Warning: SPOILERS for Han Solo & Chewbacca #9In the entire Star Wars canon, the Millennium Falcon might be the franchise's most famous ship. However, the incredibly fast ship and others like it highlight a very obvious weakness in the galaxy far, far away.
Han Solo's ship might even be more famous and iconic than he is. Although it was hinted at in the original trilogy, it wasn't until the spin-off, Solo: A Star Wars Story, that fans got to see exactly how Han came to acquire the ship. A few years later when Han and Chewie were working as smugglers, they were approached by a man pretending to be Han Solo's father while on a job to steal an urn for Jabba the Hutt containing the ashes of one of his rivals. As such, they worked together in Marvel's new Han Solo & Chewbacca series, breaking into several places to steal it and then steal it a second time after losing the urn to rival hunters (including the office of Grand Moff Tarkin).
In Han Solo & Chewbacca #9 by Marc Guggenheim and David Messina, Han and Chewie discover a strange object within the urn rather than actual ashes. While they were trying to learn what it actually was, the con man who had posed as Han's father named Corbus Tyra manages to track them down and finds the Millennium Falcon parked at a dock. Rather than going out looking for them, he merely waits inside the ship for Han and the others to return. He then springs a trap and holds them at gunpoint to turn over the bounty.
Unique Ships In Star Wars Attract Attention
It's very entertaining that various characters in Star Wars have their own personalized ships. Besides the Millennium Falcon, popular vehicles like Boba Fett's newly renamed Firespray and the Mandalorian's Razor Crest come to mind. However, while there are obvious benefits to having a specialized ship, this issue highlights a significant weakness. It's essentially a mobile base that gives away a character's location. It's also something a character would never leave behind. They would always return to it, which means it's also the perfect place to set a trap as seen in this new issue.
Instead, characters are probably best taking a route similar to Luke Skywalker who flies an X-Wing. Although it's the same X-Wing Luke has flown for years and even during the attack on the original Death Star, it's still a more generic ship rather than something so custom and unique it can be pulled out of a lineup. Those who know Luke can probably recognize it right away, but it provides a little bit more anonymity as he travels the Star Wars galaxy. Anyone doing a little digging would have much more trouble attributing Luke's X-Wing to himself than if they were to identify Han Solo's location simply by spotting the iconic Millennium Falcon.
Han Solo & Chewbacca #9 is now available from Marvel Comics.