He was orphaned at a young age and turned to a life of crime where he became an excellent

pilot and smuggler.

He met the Wookiee Chewbacca and acquired the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian

in a game of sabacc.

Eventually, due to a smuggling run gone wrong, Han and Chewie owed a significant debt to

gangster Jabba the Hutt.

In order to pay it off, Han agreed to pilot Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi to Alderaan.

But when they arrived they found the planet destroyed and were captured by the Galactic

Empire's Death Star.

Together they rescued Princess Leia Organa and escaped the battle station.

Despite Han's tendency to only look out for himself and Chewie, he helped the Rebel

Alliance destroy the Death Star.

For the next three years Han remained with the Rebellion, and fell in love with Leia.

Apparently Paypal wasn't ever inventing in the galaxy, or Jabba just prefers to be

paid in cash, because Han never got around to paying off his debts.

He was lured into a trap by his old friend Lando, frozen in carbonite, and delivered

to Jabba.

One year later his friends were able to rescue him, and he served as a general in a successful

attack against the second Death Star.

Shortly after the battle he and Chewbacca were involved in the liberation of the Wookiee

homeworld Kashyyyk.

Little else is known about Han's activities in the decades that followed.