Everything We Know About Solo: A Star Wars Story

Collider reported in June 2018 that Lucasfilms has stopped.Lucasfilm put a hold on developing 'A Star Wars Story'.'A Star Wars Story'.The hold affected spinoffs.Lucasfilm opted to focus more on 'Star Wars: Episode IX' instead.'Star Wars: Episode IX'.The decision replaced spinoffs.

Previous speculation suggested certain 'Star Wars Story' films existed.'Star Wars Story' films.One such film focused on Obi-Wan.One film focused on Obi-Wan.These films were in development.Solo's projects.Solo's disappointing box office numbers likely caused Lucasfilm to focus on 'event' films over character backstories.

This news disappoints die-hard fans who wanted a spinoff for Lando Calrissian.Fans wanted a spinoff for Lando Calrissian.

The first official trailer for 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' dropped a little over a month before release.'Solo: A Star Wars Story'.The trailer dropped in April and beat WrestleMania.The trailer beat WrestleMania.The trailer showed the team-building look and character moments from Han (Alden Ehrenreich) and Lando (Donald Glover). It also showed early Han and Chewbacca banter.

The first trailer aired during Super Bowl 52 just months before the film's debut.Behind-the-scenes issues worried 'Star Wars' fans.The first official footage calmed fan fears. Fans still worried about Alden Ehrenreich's performance; he had reportedly been.Fans remained worried about Alden Ehrenreich's performance.Critics had previously criticized Ehrenreich's wooden performance during filming.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller were announced as directors of 'Solo: A Star Wars Story'.'Solo: A Star Wars Story'.They were announced in July 2015, months before Disney released 'The Force Awakens'.'The Force Awakens'.This ended the good news for the young directors.

Lord and Miller.Lord and Miller clashed with Kathleen Kennedy from the start of production.One source said it was a culture clash from day one.One source mentioned, "It was a culture clash from day one. She didn't even like the way they folded their socks."

Allegedly, Kennedy and writer Lawrence Kasdan disliked Lord and Miller's improvisational directorial style.Lord and Miller used an improvisational directorial style.The directors strayed from Kasdan's script but had permission to change it.

Kennedy fired Lord and Miller in June 2017 due to creative differences.

Han Solo makes people think of Harrison Ford.Harrison Ford.Ford played the role from 1977 to 2015 until his death in 'The Force Awakens'.'The Force Awakens'.Alden Ehrenreich plays Harrison Ford in this new film. Fans note a resemblance between the young actor and Ford.

Ehrenreich was cast in the new 'Star Wars' film.'Star Wars'.Ehrenreich gained attention with his role in the Coen Brothers comedy 'Hail, Caesar!'.'Hail, Caesar!'.Ehrenreich plays Hobie Doyle in the film. Hobie Doyle is a dim-witted actor who struggles with his lines due to a heavy Southern accent. Ehrenreich also starred in the Gothic fantasy film.Ehrenreich also starred in the Gothic fantasy film 'Beautiful Creatures'.

Donald Glover, actor, director, writer, and rapper, plays young conman Lando Calrissian. Calrissian and Solo later become friends. After he was cast, Glover met Billy Dee Williams, the original Lando Calrissian. In an interview,Glover described it.his meeting with Williams and shared the one piece of advice the veteran actor gave him:

He let me ramble. Then I asked, 'So, what do you think?' He replied, 'Yeah, I don't know about all that. Just be charming.'

Glover told his parents about landing the role. His mom is a huge Billy Dee Williams fan, soShe told him.She said, "Don’t mess it up... Don’t mess this up!"

Woody Harrelson is an older cast member. The actor plays Beckett, a criminal who mentors Han Solo.True Detective.the actor plays Beckett, a criminal who mentors Han Solo.Harrelson revealed.that information during an interview onHe appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon..

Many fans notice Harrelson's character looks like Garris Shrike, the man who raised Solo in the old Extended Universe timeline. However, Shrike only appears in A.C. Crispin's Han Solo novel,The Paradise Snare.

Emilia Clarke and Phoebe Waller-Bridge complete the cast ofSolo: A Star Wars Story.. Clarke is known for playing Daenerys Targaryen inGame of Thrones.Her role inSolowas a mystery for a while. People finally found out Clarke is playing a character named Qi'rais playing a character named Qi'ra, Han's love interest.

Waller-Bridge created and stars in the British comedy seriesFleabag.She plays Lando's droid, L3-37, which acts as Lando'sco-pilot.

Solo: A Star Wars Story.The movie takes place beforeA New Hope., so it is technically a prequel, just likeRogue One.The officialwebsite claims:

The story focuses on how young Han Solo became the smuggler, thief, and scoundrel Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi first met in the Mos Eisley cantina.

NewSolodirector Ron Howard.The reportedly re-shotabout 80% of the film during summer 2017. Sources state the production budget doubled to fund all of Howard's edits.

Those tweaks were extensive, but they seemed insufficient. In January 2018, reports stated thatSolohadanother round of re-shootsrunning into February.

Michael K. Williams was originally planned to appear inSolo, but he had to be cut. Ron Howard's re-shoots clashed with Williams's prior commitments to another project, so Paul Bettany filled his role.Williams said:

I felt great about what I created with the directors I worked with... It is what it is.

However, Williams hinted he might not finish with theStar Warsuniverse. He said:

I do not think not being in theStar Warsfamily is final. I left with a good feeling about the whole family, and I hope I left a good feeling with them. They are a great group, the Lucas family.

Aftersome dramahappened during filming forSolo: A Star Wars Story.Ron Howard took over from Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Lucasfilm president and executive producer Kathleen Kennedy fired the original directors a few days before announcing Howard as the new director.A Beautiful Mindthe director tweeted:

I hope to honor the great work already done and help deliver on the promise of a Han Solo film.

Howard had big shoes to fill. He replaced the former directors after about three quarters of the principal photography was done.

Veteran writer Lawrence Kasdan played a big part in theStar Warsuniverse since 1980. He also wroteRaiders of the Lost ArkandThe Big ChillKasdan co-wrote fourStar Warsfilms: The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens, and nowSolo, which will be his last movie in the galaxy far, far away.

Kasdan saidthat fourStar Warsfilms were enough. He almost did not agree to writeSolo, but his family convinced him. He co-wrote the script with his son, Jon Kasdan.

Before release, it seemedSolowould be Han Solo's origin story, but Lawrence Kasdan and Kathleen Kennedy denied this. They claimed the movie will not only show Solo, as many fans disliked the long explanations in the Prequel Trilogy.The film showed more than just Solo's start. In 2015, Kasdan shared:

I think it won’t be the thing you worry about. It will not be, 'Here is where he was born and this is how he was raised.' I think what it will be is what he was like ten years earlier. Maybe you get a glimpse, but… what made the person in the cantina? It is not about his specific history. It is about what makes a person like that? He is not fully formed in the cantina! Kurosawa said, 'The heroes are the ones that are still changing and the villains are locked and petrified into what they are.’ Harrison embodies inForce Awakenssomeone still unsure of who he is.

Kennedy also mentioned:

We do not want to waste time answering many questions that, frankly, I do not think people want answered.

Kathleen Kennedy shared her vision forSolo. She noted:

[Han Solo] moves toward a heist or Western feel. We discussed [Frederic] Remington and the primary colors in his paintings that define the film's look and feel.