Han Solo is a smuggler who, along with his Wookie co-pilot Chewbacca, has gotten into debt with a crime lord named Jabba the Hutt. He is approached by Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO, and R2-D2, who need transportation to the planet Alderaan. Han agrees to help them in exchange for money to pay off his debt, but upon arriving at Alderaan they find it has been destroyed by the Empire.
