While it may seem as though Harrison Ford’s time as Han Solo has come to a natural end after his character died by the hands of Kylo Ren in Star Wars’ sequel trilogy, the non-canon corner of Star Wars comics confirms there is one way Harrison Ford can return–and it’s definitely not how fans would expect.
Harrison Ford made his debut as Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope. When fans meet him, Han is a smuggler who has no problem bending his morals and breaking the law in the name of making money. However, by the end of the film, Solo is a changed man who decides to stand for something greater than himself by officially joining up with the Rebel Alliance in their assault on the Death Star. While fans are very familiar with Han Solo’s story after he aligns himself with Luke and Leia, there are still a mountain of untold adventures during his time as an intergalactic smuggler–and one story would make it possible for Harrison Ford to reprise his role within that period of time in the Star Wars universe without the use of de-aging technology.
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In Star Wars Adventures: Tales From Vader’s Castle #3 by Cavan Scott, Derek Charm, and Corin Howell, a ship full of Rebels crash lands on Mustafar right outside of Darth Vader’s castle. Since they are all reasonably intimidated, they begin to tell each other stories to take their minds off of their assured impending doom. The story in this issue is that of Han Solo before he became a Rebel legend. The tale begins with a woman looking for someone to take a statue to a planet that has the reputation of being cursed. Not believing in that mystical mumbo-jumbo, Han Solo quickly takes the job as it
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