The Rescue of Han Solo, also known as the Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon, the Battle of Carkoon, the Sail barge disaster, or simply the Fall of Jabba, was a mission carried out during the Imperial Era in the year 4 ABY by members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic to rescue Han Solo, who was frozen in ...
Han, played by Harrison Ford, and Leia are captured by Darth Vader in an attempt to lure Luke into a trap. Vader then freezes Han in carbonite as a test to see if Luke could be imprisoned in the same fashion. Han is successfully frozen and given to the bounty hunter Boba Fett, who in turn hands the...
Boba Fett had successfully tracked and captured Han Solo, delivering the Rebel frozen in a carbonite slab to Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine. Jabba hung Han on a wall in his palace, calling him his “favorite decoration.” But the former smuggler's friends would soon appear to stage a rescue mission.
Princess Leia brings Chewie in for bounty. Leia unfreezes Han Solo. Lando or Leia releases Chewie. Leia, Han, Lando and Chewie leave together with the droids.
As a test, the process was tried on Han Solo, who survived the freezing process through the use of a special device and was eventually freed from his trap.
Jabba the Hutt mounted Han's carbonite slab to a wall in his palace, calling him his “favorite decoration.” But the ace pilot's friends hatched a rescue mission, with Leia -- disguised as bounty hunter Boussh -- freeing Han in the middle of the night.
According to the official timeline of the films, the events in The Empire Strikes Back took place in 3 ABY (After the Battle of Yavin) and the events of Return of the Jedi took place in 4 ABY, meaning that Han was frozen for roughly one year.
It was a big wide awake nothing!” Good grief that sounds horrific and it makes me have a newfound sympathy for anyone that is frozen in carbonite, especially if they don't really deserve it! I mean, Han was conscious the entire time! It's not like he was knocked out or anything.
At one point, Solo was one of Jabba's favorite smugglers and pilots, but this changed after Solo had to jettison one of Jabba's shipments. Jabba needed to save face after these events and needed to show the rest of his employees that nobody was exempt from failure.
In James Kahn's original novelization of the movie (from 1983, based on the shooting script), the scene concludes as such: “Foul beast that he was, Jabba poked his fat, dripping tongue out to the princess, and slopped a beastly kiss squarely on her mouth.”
Leia, who had half strangled herself to watch Luke because her master kept her very close on her leash, was relieved to see Luke survive, but was strangled by a furious Jabba, struggling his advances to force her to lean against his body while he stroked her bare shoulder.
On the order of the Sith Lord Darth Vader, Han Solo was frozen in carbonite on Cloud City. The freezing process resulted in hibernation sickness, causing temporary blindness. Princess Leia Organa and several other residents of Cloud City under went carbon-freezing by the Imperial Garrison under Captain Tanch.
Upon being kicked out of the Imperial Starfighter Corps, a young Han Solo was placed in the lowest-ranking position within the Imperial Army, making him an Imperial Army Trooper instead of a Stormtrooper.
Jabba knew who Leia was. However, the last thing he wanted was an Empire presence any where near Tatooine. The Empire was known to be vicious and untrustworthy.
Al Pacino said he turned down "so much money" to appear in "Star Wars." "The Godfather" star was offered the role of Han Solo in 1977's "A New Hope." He joked that by declining the role he "gave Harrison Ford a career."
He was frozen on Cloud City, and then freed the next year by Luke, Leia, and Lando from Jabba's Palace, where Luke defeated a Rancor and Han, recovering from hibernation sickness, sent Boba Fett into the belly of the Sarlacc. Exactly how long was Han Solo frozen in carbonite after Empire Strikes Back?
Han Solo marries Princess Leia and they have three children: twins named Jacen and Jaina, and a younger son named Anakin. Luke reestablishes the Jedi Order, marries a non-movie (but fan favorite) redheaded Force-wielder named Mara Jade, and they have a son, Ben Skywalker (named in honor of Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi).
Vader's lust for power was on full display in The Empire Strikes Back, when he successfully captured Han Solo - and changed the terms of his deal with Lando Calrissian at speed, freezing Han in carbonite as a gift to Jabba the Hutt.
Han Solo (portrayed by Harrison Ford) is the husband of Leia Organa, the brother-in-law of Luke Skywalker, the father of Ben Solo, the son-in-law of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, and the grandson-in-law of Shmi Skywalker. Like Shmi and Padmé, he is not Force-sensitive.
Once Solo was confirmed to be in perfect hibernation, the carbonite block was turned over to Boba Fett for transport to Jabba's Palace, where Jabba would display it as a trophy in his main audience chamber.
Solo was flash-frozen in carbonite-alive, yet entombed. He hung as a trophy on Jabba the Hutt's wall until being rescued by his Rebel friends in the film, Return of the Jedi.
During the Battle of Starkiller Base, Han Solo attempted to turn his son Kylo Ren away from the First Order and the dark side of the Force, trying to convince him that Supreme Leader Snoke was just using him for his power. Ren refused and fatally impaled Solo with his lightsaber.
