There are some Star Wars stories so wild you have to read them twice just to believe they’re real. This is one of them. In the pages of Star Wars Tales #19, a non-canon comic titled “Into the Great Unknown” gave fans one of the most unexpected crossovers in sci-fi history — one that brought together Star Wars and Indiana Jones in a way only the boldest fanfic could imagine.
This was officially published by Dark Horse Comics.
The story begins with Han Solo and Chewbacca mid-escape. Pursued by Imperials and low on options, Han makes a desperate jump to hyperspace — completely blind. He’s got no coordinates, no destination, and no idea what’s waiting on the other side.
Where they land isn’t another galaxy.
It’s Earth.
More specifically, they crash somewhere deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. The Millennium Falcon, battered and broken, lies hidden among the trees. The duo survived the landing, but the tech is fried. There’s no way home.
At first, Han thinks they’ve just jumped into another uncharted system—one of those Outer Rim backwaters the Empire never bothered to map. But as the Falcon crashes into a dense, Earth-like forest, things start to feel… off. As they wander the wilderness, trying to make sense of where they’ve landed, they’re discovered by a group of Native American warriors.
But to the people of this land, Han and Chewie are terrifying. Their ship is unlike anything they’ve ever seen. Han’s outfit, his gear, even Chewbacca’s towering presence—it all screams danger. In the confusion and fear, the warriors launch their attack. Han is hit by arrows and fatally wounded before he and Chewbacca can make a proper escape.
Chewbacca, devastated, carries Han’s body back to the Millennium Falcon. With only a little time left to live, Han manages to speak his final words to Chewie:
“Always thought it would be you… getting killed… saving me or my kids… trying to repay that damn life-debt… But I’m going first into the great unknown…”
Han finally lay dead in Chewie’s arms.
Time passes.
Over a century later, in that very same forest, Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones arrives with a group of explorers. Rumors have spread about a large, ape-like creature lurking in the woods — a legend locals have come to call Bigfoot.
As they investigate, Indy stumbles upon something bizarre: the rusted wreck of a spacecraft buried beneath overgrowth, ancient and forgotten. Inside, he finds the skeletal remains of a man in strange clothes, slumped beside unfamiliar controls.
Indy pauses. There’s something haunting about this scene — something that feels oddly personal, like he’s walked into a memory he’s never lived. He doesn’t understand the ship or the bones before him, but something about this long-lost traveler touches him deeply.
In the distance, Chewbacca watches from the shadows, now a lonely myth wandering Earth, guarding his friend’s resting place.