# Han Solo...isn't? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938 "2017-03-24T19:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/1 "2017-03-24T19:08:45Z")
Apparently that isn’t the name he was born with, [according to the makers of the new “solo” Star Wars prequel](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/twitter-is-shook-that-han-solos-name-may-not-be-han-solo_us_58d52f50e4b03692bea4dfd0). Any guesses as to his real name? How about “Napoleon Solo”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/2 "2017-03-24T19:14:22Z")
“We named the dog Han” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/3 "2017-03-24T19:17:11Z")
Obviously, it was Gredos Hotferst. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/4 "2017-03-24T19:17:27Z")
I’m thinking that maybe it’s short for “Left Hand Solo”, because of his inability to get dates when he was younger. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/5 "2017-03-24T19:21:05Z")
Lone Star! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/6 "2017-03-24T19:25:38Z")
Chansoiki Soluwitzczi. Either that, or Sue. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/7 "2017-03-24T19:28:10Z")
Tatooine Jones? ---
**Author:** ![bobtimusprime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@bobtimusprime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobtimusprime)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/8 "2017-03-24T19:30:52Z")
Foot Duet ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/9 "2017-03-24T19:34:27Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Tatooine Jones? “We named the tauntaun Tatooine’.” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/10 "2017-03-24T19:38:40Z")
I think his first name is actually Hope. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/11 "2017-03-24T19:41:38Z")
Bob Smith. Looks like a Bob Smith to me. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/12 "2017-03-24T19:43:47Z")
Orlando Sanchez ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/13 "2017-03-24T19:44:28Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/14 "2017-03-24T19:45:49Z")
Gret elo ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/15 "2017-03-24T19:52:44Z")
Dr. Nguyen Van Phuoc ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/16 "2017-03-24T20:02:42Z")
Chest Rockwell. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/17 "2017-03-24T20:15:53Z")
Scruffy Nerfherder? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/18 "2017-03-24T20:18:52Z")
I see that we have a [list](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17rj0WcCGNI) of potential real names. But, when we weren’t sure if he would survive the carbonite process, I understand that he went by [“Englebert Humperdink.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMU9wUHSapc) ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/19 "2017-03-24T20:24:07Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Apparently that isn’t the name he was born with, [according to the makers of the new “solo” Star Wars prequel](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/twitter-is-shook-that-han-solos-name-may-not-be-han-solo_us_58d52f50e4b03692bea4dfd0). > Any guesses as to his real name? Han Solo. Bob Iger can go to hell. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/20 "2017-03-24T20:26:36Z")
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