Star Wars fans were getting a bit confused about the upcoming Han Solo film (Picture: Lucasfilm/20th Century Fox/REX/Shutterstock)

Star Wars chief Kathleen Kennedy has cleared up some confusion about Han Solo’s name.

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It all got started with Disney CEO Bob Iger, who revealed some teasers about the upcoming Han Solo origin film.

Speaking at the University of Southern California, Iger said that fans would see how Han met ‘a certain Wookiee’ and ‘discover how he got his name.’

Fans took this as a suggestion that, after all this time, it would be revealed that Han Solo isn’t actually called Han Solo.


But Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, has waded in to chill the fans out.

She told MTV: ‘There’s more to Han Solo’s name, but it’s not that it’s not his name. It’s obviously his name. It will always be his name.’







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So that’s cleared that up! Although the fallout from Han Solo actually being called something else would be interesting to watch…

Harrison Ford reprised his iconic role for The Force Awakens, but in the prequel it will be Alden Ehrenreich taking it on.

Alden Ehrenreich (centre) is playing a young Han Solo (Picture: Star Wars/Disney)

The currently untitled film, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, also stars Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Star Wars will be back in cinemas in December with The Last Jedi.

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