Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) (1 Viewer)

[TravisR]

But with the last LOTR book, the last Potter book, and Christopher Nolan's final Batman movie, I fully believed each of those lead characters was not only capable of dying but likely to.

...

I think there's a difference between "it's unlikely this character will die because they're the hero" and "this character can't die because this story fits between pieces that I've already seen".

Personally, I don't see much difference between the two. This isn't the last Star Wars movie so it's essentially no different than the first seven Harry Potter movies or first two LOTR movies, etc. where you know that the characters aren't going to die because there's more movies in the future. What the Han Solo movie and movies like it need to do is put their characters into exciting or thrilling situations without trying to make that situation look dire or life threatening. A great example of that is the asteroid chase in The Empire Strikes Back. It's exciting and fun but no one watches it thinking that they're going to kill off 3/4 of the cast.

 

[Sam Favate]

What kills me is that Han Solo was just some random guy they hired. Sure, he became important later. But they could have easily hooked up with the squeaky little bat guy with the head you could see through. Then we'd be looking at an untitled Star Wars Story about a beer-loving mouse.

Shit, now I want to see that movie.

 

[TravisR]

Shit, now I want to see that movie.

The Drunken Adventures Of Kabe: A Star Wars Story seems like another half billion hit.

 

[Jeff Cooper]

Shit, now I want to see that movie.

Going to be announced for 2020.

 

[Rick Thompson]

Two words make me completely uninterested in this film. They are: Woody Harrelson.

 

[SamT]

I hope Woody Harrelson is not Han Solo's mentor and the person who teaches him smuggling and stuff. That would be a real bad cliché.

 

[Brandon Conway]

He is.

They're actually recycling an EU character (Garris Shrike), similar to how Rebels recycled Thrawn.

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/01/woody-harrelson-star-wars-garris-shrike

 

[dpippel]

I'm getting even more of a bad feeling about this.

 

[TravisR]

A person from LFL's story group debunked the stories about Harrelson playing Shrike back when they started. I'm guessing entertainment writers just typed in "Han Solo mentor", got the Garris Shrike entry on Wookieepedia and wrote their stories based entirely on that rather than real info.

Very little has been pulled from the Expanded Universe (the very popular fan favorite Thrawn is a rare exception) and I'd be stunned if they decided to use a character who I believe literally appeared in one book that came out 20 years ago and hasn't been seen since.

 

[Brandon Conway]

Gotcha.

However, Harrelson must have thought that the character was close enough in type to the description of Shrike to answer in that way I would think.

In any case, I'm not opposed to Harrelson in any role. Looking forward to him in Apes this summer.

 

[Sam Favate]

As for a title, I'm betting on either of the following:

Smugglers, a Star Wars Story

or

Scoundrels, a Star Wars Story

Anyone know how many films Ehrenreich has signed for?

 

[Brandon Conway]

I can't see them not using the Han Solo name in the title, personally.

As far as anyone knows the actors are signed for just this film. But I suspect there are contract options for Lucasfilm.

 

[dpippel]

As for a title, I'm betting on either of the following:

Smugglers, a Star Wars Story

or

Scoundrels, a Star Wars Story

Anyone know how many films Ehrenreich has signed for?

Personally, I'm hoping for Scruffy-Looking Nerf Herders: A Star Wars Story.

 

[TravisR]

Personally, I'm hoping for Scruffy-Looking Nerf Herders: A Star Wars Story.

Then the sequel can be called "Who's Scruffy Looking?: A Star Wars Story".

 

[Stephen Brooks]

Kessell Run: A Star Wars Story

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you? --A Star Wars Story

 

[Hanson]

I Know: A Star Wars Story

 

[Chip_HT]

My point is that there's no compelling creative reason to make this film, and they're risking the alienation of a huge fan base if it fails. This is one of the most beloved characters in the Star Wars canon they're messing with, and I've got a bad feeling about it.

I think I heard it on the special features of the Force Awakens, but I believe the idea for a Han Solo movie came from Lawrence Kasdan. When they invited him in to work on episode 7, and also revealed their idea to do anthology movies, Kasdan claimed young Han Solo, because he wanted to write a movie about the character. Now, I don't know if they already had young Han Solo pegged as a movie or just an idea, or if they just had vague "make more Star Wars movies" ideas.

So, I'll give it a shot. Took me a while to warm up to the idea of Rogue One.

 

[Sam Favate]

Omar is coming!

http://www.cbr.com/han-solo-film-wire-alum-michael-k-williams/

HAN SOLO FILM COURTING THE WIRE’S MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS FOR ‘KEY ROLE’

 

[TravisR]

^ Please let that be true. "You come at the Emperor, you best not miss."