‘Star Wars’ Fans Have Some Great Suggestions For Han Solo’s Real Name

On Thursday, Disney CEO Bob Iger surprised Star Wars fans when he revealed that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s Han Solo spinoff movie — starring Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover, and the Mother of Gundarks, Emilia Clarke — will show how everyone’s favorite scruffy-looking smuggler “got his name.” There’s an offhand reference to “Han Solo” being an alias in Return of the Jedi: The Storybook, but otherwise, no one in the Star Wars films has questioned the ridiculousness of a human being named Han Solo (probably because they have equally goofy names, like Luke Skywalker and Jek Tono Porkins).

Iger also said the movie picks up with “Han Solo when he was 18 years old and takes him through when he was 24,” and will show “a few [significant] things that happened… in Han Solo’s life, like acquiring a certain vehicle and meeting a certain Wookiee.” But it’s Han Solo pulling an Armin Tamzarian that has caused the greatest disturbance in the Force. Star Wars nerds are already laying out their best theories (“If Han Solo isn’t ‘Han Solo,’ I bet he didn’t make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, either; it was actually 14 parsecs”), while everyone else is guessing what Han’s real name might be.

It’s probably not Indiana — that’s the dog’s name.

— Matt Christman (@cushbomb) March 24, 2017

Possible real name of Han Solo:

-Hanukkah Solomon

-Handjob Solo

-Hanthony Weiner (aka Starlos Danger)

-Han Solo We Go High

-Steve

— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) March 24, 2017

what if han solo's real name is chad

— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) March 24, 2017

My 3 best guesses at Han Solo's "real" name:

1. Han Yolo

2. Henry Jones Jr. (They named the dog "Han Solo")

3. Hugh Bacca

— Dan Slott (@DanSlott) March 23, 2017

I'm gonna laugh so hard when Han Solo's real name is Pluto Nash

— Chris Franklin (@Campster) March 24, 2017

*george lucas walks on stage*

Han Solo's real name is Hamburger Fartpenis

There, that's what you get for saying Jar Jar was bad

nerds

— The Xbone (@TheXbone) March 24, 2017

Can't believe Saul Goodman got a new identity, Han Solo

— Nadia! (@sundomefuture) March 24, 2017

Han Solo's real name will be revealed

SMUGGLER TAMZARIAN

— Harry Partridge (@HappyHarryToons) March 23, 2017

If you'd read the original novel you'd know Han Solo is actually the name of the doctor, not the monster he creates.

— Katie (@supermathskid) March 24, 2017

Insiders tell me that Han Solo's real name is Greedo Shotfirst

— Chris Suellentrop (@suellentrop) March 24, 2017

@starwars Is #HanSolo's real name Dick Whitman

— Matt Small (@newsmatt) March 24, 2017

Han Solo was a Mississippi River term: the second mark on the line that measured depth signified two fathoms, safe depth for the steamboat.

— Pat Baer (@patbaer) March 24, 2017

We find out Han Solo got his name like Hodor.

"I'm having a seizure! Hand Me a Solo Cup of water!"

"Hand Solo Cup"

"Hand Solo"

"Han Solo"

— Benjamin Siemon (@BenjaminJS) March 24, 2017

The new Han Solo movie introduces his evil doppelganger, Han Duo.

— Ken Plume (@KenPlume) March 23, 2017

The still-untitled Han Solo spinoff movie is out May 25, 2018.