The Solo: A Star Wars Story focuses on Han’s path to becoming the kind of a character we all know and love today. This movie will show us exactly how this happened and what events led to the transformation from a simple man to the famous smuggler
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Ron Howard, the director of Solo: A Star Wars Story confirmed what we all saw from the trailers – this isn’t a typical Star Wars movies like the ones we have seen so far. The Star Wars universe that we see in SOLO is different! The Empire is in control of everything here. Everyone is struggling to survive.
In the midst of this darkness, we discover an incredible free spirit – Han Solo. Donald Glover, who plays young Lando Calrisian hinted that “We meet him right before he becomes the Han that we know.” In his own words, Alden Ehrenreich (playing Han Solo) also added “You end up getting to see how this guy got to be the way he is. It’s all part of the great expansion of the Han Solo world”.
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This is a rite of passage. The tests he needs to face, the challenges he needs to endure to become Han Solo. We already saw some funny moments between Han and Chewbacca show the formation of an incredibly strong bond and friendship.
For many fans Han is the most exciting character in the Saga. In the Solo movie he’s not yet the Han we know, so nobody can tell what he’s going to do. Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan described him as reckless and his co-star in the movie Emilia Clarke, who plays Qi’ra, added that “he does these stupid things that should never work”. But they do!
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This and more you can learn if you check out the Becoming Solo Featurette clip for the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story. I am excited for the movie, although I am not going to the theater with extremely high hopes. I think this is what made Rogue One one of my most favorite Star Wars experiences ever. Hopefully Solo can repeat it!
