[Movie] Star Wars: Han Solo

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Star Wars Young Han Solo Movie Might Have a Frontrunner For Leading Role - GS News Update.

GameSpot
Apr 14, 2016



It has been reported that rising star Alden Ehrenreich is the frontrunner to play the young space smuggler, Han Solo, in the second standalone Star Wars spinoff.

Early life

"Just blast everything and fly a fast ship. And bring a Wookiee. Works for me."
―Han Solo

Han Solo was born on the planet Corellia during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. He was orphaned at a young age, and turned to a life of crime as a thief in order to survive the perils of the galaxy. Solo, at some point, acquired a starship and became an exceptional pilot. Solo began working outside of the Galactic Empire's laws, beginning a career in smuggling.

Solo eventually met the Wookiee Chewbacca, whom he saved from imprisonment. Chewbacca, grateful for Solo's intervention, proclaimed a life debt to the smuggler. Chewbacca thereby became Solo's first mate aboard his ship and the smuggling duo became lifelong friends. Solo and Chewbacca, at some point, met the self-proclaimed galactic entrepreneur and gambler Lando Calrissian, against whom Solo played a game of "Corellian Spike" Sabacc using a pair of gold dice. During which, Solo gambled for and won Calrissian's YT-1300 light freighter, the Millennium Falcon.

The Falcon instantly became Solo's most prized possession and he tied the pair of golden dice he used in the momentous game together and hung them in the Falcon's cockpit. With their new-found ship and confidence, Solo and Chewbacca began engaging in much more dangerous and risky smuggling operations. Around the same time, Chewbacca likewise hung a pair of chance cube dice above the freighter's piloting console.

During his early years as a smuggler, Solo devised a plot to get revenge against a crime lord who operated a gambling den on the planet Stenness, and had continuously double-crossed spice smugglers. In order for the escapade to look as legitimate as possible, Solo and his fellow scoundrels arranged a fraudulent marriage ceremony where Solo and the woman Sana Starros were illegitimately married. The robbery occurred, too, and Solo was given his share. However, Solo also took Starros's share and fled, leaving Starros in a dire situation. As a result, Starros came to believe that the only thing Solo was good for was lying, likening him to a "scoundrel."

Solo and Chewbacca also crash-landed on an unnamed planet in the Monsua Nebula that was entirely covered in electrical super-storms and cyclones. But beneath the storms, a beautiful oasis laid. Solo and his copilot located a cave that they turned into a secret hiding place, storing Corellian wine and other things within. He and Chewbacca used the den several times over the years.

Eventually, the pair came into the employment of the Outer Rim crime lord Jabba the Hutt, who was based on the desert planet Tatooine and was the leader of the powerful Hutt Clan. Solo and Chewbacca smuggled for Jabba for many years and Solo became Jabba's top smuggler. The smuggling duo also spent much time in the Mos Eisley Cantina looking for work. However, they were forced to dump a shipment of valuable spice, an addictive drug, when the Falcon was boarded by an Imperial crew who would have surely arrested Solo and Chewbacca if they had been caught with the illicit drug.

Solo and Chewbacca returned to Jabba, who placed a large bounty of 50,000 credits on the pair; it was only intended to be removed if Solo paid restitution for the Hutt's loss. Solo, some time later, in order to repay the Hutt, smuggled for the Pyke Syndicate, who controlled a near-monopoly over the spice trade, from the planet Kessel where the syndicate's controlled the spice mines of Kessel. Solo and Chewbacca were hired to transport spice from Kessel to the syndicate's customers; known as the foolhardy Kessel Runs. Using the Falcon, Solo broke a long-held record for the Kessel Run, he completed the challenge in less than twelve parsecs.

[Wilian]

This movie is terrible idea in so many ways that even if you count in all the toes and fingers those won't be enough.

Some stories just don't need to be told. They won't add anything meaningful to the character.

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This movie is terrible idea in so many ways that even if you count in all the toes and fingers those won't be enough.

Well, list a few.

Some stories just don't need to be told.

They won't add anything meaningful to the character.

Are these among those ways/reasons you mentioned above? Because, if so, they're not valid.

[Gamdwelf]

Huge star wars fan not excited for this at all.

[OneSent]

Wow, they're just prepared to milk this franchise to death, aren't they?

What makes Han Solo so interesting is the person we find him to be in Episodes 4-7. That's Han Solo. He's a very generic character, but we fell in love with him, nonetheless.

There's nothing about him in those movies to suggest that anything remotely interesting happened to make him who he is. He's just a good pilot with a Wookie companion.

Besides telling us how and when he met Chewie, you could literally make his origin story to be anything because there's just nothing to go from. As far as remember, there are no hints about his past in any of the movies; and to be honest, I don't think many people have ever stopped to wonder about it.

Of all the characters from the Star Wars franchise, Han Solo is one of the last people I would choose to make an origin movie about. "Young" Han Solo is the Han Solo we saw in the original trilogy. Take 10-years off his age, and I doubt he's going to be much different.

Also, Han Solo is Harrison Ford, and vise-versa. It would be like making an Indiana Jones origin movie. Just, why?

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I would support the idea, if



the movie was animated n had Harrison Ford's voice.

[Damajin]

Wow, they're just prepared to milk this franchise to death, aren't they?

