George Gordon Byron, known simply as Lord Byron, was a British

poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement. He is

regarded as one of the greatest British poets and remains widely read and
influential. He is also the source for the type of protagonist known as a
“byronic hero,” A byronic hero is rebellious, alienated, gloomy, bold, and
dangerous.

Han solo has all of these characteristics and that is why he is a

byronic hero. Rebellious? He is literally a member of the rebellion.
Alienated? He stays away from most of society, his only friend before
meeting the protagonists being chewbacca. Gloomy? He is basically the
definition of being a pessimist. Bold? He takes big risks in hope for big
payouts, this also makes him dangerous. (As well as a great poker player.)
Star Wars is no different in pairing Han against Luke. Not only is Han a
more experienced, roguish man of the world (or galaxy), his appearance is
darker than Luke when they first meet. Han is dark haired, Luke is fair;
Luke wears all white, Han wears a mix of white covered by dark. Luke is
green and continually referred to as “kid.” Han has little respect for Luke
early in the trilogy, “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for
a good blaster at your side, kid” and “Kid, I've flown from one side of this
galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen
*anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force
controlling everything.” Han exhibits his “brilliance” in his ability to
successfully maneuver his ship and his passengers out of a variety of high
stress situations. He saves the day time after time. His cynicism and
self-destructiveness go hand in hand here though, “What good's a reward if
you ain't around to use it? Besides, attacking that battle station ain't my
idea of courage. It's more like... suicide.” But he comes around later in the
series though, becoming a believer of the force and not underestimating
the young skywalker.

So to review, Han Solo is a byronic hero because he ​is rebellious,

alienated, gloomy, bold, and dangerous. These qualities are shown many
times throughout the star wars series, and it is because of this that he is
often some people’s favorite characters, including mine. Unfortunately I
haven’t been able to see the movie that has came out recently based
around him, though i would like to soon.