--- title: Harrison Ford Broke His Leg on Star Wars Episode VII Set description: The 71-year-actor suffered leg injury while reprising his role as Han Solo in the seventh Star Wars film canonical: https://time.com/2901639/harrison-ford-star-wars-leg-break/ author: Giri Nathan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-19T17:16:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:31:13.991Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Harrison Ford Broke His Leg on Star Wars Episode VII Set og:description: The 71-year-actor suffered leg injury while reprising his role as Han Solo in the seventh Star Wars film og:url: https://time.com/2901639/harrison-ford-star-wars-leg-break/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4977af245273271/698698643bc99923ae1a42a9/harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Harrison Ford injury og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Harrison Ford Broke His Leg on Star Wars Episode VII Set twitter:description: The 71-year-actor suffered leg injury while reprising his role as Han Solo in the seventh Star Wars film twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4977af245273271/698698643bc99923ae1a42a9/harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Harrison Ford Literally Broke a Leg Filming _Star Wars_ Sequel by [Giri Nathan](https://time.com/author/giri-nathan/) ## Giri Nathan Jun 19, 2014 5:16 PM UTC  Harrison Ford seen here on July 10, 2013 has been airlifted to a hospital after being injured on the set of the latest Star Wars film. Harrison Ford seen here on July 10, 2013 has been airlifted to a hospital after being injured on the set of the latest Star Wars film.Dominic Lipinski—AP by [Giri Nathan](https://time.com/author/giri-nathan/) ## Giri Nathan Jun 19, 2014 5:16 PM UTC Han Solo will be laying low for a while: Harrison Ford suffered a broken left leg while filming the upcoming _Star Wars: Episode VII_, his publicist confirmed on Thursday. Previous [reports](http://time.com/2865960/harrison-ford-injured-star-wars/) suggested that the 71-year-old actor had suffered a bad ankle injury. “Harrison Ford’s left leg was broken in an accident. His surgery was successful and he will begin rehab shortly. He’s doing well and looks forward to returning to work,” said a statement from publicist Ina Treciokas. Treciokas did not confirm or deny rumors that the injury occurred on the movie set’s Millennium Falcon—Solo’s beloved smuggling spacecraft, in the movies—stating that “there isn’t any additional information at this time.” The J.J. Abrams-directed movie is slated to hit theaters on Dec. 18, 2015. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2901639/harrison-ford-star-wars-leg-break/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2901639/harrison-ford-star-wars-leg-break/"},"headline":"Harrison Ford Literally Broke a Leg Filming Star Wars Sequel","datePublished":"2014-06-19T17:16:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:31:13.991Z","description":"The 71-year-actor's on-set injury was worse than previously reported, but he'll be back playing Han Solo soon","url":"https://time.com/2901639/harrison-ford-star-wars-leg-break/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4977af245273271/698698643bc99923ae1a42a9/harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Giri Nathan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/giri-nathan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4977af245273271/698698643bc99923ae1a42a9/harrison-ford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Harrison Ford injury","caption":"Harrison Ford injury","creditText":"Dominic Lipinski—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2901639/harrison-ford-star-wars-leg-break/","name":"Harrison Ford Literally Broke a Leg Filming Star Wars Sequel"}}]}] ```