The Han Solo prequel rewrote the plot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Jan 18, 2026More than ten years after the release ofStar Wars: The Force Awakensthe plot was reworked.
To celebrate the film's 10th anniversary, a comic book was releasedStar Wars: Han Solo - The Hunt for the Falconfrom Marvel Comics. The five-issue mini-line follows Harrison Ford's traveler-adventurer several years before what happens in episode seven. He was looking for his ship, the Millennium Falcon, in space.
The fifth issue brought a new twist to the chronology of Star Wars, which raised a lot of questions among fans.
The comic was expected to end with Han returning to the YT-1300 light freighter, but this did not happen. History has rewritten the events that led toThe Force Awakens.
Towards the end of the last issue of The Falcon Hunt, Khan and his companion Gannis Duquesne actually give up searching for the ship. On Jakku, the couple decides the chase is no longer worth it.
Dukaine states: “I am an opportunist, Solo. There are more important things to do than end up dead in this hole under Unkar's house." He's referring to Unkar Plutt, the scavenger from Jakku who becomes the owner of the Falcon inThe Force Awakens.
The mention of Unkar in connection with the Falcon and the presence of the heroes on Jakku means that Solo knew where the Falcon was before the seventh episode. However, this is not noticeable in the film.
In the seventh episode of Star Wars, a key plot point was that Han did not know where the Falcon was. When Rey and the others are caught in the tractor beam of Han's new star freighter, a bounty hunter comes aboard. Solo says that he searched for the ship for a long time, not knowing about its location.The comic contradicts this point.
Why rewriting Han Solo's story is acceptable
InThe Force Awakensthere is a line that alludes to Han's shock at Unkar holding the ship at Niima Outpost. However, beyond this, the film does not dwell on the reasons for Khan's loss of his ship.
Even if he knew the Falcon was on Jakku, that didn't mean he could easily return it. Unkar is described as a dangerous type in theStar Warscanon, so Han may have considered the mission to reclaim the ship too risky.
In any case, the canonical comic reveals new information about the hero's ship. We also learned that Han longed to be close to Leia and his son Ben.