Han Solo never knew his parents. His earliest memory was of being gone and alone on Corellia, until a venal con man named Garris Shrike took the abandoned child under his wing. Han Solo spent his youth aboard the ancient troopship Trader's Luck as a member of Shrike's well-organized "trading clan," a group who earned their keep through begging, pick-pocketing, and grand larceny. If the children failed, they were beaten to near death. The only bright spot in Han's early life was a kindly female Wookie named Dewlanna, who worked for Shrike as a cook and acted as the human boy's surrogate mother. She taught Han to speak and understand Shyriiwook.
Han Solo absolutely wanted to learn more about his parents, but that door remained closed to him. The only Solo relative he located was his cousin named Thrackan Sal-Solo. After an unpleasant encounter, Sal-Solo disappeared from sight, and eventually rose to a leadership position with an anti-alien organization called Human League. More than 3 decades would pass before Sal-Solo tormented the New Republic during the Corellian insurrection.
Over the years, Han Solo became a master thief and street fighter. His skill at piloting swoop racers earned plenty of prize money for Shrike, and his mastery of alien languages served him well when Trader's Luck traveled throughout the galaxy on making-money scams. When Solo was 17 years old, he was captured by law enforcement officials and forced to fight in the Regional Sector Four's All-Human Free-for-All on Jubilar. However, he won the contest by defeating four much bigger rivals, but Shrike mercilessly beat him for insubordination when he returned to Trader's Luck...
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