Funeral of Han Solo Following the Battle of Starkiller Base , a funeral was held by the Resistance on D ' Qar for the smuggler Han Solo . Prelude . During the Battle of Starkiller Base , Han Solo attempted to turn his son Kylo Ren away from the First Order and the dark side of the Force , trying to convince him that Supreme Leader Snoke was just using him for his power . Ren refused and fatally impaled Solo with his lightsaber . In Solo ' s last moments , he looked in his son ' s eye s , before falling down a shaft towards the core of Starkiller Base to his death . Not long after , the thermal oscillator was destroyed by the Resistance pilot Poe Dameron , starting a chain reaction of explosions across the planet ' s surface . Within minutes , the planet imploded and then exploded . The funeral . The memorial service started during the early hours of the evacuation of D ' Qar . Though Leia Organa realized that setting aside a few moments to remember a fallen hero wasn ' t the right thing to do at that moment , she thought that it would provide a chance to inspire troop s with the old rebel spirit from the days of the Galactic Civil War , even though she knew that Solo himself would have hated the ceremony , knowing that he didn ' t have patience for memorials and speeches as a man who was allergic to politics and suspicious of causes . Other guests at the funeral who showed their respects were Admiral Gial Ackbar , protocol droid C - 3PO , Lieutenant Kaydel Ko Connix , Commander Larma D ' Acy , General Caluan Ematt and the Resistance pilot Nien Nunb . During her speech , Organa spoke about Solo , including the fact that he always hated bullies , injustice and cruelty , reason for which he always stood against them , throughout all his life , from his youth on Corellia , when he fought at both Yavin and Endor , and even in his final moments at Starkiller . Organa noted that when she boarded the " Millennium Falcon " the only personal touch she found was a pair of golden dice . She also recalled the occasion when Solo helped to liberate Kashyyyk . During the ceremony , Organa also took the opportunity to read out the names of the pilot s who never made it back from Starkiller , such as Ello Asty , Furillo or R1 . While the other Resistance members resumed the evacuation and returned to their positions , Organa placed a wooden figurine carved by Solo the night before the Battle of Endor along with other items amongst the roots of a tree , ending the funeral . Aftermath . Though Solo ' s funeral had been celebrated , moments to remember him still happened after the memorial service ' s end . When the Force - sensitive Rey was trying to convince Organa ' s brother and Solo ' s brother - in - law , Jedi Master Luke Skywalker to train her on Ahch - To , Skywalker asked her about Solo , leading Rey to reveal what happened at Starkiller . Subsequently , while Organa remembered Solo aboard the " Raddus " , Luke did the same at his hut , crying for the loss of Solo , who Luke had wanted to see once more . Following the Battle of Crait , Skywalker reminded Ren that Han would always be with him . Behind the scenes . The funeral of Han Solo first appeared in the of the 2017 film , directed and written by Rian Johnson . The decision to include Solo ' s funeral in the novel came from the novel ' s author Jason Fry and his editor Elizabeth Schaefer . Johnson stated that the reason for not including the funeral in the film was that it didn ' t have a place in it .