Lucasfilm's HAN SOLO Movie Will Be a Western-Type Film Inspired by the Art of Frederic Remington
Earlier concept art of Han Solo by Ralph McQuarrie
Lucasfilm has put together quite a talented team of people to bring their highly anticipated Han Solo standalone film to life. The film is being directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and so far the cast they've brought together is incredible with Alden Ehrenreich talking on the role of solo, Donald Glover playing Lando, and Emilia Clarke taking on a female lead. It's shaping up to be something very exciting!
Producer Kathleen Kennedy recently talked to Variety about the untitled Star Wars Story film and revealed some more interesting information. She said the film will be a western-type story, and she also described the visual look and tone they are going for. She explained:
“This moves closer to a heist or western type feel. We’ve talked about (Frederic) Remington and those primary colors that are used in his paintings defining the look and feel of the film.”
Han Solo is definitely a cowboy-type character, so it makes sense it would have a western feel to it. I love the fact that they are looking at doing a frontier kind of look and feel! If you aren't familiar with Remington's western artwork, I've included a few pieces below to give you an idea of the kind of colors that the filmmakers are looking to emulate.
