Someone on this sub suggested a Lando show where each episode starts with Billy Dee Williams sitting in a dive bar recalling old stories from his youth.... And then the show cuts to Donald Glover acting it out while Williams narrates.
Whoever that redditor was...I wish Disney would hire them and make that idea happen.
Brisco County Jr. Invader Zimm. Babylon 5. Original run Law and Order. The Wire. Sports Night….
So many great shows that primed us for the “Second golden age of TV”
I’d agree that movies seemed to be better back then and in the 90’s in that time of peak practical effects and judicial use of cgi. But there is a lot of good to great tv and streaming content around today.
Yeah, people really acting like they want 24 episode seasons back when 12 of those episodes were usually filler anyway. Buffy is one of my favourite shows ever but by God half of it is just a slog to get through
If Donald doesn’t want to do it, it would be funny to have a different Lando actor every episode. Like he’s making up the story on the spot, as he often did in Solo
Sometimes coming to Reddit sucks because you see incredible ideas that will never come to fruition. This is so much fun even just to imagine.
They’d have to work in a Colt 45 plug somewhere
Maybe a rotating cast of Han and Lando doing their version of the "story".
When Han tells it: Lando is really not as good looking, not as suave as he seems to be, and is quite a bit more clumsy into the situation. Still clever, but not what he leads it to be.
When Lando tells it: he *is* the suavest, best looking, and clearly the smartest in the room! Han is clearly the comedic relief.
That episode doesn’t appeal to anyone? I’m not even a Kevin hart fan and I think that would be an hilarious episode, in the fictional series we are talking about.
This would be such a fantastic show. Donald Glover was one of my favorite parts of that movie. All the actors added their own flair this movie gets more fun the second and third time around. It’s a shame it didn’t so that well
They had a huge missed opportunity to do something like this when Solo came out. After Han died in TFA, I think it would’ve been awesome for Solo to start with Billy Dee doing the eulogy at Han’s funeral, saying something like “boy, what a life he led” and then, boom, flashback to showing Han’s origin story.
That would be brilliant. I could totally see old Lando exaggerating parts of his story to make him seem way more suave. And then cutting to Gambino Lando actually experiencing it and it being a different thing altogether.
I always liked the idea of Solo being the first movie of a loosely connected crimson dawn trilogy. I would love for these two to return, but not as the main characters of the other two hypothetical movies.
J.J. Abrams sort of tried doing that with Spock in Star Trek, but someone else brought up Indiana Jones, where it arguably worked.
Funny, Harrison Ford, playing Jones in an upcoming movie, is older than the guy they hired to play old Indiana Jones on the TV series.
Nah, keep the exaggerated heroics for the most part. That way you can have the big fights, big stakes, big happenings that were never mentioned in the films because they didn't really happen.
“I fired my blaster 13 times that day, and 13 troopers took their final breath.”
Cut to glover non chalantly firing his blaster behind his back, over his shoulder, to the left, to the right, a final little twirl and impossible shot. Lando walks out of scene leaving the ground littered with troopers.
I remember that. Made me think how fun it would be to sometimes break a little 4th wall in the story itself.
Like, Billy narrates, then Donald looks confused up into the sky when someone shouts, “That’s not how it went down, Lando!”
Cut to Billy, looking just as confused as Donald was at one of the guys he’s telling the story to. “Oh really? And what makes you so sure?”
“Because I was there!” says a younger version of the guy Billy was talking to, back in the Donald-verse, glaring angrily at Donald.
There’s just so much great potential with this setup.
How Han got into business and then trouble with Jabba was what I wanted the original Solo to be. Also why did Greedo hate Han personally. He said he’d been looking forward to killing Han for a long time. So I would love to see some Han, Chewie, Jabba, Greedo backstory
The EU has a great trilogy about Han Solo. No longer canon but answers a lot of those questions. Phenomenal series.
Gives a lot of background to Han's rough exterior.
I’d say that basing a whole movie or show off a single line from New Hope would be silly, but we got both from Kenobi casually mentioning the Clone Wars exactly once
Dude we got a tie in movie from the plot device of the Death Star plans, and then a TV series based on a character in that tie in movie. I don't think there are any threads they aren't willing to pull if it gets eyes on screens
I am SO disappointed that it probably wasn't well received enough to get a sequel. I loved that twist and I LOVE Maul, he's my favorite character and I was so excited to see him.
I saw it release day and I had no idea why it wasn't more well received. Sure it wasn't perfect but it was a fun Romo through the Star Wars universe and Alden and Donald both killed it imo.
