Disney and Lucasfilm have released a newSolo: A Star Wars Storytrailer for the highly anticipated spinoff. The film starsAlden Ehrenreichas a younger iteration of the titularStar Warscharacter made iconic byHarrison Ford, and charts his early adventures as he first crosses paths with Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) and the Millennium Falcon first comes to be in his possession.
The film very publicly went through production troubles as directorsPhil LordandChris Miller(The LEGO Movie) left over creative differences with three weeks left of filming to go. Lucasfilm subsequently tappedRon Howardto take over as director, working from the screenplay originated byLawrence KasdanandJon Kasdan.Solomarks Lucasfilm’s second effort at what were originally conceived as “anthology”-type stories—spinoffs that don’t take place in the episodic chronology, but tell other stories set within theStar Warsuniverse. The first wasRogue One: A Star Wars Story, which was a ground-level tale of the team that stole the plans for the Death Star in the events leading up toA New Hope.Solo’s chronology predates that film but, obviously, takes place after the events of the prequels.
This trailer is much better than that initial teaser, which felt a bit off. This one gives a stronger sense of Solo himself, and Ehrenreich seems to be doing a fine job. Glover’s Lando steals the show once again—I wouldn’t be surprised if the takeaway from this movie is everyone wanting to see a Lando movie instead. AndBradford Young’s cinematography is jaw-droppingly good.
In terms of revelations, it appears as thoughPaul Bettanycrime lord Dryden Vos is the film’s primary antagonist, which is interesting considering the character was originally going to be a CG creature inhabited byMichael K. Williams. When Williams was unable to do the reshoots, Howard recast the role and dropped the CG-ification of the character. Additionally, we see that Chewie’s got a significant other here (who will no doubt perish), andWoody Harrelson’s Tobias Beckett, Han’s mentor, seems to be the root of a lot of his trust issues. By and large, while I still don’t need a Han Solo movie, I remain fascinated by the existence ofSolo.
Check out the newSolotrailer below along with a new poster, andclick here to see new images. The film also starsEmilia Clarke,Phoebe Waller-Bridge,Joonas Suotamo,Thandie Newton, andPaul Bettany.Solo: A Star Wars Storyhits theaters on May 25th.
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Here’s the official synopsis forSolo: A Star Wars Story:
Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a seres of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of theStar Warssaga’s most unlikely heroes.
