Movies: Solo: A Star Wars Story, 25 May 2018 Release (Early reviews are in)

[MadDevil]

I may be wrong but I believe the official novelization of the OT mentions his Imperial background

It's no longer canon (and never really was) but I really liked the Han Solo trilogy (not the Brian Daley novels, although those were pretty good too) in the old EU.

 

[HanSolo]

It's no longer canon (and never really was) but I really liked the Han Solo trilogy (not the Brian Daley novels, although those were pretty good too) in the old EU.

A writer from the Star Wars story team said a great deal of old EU will be canonized going forward recently

 

[Bjorn Le]

Yeah the novelization isn’t canon. This link goes over the links between the EU Han Solo origin book and the new movie. I suppose not all that surprising giving how much TFA seemed to draw inspiration from the EU (despite his claims he wouldn’t). It’s actually pretty funny because when Kasdan was hired to write the character based spinoff, he said he wouldn’t look at the EU at all and wanted to do something new. Perhaps it was his script of Boba Fett being a name used by someone wearing the armour that was based on this claim, which didn’t happen obviously.

A writer from the Star Wars story team said a great deal of old EU will be canonized going forward recently

If you got the link I’d be interested to read this.

 

[RobBrown4PM]

So they show a teaser trailer for Solo, a star wars movie about a young solo, and yet they show very little of solo.

This thing has bomb written all over iti

 

[HanSolo]

So they show a teaser trailer for Solo, a star wars movie about a young solo, and yet they show very little of solo.

This thing has bomb written all over iti

That's the reason you're going with?

 

[HanSolo]

Yeah the novelization isn’t canon. This link goes over the links between the EU Han Solo origin book and the new movie. I suppose not all that surprising giving how much TFA seemed to draw inspiration from the EU (despite his claims he wouldn’t). It’s actually pretty funny because when Kasdan was hired to write the character based spinoff, he said he wouldn’t look at the EU at all and wanted to do something new. Perhaps it was his script of Boba Fett being a name used by someone wearing the armour that was based on this claim, which didn’t happen obviously.



If you got the link I’d be interested to read this.

I have to dig. It was a tweet. Gimme a bit.

 

[Warden of the North]

Some Muuurgh would be great. Id even take an Easter Egg of him

 

[Tawnos]

I think I’m most intrigued by a new Falcon.

 

[Warden of the North]

I think I’m most intrigued by a new Falcon.

My first nit pick ~ It shouldnt be new. Its supposed to be old when Han acquires it. Being new in this film puts it, what? 10 years old in A New Hope.

 

[Tawnos]

My first nit pick ~ It shouldnt be new. Its supposed to be old when Han acquires it. Being new in this film puts it, what? 10 years old in A New Hope.

It’s supposed to be old? Based on what?

I guess it might not be new... but it’s still clean!

 

[Epsilon]

So they show a teaser trailer for Solo, a star wars movie about a young solo, and yet they show very little of solo.

This thing has bomb written all over iti

You do understand the point of a "teaser trailer", right?

That's like complaining that Thanos didn't appear enough in the Infinity War teaser.

 

[Bjorn Le]

It’s supposed to be old? Based on what?

I guess it might not be new... but it’s still clean!

In the EU, the ship that eventually came to bear the name Millenium Falcon was built decades prior to the Clone Wars. Normally, that would be irrelevant, but a model set for the Falcon was released a couple years ago, with a guidebook that canonized that date. It's about 60 years old in ANH, so it should be about 50 years old in this.

 

[Osprey]

It’s supposed to be old? Based on what?

I guess it might not be new... but it’s still clean!

Have you ever wondered how a mobile bachelor pad could be so clean? It's clearly not because of Han.

Apparently, the Star Wars Holiday Special held the answer all along:

 

[canuckster19]

Interesting. Looks like they drew on the EU backstory of Han Solo joining the Empire before he became a smuggler. I like that. Ehrenreich seems to have got the voice matched pretty well too.

Still really skeptical and I believe it’ll be bad until proven otherwise, but the teaser has me more optimistic than previously.

Wasn't he a Tie Fighter pilot in the novels? I didn't read them, just a synopsis of them once long ago.

 

[tacogeoff]

Just saw the trailer. Oh boy.....the lead is terrible, he took me out of that trailer very fast. This one is going to be a dud.

 

[Warden of the North]

Everything looks great except that actor.

Should have cast Chris Pratt as Solo. He was my choice among current main stream acting talent.

 

[KingBran]

Well the TLJ trailer was epic and that movie was straight up trash. This teaser gave me a Fifth Element vibe. Which I am cool with. Saving judgment till I see the full trailer today though.

 

[Nizdizzle]

Everything looks great except that actor.

Should have cast Chris Pratt as Solo. He was my choice among current main stream acting talent.

I'm glad they went with a lesser known actor. I feel like Pratt is too distinct and too well-known to pass as Han. Any time he'd make a wisecrack I'd be thinking of Starlord.

 

[Warden of the North]

Full trailer

 

[MadDevil]

My first reaction is what the hell is with the Millennium Falcon knockoff? Or does it somehow get a completely different front end by the time the OT rolls around?

 

[Nizdizzle]

My first reaction is what the hell is with the Millennium Falcon knockoff? Or does it somehow get a completely different front end by the time the OT rolls around?

The only difference seems to be the gap in the middle of the "jaws" at the front is filled in. I'd guess they are just carrying cargo, because if my Star Wars nerd-knowledge doesn't fail me, the Falcon is a Correllian Freighter, and I believe that gap in the front was made to hold cargo. They just never did in any of the previous movies.

 

[Pilky01]

The voice over by the lead was terrible.

 

[Bjorn Le]

Yeah I take it back his voice isn't good at all...

 

[Quack Shot]

The only difference seems to be the gap in the middle of the "jaws" at the front is filled in. I'd guess they are just carrying cargo, because if my Star Wars nerd-knowledge doesn't fail me, the Falcon is a Correllian Freighter, and I believe that gap in the front was made to hold cargo. They just never did in any of the previous movies.

 

[johnjm22]

Looks very meh.

I was hoping for something sleazy yet fun; likable dirt bag characters, seedy bars, the dumpy locales of the galactic criminal underworld and fast women. The wild west in space with some levity. This looks like a lot of "imperial entanglements" and takes itself fairly seriously overall.

It could be alright, but the trailer doesn't do anything for me.