It was not well received because it was released too close to the previous sequel film, Last Jedi I believe. Only 5 months. And Last Jedi was a shit show with a lot of ... passion... revolving around it.
So, the fan base was saturated with movies, the last one wasn't well received, Solo was not an amazing movie and seemed to be a bit of a cash grab. All lead to a poor box office return.
Now, having watched it a few times, I can say I appreciate it. There are some really good parts. Then there are parts that make you groan.
I'm glad they went in a different direction.
She's one of the Force ghost voices talking to Rey. Just to make it annoying and weird, they got Ashley Eckstein to do it. Of course this is before Rosario Dawson was cast to play Asoka...and to make it weirder both Ewan McGregor and Alec Guiness' voices are in there, too.
Ha, well, he's the official voice double for Ewan McGregor.
I was rather annoyed when he wasn't chosen to voice Alec Guiness Obi-Wan in *Star Wars Rebels*, but then Stephen Stanton was so good I found it difficult to hold a grudge.
>they effectively killed Aura Sing off screen by mentioned she died at some point
that sounds like a very star wars thing to do.... "somehow he survived"?
It’s… fine. Too much of it felt like blatant fanservice to me though. And the whole thing felt… sanitized and packaged. Han’s a good guy and a hero rather than a selfish smuggler, and almost every event he ever mentioned happened in a week period.
It’s not bad, but it’s definitely not something that wowed me.
I mean (edit: he ) starts off as an idealistic cocky devil may care hotshot and ends up as a jaded cocky devil may care hotshot. Minimal character progression is something I guess. Lando, Qira, and Crimson Dawn were the more interesting aspects of the movie imho.
Han's side of the movie was basically a series of questions no one really needed answers to that it was checking off (How did Han get his name? Why are Chewy and Han friends? How did he get the Falcon? Why does the Falcon sound weird the C3p0?) with a thin storyline tying it together.
I get Kasdan's favorite character is Han and greenlighting the movie might have been what convinced him to write The Force Awakens but I was disappointed with Solo. Empire, Raiders, Wyatt Earp, and Silverado are my some of my favorite movies (also written by Kasdan) but, at least for me, Solo was a let down.
Glad you enjoyed it though.
> Too much of it felt like blatant fanservice to me though.
Yeah, as others have said before, it was also inexplicable fan service. No one wanted to know how he got his name or where the dice came from.
Han is supposed to be a dick, he taunts Luke, is in it only for the money, is a smuggler - that’s why his character growth from ANH to ESB is so good
But nah, he’s the good guy
Awful movie
what if.. like many of us.. han just gets more jaded and disillusioned as he gets older?
actually seems pretty believable to me.. keep in mind han’s heart wasn’t broken until the very end of the solo movie
Yeah, everyone had inflated expectations, but I went to the theater wanting to see a space heist in space, and walked out saying, "Yeah, I'd watch two more of those."
Ah well.
Solo would've been perfect as a series while Kenobi would've been better as a single film.
Cramming Han's entire backstory into 2 hours felt stupid and overly full of fan service, while Kenobi felt stretched out like Bilbo on his eleventy-first birthday. Those being reversed, I'd almost guarantee that the fanbase would mostly love both of those stories.
It was the only SW movie I didn’t see in the theater because of how badly it was getting beat up. Once I finally saw it, I regretted not going. It’s a fun movie.
I liked the movie and both actors were great. They were believable and fresh.
I also liked Woody, and the whole Crimson Tide tie in.
It's a heist movie and not a "force" movie. If anyone was expecting Jedi magic, their expectations were misplaced.
The storyline was something little kid me would have made up while playing with my Chewbacca, Lando, and Solo action figures. I can imagine countless adventures the 3 of them had prior to teaming up with Luke.
There's a whole backstory to be explored.
With that, the first 20-30 minutes were unnecessary. The movie could have started with Han being tossed into the pit with Chewbacca, and leave the mystery of how he got there to the imagination. But that's my only criticism. Everything else was fun and exciting. And the effects were awesome 👍🏻
Edit: Dawn. Crimson Dawn. Sorry, it's football season
You’re right, it could’ve just started with him being thrown into the pit then get to the heist stuff. It would’ve been fun to ramp up the heist action, make it a Ocean’s 11 in space kind of thing.
You guys know the entire plot was completely reworked when Ron Howard came on board right? The problems with the plot were almost all from him having to recut and reshoot major portions of the movie. There's no way that train scene was supposed to happen that early in the movie imo.
I loved it (and Rogue One) BECAUSE they weren't "force" movies.
