outside of the Casino on Galator three with a flurry of blaster
bolts coming at her and her crew.
Han tries to talk his way out of the situation telling her that the exhaust manifold is broken
but she’s not really buying it.
Either way, Han brings the falcon down to the Exit of the Casino and just barely manages
to evade the guards, before getting Khell and her stash on board.
Once Khell makes it into the cockpit she rages at han, calling him a son of a motherless
Gundark...
Han tells her to relax, but she’s not having it because every patrol ship in the system
is after them right now.
Han however is focused and is ready to evade them at all costs.
Khell then asks him “... and how do you plan on evading them?”.
Han gives his usual witty response, telling her that he plans to do a little thing called
flying, before swooping the Falcon between many tall buildings and barreling towards
a casino cruiser.
Han is about to crash his way into it, but calms Khell by telling her that the good news
is that the middle decks of these cruisers are deidcated to storage...
no people on board...
She calls Han a madman, but that’s what everyone says, so he thrashes through the
middle deck before making it out with just a scratch on the other side.
Chewwie then punches it and activates the hyperdrives to take them to Tatooine.
On Tatooine they arrive at Jabba’s palace with the stolen goods from the Casino planet
and Khell is not happy at all about Jabba giving Han credit for the success of the mission.
She asks why Jabba is praising han when she’s the one who pulled the heist.
Jabba wisely tells her though that if it wasn’t for Solo, she and her crew would be in shackles
right now.
This doesn’t stop Khell from being angry though and she frantically tells Jabba that
they almost blew the rendezvous.
Han almost got her whole crew killed.
Han tries to be witty, telling her “almost” is an important word when Killing is involved...
but this is the final straw.
Khell is furious with Han and vows to never do another mission with him again.
The next time their paths cross, she warns Han to have a blaster in his hand.
Either way, Han and Chewwie are convinced to take another job from Jabba and it is yet
another heist.
But this time, they’ll be the ones on the ground.
The job is to steal a very small urn of pure Verillix.
Although inside the urn is not Verillix, but instead the Ashes of Krestrel D’Naran, one
of Jabba’s most hated criminal rivals.
Jabba then adds one final twist to the Job.
He says there will be worth an astounding 1 million credits, but he has to split it
with the person who tipped him off on the opportunity.
Han is not happy to hear this and cautiously asks “and who might that be”...
That man happens to be none other than Greedo.
Jabba then forces han to take Greedo with him on the mission which angers Han, as Greego
hasn’t got the best reputation in the business.
Greedo responds to this by telling Han “now isn’t that the quacta calling the stifling
slimy”, which we’ve heard quite a bit now in live action Star Wars.
Han fires back by saying that his reputation isn’t for being underhanded and that if
Greedo tries to screw him over... he’ll shoot first and ask questions later...
Yep thats a reference to Han Shot first...
The two eventually settle their beef and ask Jabba where the heist is located.
Jabba slyly tells Solo that its very convenient that he is familliar with the planet that
this job is taking place on.
Han asks “and what planet would that be”...
Jabba tells him “congratulations Han, you’re going home...”...
Cutting to the surface of Corellia, the Falcon touches down safely in Coronet city as seen
in Solo a Star Wars story.
Now while this is happening, a man named Vizam back at Chalmun’s Cantina makes a sneaky
call to guy called Corbus and offers him an easy job.
All he has to do is get to the ashes before Han can, and they’ll score an easy prize
from Jabba.
As Han and Greedo strolls the streets of Corellia, Greedo starts talking down on how horrid the
place is, but Han of course has some pretty fond memories here.
Han remembers kissing Qi’ra in this spot and recalls running plenty of scams and cons
here.
Chewwie then also growls something about Lady Proxima at Han and he sure doesn’t want
to run into her again after what he pulled.
Following this, the crew arrive in the Pearl District of Corellia, or the nicer part of
town and they realize that their target is Augustus Graves, the Ceo of the CEC.
The CEC is the Corellian engineering corporation.
The place where Han’s dad used to build YT-1300s...
And there is yet another reason why Han is attached to the Falcon, a YT-1300 freighter.
Greedo quickly identifies the penthouse owned by the CEO but Han and Chewwie want to get
a better look at the safe so they know what they’re dealing with.
Greedo is shocked as getting a look at the safe would require breaking in twice...
Han barley has a plan to get in once.
Some minutes later, Han slips by some people on the street in front of the building and
manages to pickpocket an entry card into the building.
The doorman of the building stops Han, not believing he actually works for the CEO because
he looks like a nerf herder...
Either way, Han talks his way out of the situation like usual and makes it to the safe.
He finds out it’s a Locris 1-42-08, or in simpler words, it’s the most impenetrable
safe design in the galaxy.
At this point Han realizes that they need something massive to cut into the safe...
He doesn’t quite know what just yet, so he waits at the bar and tries to think of
a plan...
He does do his best thinking over A Montalsian Ale, or so he tells Greedo.
As Han starts to devise his plan he bumps into an older fellow who is startled and notices
that he works for the Corellian Engineering Corporation.
Just what he is looking for.
Han offers to buy the old man a drink and mentions that his father used to build ships
for the CEC.
The man asks “You got a soft spot for you dad, huh”, but Han brushes it off, saying
he more so has one for old times.
The two shake hands and Han introduces himself by name...
But before we can see where things go , we cut to a bar on the planet Hosnian Prime,
where Marshal Buck Vancto is looking for information about the Ashes that Jabba so desperately
wants.
Awesomely this Marshal is wearing a similar red shirt with a long collar that could cover
the face, just like Marshal Cobb Vanth from the Aftermath Novels and the Mandalorian.
Now the Marshall is here to find out where his target named Brox Anthar is and promises
to leave the poor bartender alone if she gives him Brox’s location.
The Bartender complies with the Marshal’s request and begins his chase for the target.
Brox Anthar sprints down the streets of Corellia, but the Marshal has adrenaline pumping through
his veins as he loves a good chase.
The Marshall manages to stop the fleeing target with his electric bolas, and reads out the
charges of grand larceny on him.
Before he can arrest the Snivvian though, he gets a holo.
The Twi’lek on the other end offers him a new and much more lucrative job.
A bounty has been placed on Han Solo after the casino heist from the start of the story.
The Twi’Lek giving out the job calls Han a real piece of work and reads off his rap
sheet.
He’s pulled dozens of jobs in dozens of system, including heists, smuggling, you name
it.
The Marshal has his new target, and being the righteous, law respecting officer that
he is, he’s not going to let Han get away with any more crime.
Back at the Bar with Han, the Old Man is about to leave, but Han order one more drink.
He toasts to his father, and the old man says he will drink to that.
Han then takes a massive swig of his ale and drunkenly says.
People call him Ovan.
This sends a chill down the Old Man’s spine.
“No.
It can’t be...”
Han is curious what caused the Old Man to suddenly look unsettled.
The Old Man almost freezes, but manages to get the words out.
He tells with a sock on his face, that Ovan is his name.
A rush of anticipation and joy overwhelms Ovan and he exclaims that he’s found his
boy...
And that’s where the first issue of the brand new Han and Chewbacca series ends.
Do you think this is a fakeout or is this Han’s actual father?
Let me know in the comments below.
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