Han Solo is the iconic character portrayed by Harrison Ford in the Star Wars movie trilogy. A spice smuggler at the outset, he is gradually brought into the Rebel Alliance, largely through circumstance, and becomes a hero in the fight against the villainous Galactic Empire.

1. Created by George Lucas
2. Portrayed by Harrison Ford
3. Often accompanied by the Wookiee Chewbacca
4. Home World: Corellia
5. Pilots the Millennium Falcon
6. A major character in the Star Wars comic series from Marvel
7. Accompanies Chewbacca to his home planet in the Star Wars Holiday Special

A trilogy of books by Ann Crispin fills in many details about Solo's life before the beginning of the Star Wars trilogy. It opens with him living on the streets on his home planet of Corellia, where he is discovered by the duplicitous space captain Garris Shrike.

The books then continue to explore Solo's life after the final Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi, finding Solo taking on larger responsibilities after the fall of the Empire and marrying Princess Leia. Leia and Han's son, named Anakin after their friend Luke's father, becomes the hero of some of the later books.

• IMDb: Quotes for Han Solo

• • "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."

• • Wonderful girl. Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her."

• • "Look, Your Worshipfulness, let's get one thing straight. I take orders from just one person: me."

• • Han Solo: "Not a bad bit of rescuing, huh? You know, sometimes I amaze even myself."
  • Princess Leia: "That doesn't sound too hard."

• • Luke: "It's a good thing you have these compartments."
  • Han Solo: "Yeah, I use them for smuggling. I'd never thought I'd be smuggling myself in them."

• • Princess Leia: "Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder."
  • "Han Solo: Who's scruffy-looking?"

• • Han Solo: "Afraid I was gonna leave without giving you a goodbye kiss?"
  • Princess Leia: "I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee."
  • Han Solo: "I can arrange that. You could use a good kiss."

• • Han Solo: "Hey, Your Worship, I'm only trying to help."
  • Princess Leia: "Would you please stop calling me that?"
  • Han Solo: "Sure, Leia."
  • Princess Leia: "Oh, you make it so difficult sometimes."
  • Han Solo: "I do, I really do. You could be a little nicer, though. Come on, admit it. Sometimes you think I'm all right."
  • Princess Leia: "Occasionally maybe... when you aren't acting like a scoundrel."
  • Han Solo: [laughs] "Scoundrel? Scoundrel? I like the sound of that."

• • Han Solo: "Chewie. This can't help me. There'll be another time. The Princess. You have to take care of her. All right?"
  • [Leia and Han shares a passionate kiss before Han is dragged towards the freezing chamber by the imperials]
  • Princess Leia: I love you."
  • Han Solo: "I know."

• • Luke: "I'm endangering the mission. I shouldn't have come."
  • Han Solo: "It's your imagination, kid. Come on. Let's keep a little optimism here."

• • Han Solo: "Chewie and I will check it out, you two stay here."
  • Luke: "Quietly. There may be more of them out there."
  • Han Solo: "Hey, it's me."

• • Han Solo: "I think my eyes are getting better. Instead of a big dark blur, I see a big light blur."
  • Luke: "There's nothing to see. I used to live here, you know."
  • Han Solo: "You're going to die here, you know. Convenient."

• • Han Solo: "Together again."
  • Luke: "Wouldn't miss it."
  • Han Solo: "How we doin'?"
  • Luke: "Same as always."
  • Han Solo: "That bad, huh?"

• • Han Solo: "I have a really bad feeling about this."

• Wikiquote: Han Solo Quotes

• • "Look, good against remotes is one thing. Good against the living? That's something else."

• • "One thing's for sure, we're all gonna be a lot thinner."

• • "Lando Calrissian. He's a card player, a gambler. A scoundrel, you'd like him."

• • "I'm out of it for a little while, and everybody gets delusions of grandeur."

• • "Threepio, you tell that slimy piece of worm-ridden filth he'll get no such pleasure from us! ...Right?"

• • "Great, Chewie, great. Always thinkin' with your stomach."

• Fan Site: Top 15 Han Solo Quotes You Need to Use in Regular Conversation

• • “Had a slight weapons malfunction, but everything's perfectly alright now. We're fine, we're all fine, here, now, thank you. How are you?”

• • “No, no, NO. THIS one goes THERE, THAT one goes THERE.”

• YouTube: Han Solo "Sometimes I amaze even myself"