What makes Han Solo so interesting is the person we find him to be in Episodes 4-7. That's Han Solo. He's a very generic character, but we fell in love with him, nonetheless.

There's nothing about him in those movies to suggest that anything remotely interesting happened to make him who he is. He's just a good pilot with a Wookie companion.

Besides telling us how and when he met Chewie, you could literally make his origin story to be anything because there's just nothing to go from. As far as remember, there are no hints about his past in any of the movies; and to be honest, I don't think many people have ever stopped to wonder about it.

Of all the characters from the Star Wars franchise, Han Solo is one of the last people I would choose to make an origin movie about. "Young" Han Solo is the Han Solo we saw in the original trilogy. Take 10-years off his age, and I doubt he's going to be much different.

Also, Han Solo is Harrison Ford, and vise-versa. It would be like making an Indiana Jones origin movie. Just, why?

All this, right here. Not a fan of removing the mystery surrounding Han, I think it's a complete destruction of the character as you knew he had to do a bunch of shady shit to get good enough to survive at what he does, but actually putting images and words to it robs the imagination of the fans, and to me it robs the wallets of anyone who is a big enough sucker to go see this.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

All this, right here. Not a fan of removing the mystery surrounding Han, I think it's a complete destruction of the character as you knew he had to do a bunch of shady shit to get good enough to survive at what he does, but actually putting images and words to it robs the imagination of the fans, and to me it robs the wallets of anyone who is a big enough sucker to go see this.

Agreed; there's charm to not knowing much about Han's backstory before ANH and adding backstory IMO would damage the character. I'd prefer to remember him as the shady guy with a change of heart as opposed to some kid with a tragic or dark or struggling backstory or whatever.

[Steve French]

This movie is terrible idea in so many ways that even if you count in all the toes and fingers those won't be enough.

Some stories just don't need to be told. They won't add anything meaningful to the character.

But they will milk the star wars franchise and its fans for all they're worth. Fools.

[Justpassing]

Welp...there goes Solo.

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Ewan McGregor did a very fine job portraying young Obi-Wan. He was one of the saving graces of the prequel trilogy. There's absolutely no reason to assume the person playing a young Han Solo would do a bad job.

Expectations, people. Learn to manage them. Don't let them manage you.

[Mirishka]

Anthony Ingruber is the only choice for this. Watch The Age of Adaline and see for yourselves. Looks AND sounds the part.

[minteK917]

This is their only stand alone movie im not really into the idea off. Han Solo as a character does not need dept and is not complex or mysterious, hes the smuggler we love and thats it. I dont think it can carry a movie and be interesting even if a machine could unage Harrison Ford. An Obi Wan stand alone movie would be better. Hell i think a Han Solo Cameo in the boba Feet/Bounty hunters movie in general would have been enough. Since they all deal with the Hutts at some point. Im willing to stay with an open mind, but seriously i just dont get it.

Movies like Rogue one and a Bounty hunter movie are smart extending universe ideas. Han Solo stand alone movie, is almost as dumb as a Luke Skywalker stand alone movie.

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Not picking Taron Egerton or Anthony Ingruber is their first mistake already.

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Agreed; there's charm to not knowing much about Han's backstory before ANH and adding backstory IMO would damage the character. I'd prefer to remember him as the shady guy with a change of heart as opposed to some kid with a tragic or dark or struggling backstory or whatever.

Maybe that's exactly what they will do. Show is adventures and just show that Han Solo form ANH has always been like that. It would make his change of heart even more epic.
In TFA he said "And I returned to what I knew best" which is smuggling and swindling people. So it's in his DNA, I don't think they'll destroy that

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Ewan McGregor did a very fine job portraying young Obi-Wan. He was one of the saving graces of the prequel trilogy. There's absolutely no reason to assume the person playing a young Han Solo would do a bad job.

Expectations, people. Learn to manage them. Don't let them manage you.

If your going to bring up expectations, then let me also remind you of the very same prequel trilogy you cited as evidence against you.

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If your going to bring up expectations, then let me also remind you of the very same prequel trilogy you cited as evidence against you.

I had no expectations of it.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

I had no expectations of it.

Then you are in the minority my friend.

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Then you are in the minority my friend.

Yeah, I have no doubt the majority of people can't manage their expectations. You only need to look at all the posts about great movies, whining and whinging about how it "wasn't what they expected".

[Frontenac]

I'm tired of this "They're milking this franchise" shit.

News flash : They have been milking it since 1977!

What do you think all those toys, cartoons, posters, clothing, comic strips, novels, magazines, video games (and I may forget some) are for? Yes! It's to put lots of money in George Lucas' pocket! Now it's Disney (which is the crux of the problem for some snobs).

Anyhow, I for one would love to see how Solo met Chewbacca, how he won the Falcon and what was his relation with Lando Calrissian. I believe a character like Han Solo can make a very entertaining and funny movie. I can imagine Solo embroiled in a contract that goes sour, with Lando, piloting the Falcon, being at first a rival. In the process, he would free Chewbacca. He would be caught between some Imperial "police force" and galactic mobsters (Jabba or maybe Black Sun).

[Deleted]

I'm tired of this "They're milking this franchise" shit.

News flash : They have been milking it since 1977!

The biggest Star Wars milker is George Lucas, but most of the people here don't even know all the different box set versions Lucas put out of the original trilogy, so they wouldn't know that.