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This week, the latest Marvel Star Wars tie-in series, Star Wars: Han Solo - Hunt for the Falcon, came to a close. The series, by writer Rodney Barnes, artist Ramon Rosanas, colorist Guru-eFX, and letterer Joe Caramagna, detailed the journey of Han Solo and Chewbacca as they search for Han's stolen ship, the Millennium Falcon.
It has been a delightful miniseries, with a lot of fun adventures that very much capture the spirit of Han Solo as a character. However, while the series is set as a prelude to Han and Chewy's return to action in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it actually surprisingly retcons that movie!
How does Hunt for the Falcon retcon Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
In Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, the former First Order stormtrooper, Finn, meets the scavenger known as Rey on the planet Jakku, where she has befriended the droid, BB-8. Finn was on Jakku looking for BB-8 after first helping Poe Dameron escape from The First Order. Dameron seemingly died crash-landing on Jakku, so Finn felt that he had to finish the mission for his dead friend.
The First Order was tracking BB-8, as well, and it tried to destroy it (and, in the process, kill Finn and Rey). The only ship that they could find to escape from the attack was the Millennium Falcon. Once they were out in outer space, though, they met up with the ship's rightful owner, Han Solo, and his companion, Chewbacca.
This led to the following exchange:
HAN: Where'd you get this ship?
REY: Niima Outpost.
HAN: Jakku?! That junkyard?
FINN: Thank you! Junkyard!
HAN (to Chewie): Told ya we should've double-checked the Western Reaches!
HAN (to Rey): Who had it, Ducain?
REY: I stole it from Unkar Plutt. He stole it from the Irving Boys, who stole it from Ducain.
HAN: Who stole it from me! Well, you tell him Han Solo just stole the Millennium Falcon for good.
Okay, all good, right?
Well, the problem is that Hunt for the Falcon has seen Han Solo encounter ALL of those characters in the course of the series!
Image via MarvelSo it's weird, it follows that dialogue as the basis for all the characters in the miniseries, but in doing so, it conflicts the actual story!
What else about Hunt for the Falcon's final issue conflicts with Han Solo's history?
Image via MarvelThe other interesting aspect of the final issue that seems to doesn't fit into Star Wars history is a dream Han has in the issue that appears to be a flashback to an event from Han's past when his son was still young.
However, in the flashback, they are hiding from the Empire, and the Empire, of course, was not actually around when Ben Solo was a child. So that didn't really fit history, either. Of course, do note that this is a dream, so PERHAPS it was not intended to be an actual flashback.
It certainly appears like it is intended to be an actual flashback, though.
Star Wars: Han Solo - Hunt for the Falcon #5 is on sale now.
Source: Comicbook.com
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