Cool New Photos From SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY and Additional Plot Details
Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we have a cool collection of new photos from Ron Howard's Solo: A Star Wars Story. Those photos also come along with some additional plot details that I think some of you will find interesting. One of the things that co-writer Joe Kasdan says is that the film is "a love story between Han and Chewie." He explains:
"Their relationship has always been my favourite part of the saga, and the fact that only Han understands what Chewie is saying, I find a very funny possibility for comedy."
I've really enjoyed what I've seen from this movie so far from the two trailers that were released and it seems like most fans are a bit more open to what this movie is going to deliver. Check out the new photos from the movie below and read all of the details. Don't worry, there are no major spoilers. Check everything out and feel free to share your thoughts!
Alden Ehrenreich is playing a younger version of Han Solo and he was a very different person at this time of his life. When talking about what makes this version of Han different, Ehrenreich explains:
"I think the main thing that’s different is that the Han we meet in this film is more of an idealist. He has certain dreams that he follows, and we watch how it affects him as those dreams meet new realities — realities that are harder and more challenging than he’d expected."
In the image above, we see Donald Glover as Lando and he makes sure to point out in the interview that yes, they are playing a game of sabacc in the photo. The big question is, will we see the infamous game where Lando loses his Millennium Falcon to Han Solo? In regards to that Glover teased:
"We are getting a taste of that. How good is Lando? How good is Han?"
We also now have some information on Emilia Clarke's mysterious character Qi're. She is apparently a close friend of Han, as they grew up together. When talking about the character, Clarke says:
"She has a couple of guises, but essentially she is just fighting to stay alive. If you’ve got a really glamorous lady in a really sordid environment, you kind of know the glamour is hiding a few rough roads."
This is Han and Chewy in the middle of a heist. We don't know what they are stealing, but it's aboard this double-sided train, which is known as “the Conveyex.” It seems like they may have taken a wrong turn.
Here's a new image of Woody Harrelson as Tobias Beckett. He is a mentor to Han and he is the one behind the big heist that the story will revolve around. This heist is said to up his status in the Galaxy. When talking about the character, Howard says:
"He’s a powerful criminal, but a free agent. Tobias Beckett really shapes Han more than anybody, as Han comes to believe that in a lawless time, he needs a moral code."
This photo says that it's set on the planet Mimban, which was the setting of the 1978 Star Wars novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye. That story was set two years after the events of the original Star Wars and saw Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia stranded on the muddy planet while Darth Vader searched it for a Force relic known as the Kaiburr crystal.
Keeping with this universe’s tendency toward planets with one dominant ecosystem, Mimban is a swamp world, a marshland. It has an atmosphere full of thunderstorms, so its sky is perpetually overcast and the land is always draped in mist.
It's pretty cool that they added this planet from the Extended Universe.
Here's a cool new shot of the Millennium Falcon in action. When asked why the front of the Millennium Falcon looks different, Ron Howard would only say:
"I wonder what that could be? You’ll have to see. The Falcon is a character in the movie, without a doubt. That machine is a defining factor in Han’s future. Every aspect of this movie moves, shifts, and transforms in very interesting and yet plausible ways."
From what I understand, the front of the falcon is just a cargo bay because it's a smuggling ship. But, who knows, maybe there's something more to it.
This is L3-37 and the droid is being played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. "She’s got a more idiosyncratic personality than your typical droids. She’s more human — which probably means more emotional and slightly less rigid."
Her name is also a reference to “leet,” which is the "practice of replacing certain 1etters in w0rds with numb3rs that 100k simi1ar."