Ovan

Ovan was a human male who was the father of famed smuggler-turned-rebel Han Solo and the grandfather of Ben Solo. He lived on Corellia during Solo's early years, where he worked in the Corellian Engineering Corporation shipyards, building vessels such as YT-1300 light freighters. Han Solo's father wished he could leave Corellia on such a ship, but was never able to afford to. At some point, Ovan brought his son to the freighter factory where he worked. His father pointed out that the ships being built there were his contributions to the galaxy, but that they ultimately did not matter. His father then advised him that Han was not meant to build ships, but rather to fly them. According to Han, who recounted his father's story to Lando Calrissian, he was never close with his father. Sometime afterwards when Han was young, his father abandoned him and eventually died in 24 BBY.

In 10 BBY, Han Solo took up the life of a scoundrel. On one mission between 8 BBY and 2 BBY, Solo returned to Corellia on a mission to retrieve an urn containing the ashes of Krestrel D'Naran for Jabba. Upon arriving at a local bar, Solo encountered the criminal Corbus Tyra, who posed as Ovan in order to collect the urn. Solo originally held doubts about the authenticity of the man's claim, though was convinced after he recounted the time Ovan had spoken to Han about the ships he built during his career.

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