While their original appearances were meant to be parody comics, a reworked and more grounded version of the characters was later added into Star Wars canon in a scene from the novelization of the film Solo: A Star Wars Story that was filmed but deleted from the final cut due to pacing issues.

[1] In issue 1, Tag and Bink are two soldiers aboard the Rebellion flagship Tantive IV when the Star Destroyer Devastator captures it.

As the comic illustrates, it is not the Millennium Falcon's fault that Vader is almost killed in the trenches of the Death Star, that of Tag and Bink's lousy piloting.

In issue 2, Tag and Bink venture through the events of the Star Wars original trilogy, meeting up with allies such as Lando Calrissian, and villains such as Boba Fett.

After the confrontation between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, the Rebels destroy the space station, killing Tag and Bink in the process.

They are confronted by Anakin, newly rechristened Darth Vader; he spares them due to their past association but warns them to abandon their Jedi training.

The scene was included in Chapter 6 of the film's novelization, Solo: A Star Wars Story – Expanded Edition:"Why don't you tell us what allegedly happened here?"

They looked back at him wryly and said nothing.In a Reddit AMA in October 2017, Kevin Rubio supported the fan theory stating that the two stormtroopers who back up to avoid the wrath of Kylo Ren following him discovering Rey has escaped in Star Wars: The Force Awakens are an elderly Tag and Bink.