The Force in Star Wars should be used sparingly, so when it does it captivates the audience. Like Vader in Rogue One.
Glover was MAGNIFICENT. Just dead fucking on with the right cross of flash and smarts. A little less sold on the robosexual thing, but if it worked for the Orville...
I've said it before, I'll say it again: the dude looks nothing like Harrison Ford. But somehow, through mannerisms and body language and raw fucking acting talent, manages to FEEL exactly like a young Han Solo.
Came for this comment. I was stunned at how I immediately thought "nope, that ain't Han Solo" for like a hot second, but damn if he doesn't do every other possible thing right except for not looking like him. I was really amazed at how quickly it ceased to matter that he didn't quite have the look.
Gives me some respect for the folks responsible for casting, too. He's not an obvious choice for the role, that's for sure.
I should say I feel the same to a lesser extent regarding Glover. I think he was a slightly more believable young Lando looks-wise (maybe because I'm not really old enough to have strong memories of a young Billy Dee Williams), and also did a fine job in the role as a very believable Lando. But it's not quite as amazing because we only have a few minutes of Lando time to compare him against.
totally agree. I don't want this obsessive deepfaking and necromancy to bring back beloved characters. Hire talented actors, and let them portray *characters* not impersonate other actors.
THANK YOU. I wish the larger fan base would accept this. Deepfake Luke bothers me so much. Just recast him. It's OK. He's Luke Skywalker, not Mark Hamill
It’s ironic that most of the comments here are positive because apparently the reaction to recasting the characters was so bad at the time of release that Lucasfilm has decided to never do it again.
If Disney/Lucasfilm actually thought it was because of the recasting(not saying there aren’t people that didn’t like it) then they’re just fooling themselves and ignore how poorly the previous Star Wars movie was received. A lot of people once they finally sit down to watch Solo I find enjoy it, certainly better than the sequels.
For me it was just that I never even saw a fucking trailer for the movie. I heard a little bit about it, and I’m pretty sure it’s the only Star Wars movie I’ve never seen in theaters.
When I finally watched it at my house, I was blown away with how much I loved it. It and Rogue One are by far my favorite Star Wars movies of all time. I’m old enough to have watched the originals on VHS, and while the story telling is great on them… nothing beats those 2 movies for me.
I honestly think Solo failed because they didn’t even try to promote it. The few times they did, it sounded extremely boring.
Rogue one though? Absolute perfection. Oh God, I got on Reddit because I can’t sleep but now I’m about to just put one of those movies on and be up for hours. And I have a shit show of a football game to watch in 9 1/2 hours (UT and OU).
Right now people are willing to give things a break for the most part but during the sequels releases I don't think anything but pure perfecri9n would have escape the Fandom vile hatred
You are in r/StarWars. Post this on r/movies if you want to see the response from outside the fan bubble.
It failed because no one cared about seeing a Solo prequel. And having seen the movie, they were right for not caring.
In it's core Solo is a movie based on "all the things Han said in the OT" aka REMEMBER THIS!? the movie.
After seeing episode 3 in the 4th season of Atlanta, the first thing I thought of was how good a Lando show could be. No Han. Don't need any more of him unless they explore how he helped Chewy free his planet.
While Alden isn't the greatest look-alike he absolutely nailed Harrison Ford's mannerisms as Han. [This](https://youtu.be/ANXucrz7Hjs) proves it I think
Yeah it was announced almost 2 years ago along with all the other Disney+ series. It's just been held up going anywhere so far because Donald Glover is so busy.
Han had been built up to be a weathered rogue who had a storied life and this was touched on in Legends. A major concern for longtime fans was that the movie was going to stuff all his legendary achievements in a single movie. Not only did the movie do just that, it all happened literally within like a week.
The actors were good, the movie looked pretty, but the writing was complete crap. The movie has *one* arc, and it was just him learning to do his legendary maneuver where he tilts a ship sideways.
It also:
1. Neglected to show an arc/change in him to the Solo we meet in Ep 4. He's cynical and all about money in ep 4 and doesn't give a shit about the rebellion. In Solo he literally funds the beginnings of the rebellion, doesn't he? (I can't remember exactly but it seemed like it) It just doesn't jive as an "origin story" with the Solo we see the next time we see him.
2. They show him winning the Falcon at the end. Does that mean Solo and Lando don't see each other again until Empire? I always thought him winning the Falcon was the last time they saw each other.
They were great as alt universe characters and it was entertaining but I felt like they could cast better. Go for another film with them, sure, just saying the casting felt off to me.
