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In this episode, I will be going over the Top 8 questions answered by Solo: A Star Wars
Story.
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Now before I begin, I will be discussing all of the events in Solo, so this is a warning
that spoilers are ahead.
If you haven’t seen the movie yet, I suggest you stop watching this and go to your nearest
theatre.
Alright let’s begin.
Question 1: How did Han grow up?
Han grew up as a scrumrat on the planet Corellia.
He and many others on the planet lived a life of petty crime, enslaved to local crime lords.
Question 2: How did Han Solo get his name?
After his epic escape from the clutches of Lady Proxima, Han’s next step in becoming
a pilot is to join the Imperial Navy as a cadet.
When the recruitment officer asks him his name, Han only replies with his first name
as he does not have any “people” and that he is “alone”.
The officer dubs him to be Solo, thus producing the infamous last name.
Question 3: How did Han and Chewie meet?
When Han tried to desert the Imperial Army on Mimban, he was thrown into a cage to be
eaten by a beast.
The beast was none other than Chewbacca.
They fight and while Chewbacca starts to choke Han, Han starts to speak Wookiee to Chewbacca.
He convinces Chewbacca that he has a plan to escape, so they pretend to fight until
the cage collapses.
After they escape the cage, they run to the ship that Tobias Beckett has stolen and leave
the planet together.
Question 4: How did Han get the infamous DL-44 Blaster?
Before his first job, under the guidance of his new mentor, Tobias Beckett, he is given
the DL-44 blaster by Beckett.
Beckett tries to teach Han many lessons, such as assuming everyone is going to betray you,
which of course Beckett eventually does.
This is ironic, as Han is eventually forced to kill Beckett with this same blaster.
Question 5: Does Han make the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs?
While escaping the planet Kessel, with unrefined coaxium, an Imperial Starship is blocking
them from leaving, so they try to escape through the maelstrom with TIE fighters following
after them.
While trying to escape they run into a giant space creature with tentacles, and run into
the Maw.
The Maw being a gravity well, pulls in the monster, and almost their ship, but they boost
the engine and find a hyperspace route out of the maelstrom, making them successfully
complete the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs (rounding down).
Question 6: How did Han come to own the Millenium Falcon?
Well as we all known he won it from Lando in a game of sabacc.
However, what we did not know is that he did not win it on his first try.
Lando, being the sly guy he is, cheated his way to victory in the first game against Han,
which is how he ended up working together with Han and Chewie in the first place.
After the job is done, Han who fell in love with the Falcon, returns to challenge Lando
to another round of sabacc.
This time he knows of Lando’s tricks, secretly taking the card that is up Lando’s sleeve,
and beats him fair and square to become the rightful owner of the Millenium Falcon.
Question 7: Why was Han on Tatooine?
Before parting ways with Beckett on Savareen, Beckett tells Han that there is a crime lord
on Tatooine that is putting together a team.
After Han comes into possession of the Millenium Falcon, he and Chewie decide to take Beckett’s
advice and head to Tatooine to find this gangster, seemingly Jabba the Hutt.
Question 8: Do any other characters make an appearance?
There are mentions of other characters, such as the Trandoshan bounty hunter Bossk, and
Tobias Beckett is thanked for being the one who killed Aurra Sing.
But there is a very cool moment at the end of the movie when Qi’ra takes over the crime
syndicate, Crimson Dawn, and she is talking to a masked figure on hologram, and the figure
turns out to be Darth Maul!
That’s right, he has finally made it back to the big screen, even if for just a moment.
Very cool moment that gave me goosebumps, especially since Darth Maul has been one of
my favourite characters in Star Wars.
And there you have it!
A summary of the major questions answered by Solo: A Star Wars Story.
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