The book will take place in three distinct periods in the life of the two scoundrels including before the events of Solo: A Star Wars Story, another section between the events of Solo and Star Wars: Episode IV including the character Sana Starros (who claimed to be married to Solo in the pages of Marvel comics), and finally post-Return of the Jedi with appearances by Han, Leia, Lando, and a very young Ben Solo.
Following the toy and action figure reveals for Solo earlier this week, Lucasfilm has officially announced the book and tie-in novels for Solo: A Star Wars Story (via EW).
Solo: A Star Wars Story features Hail, Caesar‘s Alden Ehrenreich as Han, with Atlanta‘s Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian and The Force Awakens‘ Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca.
“We always wanted to tell a story that had Han and Lando having one adventure after Return of the Jedi.