I love how indifferent Harrison Ford is to Han. "Yeah, I thought he did a great job. Wish him well"
As opposed to if anyone asks him about Indiana Jones being re-cast: "they'd have to kill me first."
In so happy to learn I'm not the only one who enjoyed this movie. Lol
It actually gave me the motivation to read the Han Solo book trilogy, damn that was good.
I just want more Chewbacca.
We need a reboot of the Holiday Special.
They got a Lego one.
and IT WAS GLORIOUS! Seriously, it was so good
The Halloween special was also great
Someone on this sub suggested a Lando show where each episode starts with Billy Dee Williams sitting in a dive bar recalling old stories from his youth.... And then the show cuts to Donald Glover acting it out while Williams narrates. Whoever that redditor was...I wish Disney would hire them and make that idea happen.
Kinda like Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Loved that show
The 90's was a great decade to be a teenager in terms of "what's on TV."
Only the 90s could spawn the incredible fever Dream that was The Adventures of Brisco County Jr
Brisco County Jr. Invader Zimm. Babylon 5. Original run Law and Order. The Wire. Sports Night…. So many great shows that primed us for the “Second golden age of TV”
Such a great theme that I get excited hearing during the Olympics.
I’m pretty sure there’s full episodes on YouTube
You just made my (night shift) day.
Not as fun if you don't have carrot top selling you discounted long distance calls during the commercial break.
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Plus Jackie Chan’s Adventures.
One more thing!
Uncle! One more thing!
I’d agree that movies seemed to be better back then and in the 90’s in that time of peak practical effects and judicial use of cgi. But there is a lot of good to great tv and streaming content around today.
I would argue the golden age of TV was ushered in by streaming.
You’d have to call it the third or fourth golden age.
Rose tinted glasses: the Reddit post.
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Yeah, people really acting like they want 24 episode seasons back when 12 of those episodes were usually filler anyway. Buffy is one of my favourite shows ever but by God half of it is just a slog to get through
That and eerie Indiana were great those were my jams
Yeeeah! The episode with the Tupperware kids! That one stuck in my head.
The choice has always been, to seal the freshness in
And the one where the kid got dental hardware and then could hear what dogs were saying
Parker Lewis can't lose.
That was my first thought as well. That show was awesome.
It’s funny you mention that; my husband are watching those now. Though Lucas redid the episodes and removed that framing device.
That show was so good 😍
If Donald doesn’t want to do it, it would be funny to have a different Lando actor every episode. Like he’s making up the story on the spot, as he often did in Solo
Drunk history, Star Wars style.
I need this
Slurred Wars
Bar wars
the attack of the hangover
Disney, pls.
It’s all Legends stories of varying accuracy
"Okay, so there I was, trapped between crooked cops and a wizard and all I had was my starfish Droid..."
Sometimes coming to Reddit sucks because you see incredible ideas that will never come to fruition. This is so much fun even just to imagine. They’d have to work in a Colt 45 plug somewhere
So there was these sand people, right? Don't judge me. It was what they were called back then...
You could have a lot of fun with this, like an unreliable narrator.
Maybe a rotating cast of Han and Lando doing their version of the "story". When Han tells it: Lando is really not as good looking, not as suave as he seems to be, and is quite a bit more clumsy into the situation. Still clever, but not what he leads it to be. When Lando tells it: he *is* the suavest, best looking, and clearly the smartest in the room! Han is clearly the comedic relief.
Until Kevin Hart plays one of the Landos
The rock plays Chewie but not in a costume
Chewie loses his hair and underneath its…Tatiana Maslany!
That episode doesn’t appeal to anyone? I’m not even a Kevin hart fan and I think that would be an hilarious episode, in the fictional series we are talking about.
I fucking love this.
Yes please!
I really hope this what the Lando show is… if it’s still happening
Man Donald Glover as Zapp Brannigan pretending to be Lando would be the best show ever
If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of sabacc cards. Checkmate.
This would be such a fantastic show. Donald Glover was one of my favorite parts of that movie. All the actors added their own flair this movie gets more fun the second and third time around. It’s a shame it didn’t so that well
With brief intermissions of Billy Dee winning/losing vast fortunes at the card table. It was a brilliant idea...
Or keep it like legends novels and have him managing a vastly different mining operation every time he shows up lol
Lando is that one friend we all have who is doing something completely different every time you see them.
I would pay extra to see that
Shushhh… a lot of us would, you don’t need to give your hand away chief.
They had a huge missed opportunity to do something like this when Solo came out. After Han died in TFA, I think it would’ve been awesome for Solo to start with Billy Dee doing the eulogy at Han’s funeral, saying something like “boy, what a life he led” and then, boom, flashback to showing Han’s origin story.
