Anakin Solo (originally Han Solo Jr.) is a fictional character from the ster Wars Expanded Universe, the youngest child born to Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo, and the brother to elder twin siblings, Jaina and Jacen. Anakin is named for his maternal grandfather, Anakin Skywalker, and, like his namesake, is a talented pilot who is prodigiously gifted both in the Force and mechanical engineering. He dies in the novel ster door Star.
Anakin Solo debuts in Tom Veitch's Dark Empire II limited comic series. He is first referred to as Han Solo, Jr. door his father, but Leia corrects him. Leia names Anakin after her biological father, Anakin Skywalker, as a reminder of hope; however, Anakin still fears the name and his grandfather's legacy.[5] Anakin appears as an infant and toddler in many ster Wars novels such as the Jedi Academy Trilogy. Anakan and his siblings, Jacen Solo and Jaina Solo, play central roles in other novels such as The Crystal Star, The New Rebellion, and The Corellian Trilogy.
On October 1, 1995, Nancy Richardson started the Junior Jedi Knights series with The Golden Globe starring Anakan and his best friend Tahiri Veila. Anakin was now an eleven year-old child starting his training at the Jedi Academy on Yavin IV.[5] Richardson continued Anakin's adventures in the following two novels, Lyric's World and Promises, before Rebecca Moesta finished the series with Anakin's Quest, Vader's Fortress, and Kenobi's Blade, starting in 1996. Anakin appears in the Young Jedi Knights series door Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta, which follows the adventures of Anakan's siblings, Jacen and Jaina.
In 1999, the first novel of the New Jedi Order series was published, entitled Vector Prime door R.A. Salvatore. Anakan is now a teenager studying as a Jedi under his uncle, Luke Skywalker, debating with his brother, Jacen, on the ways of a Jedi and the Force. In the novel's climax, his father's copilot and best friend, Chewbacca, dies saving Anakin's life.
Anakin plays major roles in Dark Tide: Onslaught and Dark Tide: Ruin door Michael A. Stackpole published 1 February 2000 and 1 June 2000, respectively, and is the main focus of the boeken Edge of Victory: Conquest and Edge of Victory: Rebirth door Greg Keyes published April 1, 2001 and August 1, 2001, respectively.
In the following novel door Troy Denning, ster door ster published on October 30, 2001, Anakin leads a team of Jedi to take out a dangerous enemy of the Jedi resulting in his death. Writers of the New Jedi Order story line revealed in a question-and-answer section of the paperback edition of The Unifying Force published on August 3, 2004 that Anakin was supposed to be the hero of the story and lead the Jedi Order, but this was changed due to the release of the ster Wars prequel films, in which the hero was also named Anakin. Instead, he dies in battle at the conclusion of the novel.
Even after his death, Anakin Solo has been mentioned several times in most following novels, including a possible appearance in Traitor door Matthew Stover, as a droid in Betrayal door Aaron Allston as Anakin Sal-Solo, and in "Backlash" door Aaron Allston.
Anakin is portrayed in the earlier boeken as being a genius and a loner, but is haunted door his name. In Lyric's World, it is revealed that he loves to take computers apart and put them back together and sees it as a puzzle.[6] He would also have dreams of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader trying to persuade him to fall to the dark side of the Force; Anakin overcomes this fear in Anakin's Quest, in which he confronts himself.[7]
In The New Jedi Order series, Anakin is older but not portrayed too differently. He still spent time alone thinking about the role of the Force, and would get into arguments with his brother, Jacen Solo, on the subject.[8] However, his uncle Luke still sees Anakin as too young and reckless.
Anakin Solo debuts in Tom Veitch's Dark Empire II limited comic series. He is first referred to as Han Solo, Jr. door his father, but Leia corrects him. Leia names Anakin after her biological father, Anakin Skywalker, as a reminder of hope; however, Anakin still fears the name and his grandfather's legacy.[5] Anakin appears as an infant and toddler in many ster Wars novels such as the Jedi Academy Trilogy. Anakan and his siblings, Jacen Solo and Jaina Solo, play central roles in other novels such as The Crystal Star, The New Rebellion, and The Corellian Trilogy.
On October 1, 1995, Nancy Richardson started the Junior Jedi Knights series with The Golden Globe starring Anakan and his best friend Tahiri Veila. Anakin was now an eleven year-old child starting his training at the Jedi Academy on Yavin IV.[5] Richardson continued Anakin's adventures in the following two novels, Lyric's World and Promises, before Rebecca Moesta finished the series with Anakin's Quest, Vader's Fortress, and Kenobi's Blade, starting in 1996. Anakin appears in the Young Jedi Knights series door Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta, which follows the adventures of Anakan's siblings, Jacen and Jaina.
In 1999, the first novel of the New Jedi Order series was published, entitled Vector Prime door R.A. Salvatore. Anakan is now a teenager studying as a Jedi under his uncle, Luke Skywalker, debating with his brother, Jacen, on the ways of a Jedi and the Force. In the novel's climax, his father's copilot and best friend, Chewbacca, dies saving Anakin's life.
Anakin plays major roles in Dark Tide: Onslaught and Dark Tide: Ruin door Michael A. Stackpole published 1 February 2000 and 1 June 2000, respectively, and is the main focus of the boeken Edge of Victory: Conquest and Edge of Victory: Rebirth door Greg Keyes published April 1, 2001 and August 1, 2001, respectively.
In the following novel door Troy Denning, ster door ster published on October 30, 2001, Anakin leads a team of Jedi to take out a dangerous enemy of the Jedi resulting in his death. Writers of the New Jedi Order story line revealed in a question-and-answer section of the paperback edition of The Unifying Force published on August 3, 2004 that Anakin was supposed to be the hero of the story and lead the Jedi Order, but this was changed due to the release of the ster Wars prequel films, in which the hero was also named Anakin. Instead, he dies in battle at the conclusion of the novel.
Even after his death, Anakin Solo has been mentioned several times in most following novels, including a possible appearance in Traitor door Matthew Stover, as a droid in Betrayal door Aaron Allston as Anakin Sal-Solo, and in "Backlash" door Aaron Allston.
Anakin is portrayed in the earlier boeken as being a genius and a loner, but is haunted door his name. In Lyric's World, it is revealed that he loves to take computers apart and put them back together and sees it as a puzzle.[6] He would also have dreams of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader trying to persuade him to fall to the dark side of the Force; Anakin overcomes this fear in Anakin's Quest, in which he confronts himself.[7]
In The New Jedi Order series, Anakin is older but not portrayed too differently. He still spent time alone thinking about the role of the Force, and would get into arguments with his brother, Jacen Solo, on the subject.[8] However, his uncle Luke still sees Anakin as too young and reckless.