Skirmish on Skip 5 The Skirmish on Skip 5 was a skirmish that occurred on Skip 5 in 17 ABY , when Han Solo and Chewbacca traveled there . Origins . After traveling to Skip 1 on the Smuggler ' s Run to discover what Jarril had been trying to warn Han about just prior to the Bombing of the Senate Hall , he and Chewbacca met Jarril ' s smuggling partner , Seluss . They learned from him that smugglers on the Run were dealing in old Imperial equipment and so traveled to Skip 5 with Seluss to track down the buyer . The glottalphib crime lord Nandreeson had learned that Solo was on the Run and wanted to catch him so as to lure in Lando Calrissian , who had stole from Nandreeson many years before . He sent 5 of his ' phibs , under the command of Iisner , to Skip 5 to intercept and capture Solo . Shortly after Han , Chewie and Seluss landed on the Skip , they were surrounded by the six glottalphibs , who held swamp stunner s at them . Iisner introduced himself to them and said that Nandreeson wanted to meet Han , because he had heard so little news from the New Republic on the Run and he wanted to hear some directly from the husband of its leader . Han offered to follow them to Nandreeson ' s base on Skip 6 in the " Millennium Falcon " , but Iisner said that there was no room for conventional ships on Skip 6 , so he would have to accompany them . The skirmish . A sandcrawler entered the cavern , which surprised Iisner , causing him to look round . Han and Chewbacca took this opportunity and ran . The ' phibs fired on them , but missed and hit the sandstone walls to the side of them . Han fired back as he ran , but his shots went wide . The glottalphibs then began to fire flames at them , but hit a wall next to Han , burning off a coolant cover . Han glanced up and noticed that one coolant cover had been pulled back and a man was peering out of it . Despite not knowing who he was , they followed him through the coolant cover and into a narrow crevice . Chewbacca had some difficulty following , due the narrowness of the tunnel , but eventually it emerged into a wide hall , where the man introduced himself to them as Davis . As they made their way to a larger cavern , Han realized that they would have difficulty getting back to the " Falcon " , as if they fired on the ' phibs in the hangar , all the other smugglers would fire back at them . He began to formulate a plan and approached some Jawas , off which he purchased three blasters and a badly - used speeder bike . The guided the speeder bike down a corridor and planned that Han would mount it and use it as a diversion , while Chewie made his way to the ship . Han also gave out the blasters , so that they would have two weapons each , giving them more fire power than the glottalphibs . They reached the hangar door , which they believed the ' phibs were hiding behind and Chewie pulled it open . Han flew out and immediately had to dodge a Binary loadlifter and then pulled upwards , narrowly missing Davis ' ship . The ' phibs had surrounded the " Falcon " , although Iisner was nowhere to be seen , so Han flew towards them , firing his blaster as he went . One shot a mouthful of fire at him . Han twirled the bike to avoid it , but was suddenly in front of the ' phib again , forcing it to jump out of the way . Another fired a blaster and Han fired back , hitting it in the mouth and killing it instantly . The bike continued to move forwards and was halfway across the bay before Han could turn it around . Smugglers began firing at him and shouting that he was crazy . The glottalphibs still surrounded the " Falcon " , but were all facing Han now , breathing fire and firing on him . Han moved widely to avoid their shots , but this also caused most of hi his shots to miss and those that didn ' t reflected off the ' phib ' s blaster - resistant hides . Chewbacca then emerged and shot two glottalphibs with his bowcaster . Davis sneaked up behind another and tapped on it ' s shoulder , shooting it in the mouth as it turned round . A shot from behind hit the bike , making it spin . Han dropped his blaster as he tried to maintain control and managed to right the bike . It headed in the direction of the door to the caves , where it narrowly missed the rock walls . While Han turned it around , Davis killed the fifth glottalphib . As the other smugglers were still shooting at them , they all tried to get to the relative safety of the " Falcon " . Han aimed the bike towards the ship and dismounted next to it . A few moments after , a blaster bolt hit the bike ' s engine , causing it to explode . Flaming parts flew everywhere and Han and Davis were forced to hide underneath the " Falcon " to avoid them . Chewie brought the freighter ' s boarding ramp and he , Han and Davis all ran aboard . They began to power the ship up and Chewie wanted to go straight away , but Han realized that they needed to find Seluss first . However , while Han and Chewie had first been encountering Davis , Seluss had returned to the " Falcon " , where he was followed by Iisner , who captured and tied up the diminutive Sullustan . The glottalphib soon had Davis and Chewie held at gunpoint . Han came over and , having left his blaster in the cockpit , tried to buy some time by conversing with Iisner . Han then nodded at Chewbacca , who tugged with all his strength on the door to the cargo area . Iisner sprayed out flames and Chewbacca dodged to left , while Davis moved to the right . The flames scorched the wall and the top of Seluss ' s head , while Davis slammed into Han and they both tumbled down the corridor . As Han pulled himself up and Davis ran towards the cockpit , Chewie stepped on top of the cargo door , crushing Iisner beneath it . The ' phib tried in vain to flame them , but he couldn ' t from his position and so begged Han to release him . Han said that , before he would , he wanted know what had been the real intention of the glottalphibs . Iisner claimed that Nandreeson wanted to used Han as bait to catch Lando Calrissian and that Nandreeson was not behind the new source of credits on the Run . Han planned to release him when he revealed details of the credit source , but before Iisner could , Davis shot him . Aftermath . Han became angry with Davis over him shooting Iisner and became very suspicious of the smuggler , suspecting that he was secretly working for someone . They flew the " Millennium Falcon " back to Skip 1 , where they learned that Lando had already been captured by Nandreeson .