


Dating Catwoman: His relationship with Qi'ra is practically this.Dark and Troubled Past: His parents both died when he was quite young (and he implies that even then, he and his father were never close), he's lived on the crime-riddled streets of Coronet City from around the age of ten and is forced to steal stuff for the abusive Lady Proxima to survive.and this is before the events of the movie, all of which finally culminates into a Cynicism Catalyst for him.Alden Ehrenreich even sounds more like the Han of the original trilogy in the ending. His initial interest in helping Enfys Nest is gone when she extends an offer for him to join, and he starts swaggering like a real scoundrel. Cynicism Catalyst: Being betrayed by Beckett then abandoned by Qi'ra is what breaks his idealism.This saves his butt when they first meet and earns him a friend for life. Cunning Linguist: He learned to speak Shyriiwook (the Wookiee language) even before meeting Chewbacca.After fatally shooting Beckett, Han rushes to his side and holds his hand as he dies. Cool Starship: He got to pilot the Millennium Falcon for the first time about ten years before the Battle of Yavin, and eventually won it at Sabacc.Conveniently an Orphan: He's been an orphan for quite some time when Solo starts.He ultimately ends up being an Unlucky Childhood Friend. Childhood Friend Romance: He's had one with Qi'ra on Corellia.Cannon Fodder: After being kicked out of the Flight Academy, he became a trooper - cannon fodder for the Empire's conquests.Brutal Honesty: From what we can see of his stint in the infantry, there's a reason he got kicked out of the Academy.Break the Cutie: Young Han is pretty dorky at times, but it's clear by the end that the events of Solo have completely shattered his upbeat idealism.Lady Proxima doesn't fall for it, mostly being baffled that he keeps on blatantly lying even when she calls him out.

Brandishment Bluff: Early in the film, he pretends a rock he's holding is a thermal detonator and makes a clicking sound with his mouth to mimic it being armed.Ditto with his talk to Enfys Nest about 30 men being in the Falcon ready to attack, when Lando just flies away with it. Bad Liar: Lady Proxima doesn't buy his bluff about a rock being a thermal detonator.Backup Bluff: When confronted by a band of marauders, he tries to bluff them by saying there are thirty armed men aboard the Falcon who will come running at his call.And he had to pick pockets and steal stuff and bring it to Lady Proxima, like the other scrumrats. The Artful Dodger: He claims to have been pulling scams on the streets and stealing landspeeders since the age of ten.He took the name in stride, and used it for the rest of his life. Appropriated Appellation: The surname "Solo" was given to him by an Imperial recruiter, mainly so that they could fill out his paperwork.Anonymous Benefactor: Unbeknownst to him, that coaxium he stole from Kessel and gave to Enfys Nest was the original capital used to fund the Rebel Cells, which eventually came together to form the Rebel Alliance and so on and so forth.However, while Han mentions his a father a handful of times in Solo and Most Wanted, with the implication being that he died, he never mentions his mother, so we can only assume she's also dead or was otherwise absent from her son's life. Ambiguously Absent Parent: He was an orphan living on the streets by the time he was ten years old.Ace Pilot: Apparently, it didn't take him very long to become a pretty damn good pilot.Along the way, he forged a friendship with a Wookiee slave named Chewbacca and learned some harsh life lessons. Looking for a purpose, he deserted from the ranks of the Empire and joined Tobias Beckett's ragtag crew of criminals in service of the Crimson Dawn syndicate. Initially hoping to become a pilot in the Imperial starfleet, his rebellious attitude got him reassigned to the front lines as an infantryman. I was boosting AV-21s when I was ten."Īn orphan from the planet Corellia who sought to escape his hopeless homeworld at any cost. "Look, I came up running scams on the streets of Corellia.
