# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/61 "2017-03-25T17:39:41Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Han Solo. Bob Iger can go to hell. Too late !! šŸ˜ƒ Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk ---
**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 25, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/62 "2017-03-25T21:36:26Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Itā€™s really Haim Solomonovicz. But you know how it is in show businessā€¦ See post 6. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/63 "2017-03-25T21:52:12Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Chest Rockwell. Blast Hardcheese. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/64 "2017-03-25T22:54:41Z")
Serious question: Iā€™ve seen the movies but am not a hardcore fanboy. Is there a chance this could be used to tie Solo with an existing family line or part Jedi or something? I have no clue what Iā€™m talking about but could his last name be Jinn and heā€™s Qui Gonā€™s unknown son or something? Please return to the silly names. Iā€™d go with Alexander Portnoy, another guy who likes to use his hand solo. :d&r: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/65 "2017-03-26T01:48:23Z")
According to the Darths and Droids webcomic, the character was originally named Greedo, before he shot the alien named Han Solo in that bar on Tatooine and stole his identity. Although Greedo might not have actually been his original name, either: Itā€™s implied that heā€™s changed aliases a number of times, in order to stay ahead of the law. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/66 "2017-03-26T02:11:45Z")
Roger Abbot ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/67 "2017-03-26T09:20:44Z")
Puddinā€™ Tame ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/68 "2017-03-26T09:34:02Z")
Guy Incognito ---
**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 26, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/69 "2017-03-26T19:36:27Z")
> [@eulalia](#): > > Puddinā€™ Tame No really. Whatā€™s his name? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/70 "2017-03-26T20:33:05Z")
Ask him again and heā€™ll tell you the same. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/71 "2017-03-26T22:05:09Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Serious question: Iā€™ve seen the movies but am not a hardcore fanboy. Is there a chance this could be used to tie Solo with an existing family line or part Jedi or something? > > I have no clue what Iā€™m talking about but could his last name be Jinn and heā€™s Qui Gonā€™s unknown son or something? > > Please return to the silly names. Iā€™d go with Alexander Portnoy, another guy who likes to use his hand solo. > > :d&r: Jeez, I really, really, really hope not. In a galaxy of 400 quadrillion beings, I would hope they donā€™t need to make everyone related. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/72 "2017-03-27T01:08:41Z")
Astronaut Jones ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/73 "2017-03-27T01:22:08Z")
We-Canā€™t-Use-Our-Imaginations Kenobi. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/74 "2017-03-27T02:35:25Z")
Well known fact. Actual name ā€œHenry Walton Jonesā€ ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938/75 "2017-03-27T03:23:23Z")
Maybe ā€œSoloā€ is a corruption of ā€œ[Sloane](https://dreamingcity.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/20130714-151817.jpg)ā€? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-isnt/782938.md?page=3)