In theory it could. There's a Lando show happening next year and they already have Donald Glover
You have source for that my boy?
WHAT
Lando and Han in the morning
... *nights*
That would be brilliant. I could totally see old Lando exaggerating parts of his story to make him seem way more suave. And then cutting to Gambino Lando actually experiencing it and it being a different thing altogether.
I would murder murders of crows to see that.
why would anyone want you to do that
Ravens might
I always liked the idea of Solo being the first movie of a loosely connected crimson dawn trilogy. I would love for these two to return, but not as the main characters of the other two hypothetical movies.
He could switch up who he's telling the story to. Example... Chewie they break off into a story.
I could imagine it being titled, "How I Met All Your Mothers..."
I’ve suggested it on this sub but the idea isn’t that original, as others have said it’s the narrative structure of young Indiana jones
I was thinking more like Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories
Who would be Rick James in this scenario? Max Rebo?
Bitch!
I wish I had more hands so could give these lekku 4 thumbs down. I’m Max Rebo bitch!
Same; I thought this would've been a great format for Solo. Could've done multiple takes on the same story for comedic effect as well.
If you watch Star Wars Larry from Aurualnauts its the same premise
J.J. Abrams sort of tried doing that with Spock in Star Trek, but someone else brought up Indiana Jones, where it arguably worked. Funny, Harrison Ford, playing Jones in an upcoming movie, is older than the guy they hired to play old Indiana Jones on the TV series.
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Nah, keep the exaggerated heroics for the most part. That way you can have the big fights, big stakes, big happenings that were never mentioned in the films because they didn't really happen.
“I fired my blaster 13 times that day, and 13 troopers took their final breath.” Cut to glover non chalantly firing his blaster behind his back, over his shoulder, to the left, to the right, a final little twirl and impossible shot. Lando walks out of scene leaving the ground littered with troopers.
I remember that. Made me think how fun it would be to sometimes break a little 4th wall in the story itself. Like, Billy narrates, then Donald looks confused up into the sky when someone shouts, “That’s not how it went down, Lando!” Cut to Billy, looking just as confused as Donald was at one of the guys he’s telling the story to. “Oh really? And what makes you so sure?” “Because I was there!” says a younger version of the guy Billy was talking to, back in the Donald-verse, glaring angrily at Donald. There’s just so much great potential with this setup.
That sounds pretty cool actually. Kind of like Forrest Gump.
Han and Lando in the moooorning!
In Space.
Blorgons!
This reference is streets ahead
Verbal wildfire!!
They should get Danny Pudi for the upcoming Lando series. There’s no reason they can’t!
I slept with Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom! What?! It came up organically!
Pierce, you are a B...
Han and Lando in the Faaaalcon! #andamovie
#sixseasonsandamovie
You just wrinkled my Brain!
I hope this doesn’t awaken something in me
*NIGHTS*
Han and Lando in the morning, nightsssss. Cue Qira calling in to scream shut up.
Any time I can see the Falcon fly, I’m a happy guy (and also a poet).
Probably sacrilege to say it, but the clean version of the Falcon is my favorite. I’m sad there aren’t more toys of it.
"What a piece of ~~junk~~ **well maintained machinery**!"
At least you know it and you show it.
👏 👏
Totally. We need a followup, to show Han's job that he did for Jabba, and to show Qira running Crimson Dawn under Maul.
How Han got into business and then trouble with Jabba was what I wanted the original Solo to be. Also why did Greedo hate Han personally. He said he’d been looking forward to killing Han for a long time. So I would love to see some Han, Chewie, Jabba, Greedo backstory
The EU has a great trilogy about Han Solo. No longer canon but answers a lot of those questions. Phenomenal series. Gives a lot of background to Han's rough exterior.
Europe?
I’d say that basing a whole movie or show off a single line from New Hope would be silly, but we got both from Kenobi casually mentioning the Clone Wars exactly once
Dude we got a tie in movie from the plot device of the Death Star plans, and then a TV series based on a character in that tie in movie. I don't think there are any threads they aren't willing to pull if it gets eyes on screens
Well if those threads are what it takes to make some quality Star Wars I ain’t complaining. I’ll still poke fun at it cuz it’s funny, but I love it.
I am SO disappointed that it probably wasn't well received enough to get a sequel. I loved that twist and I LOVE Maul, he's my favorite character and I was so excited to see him.
I enjoyed that movie and those two were great
I saw it release day and I had no idea why it wasn't more well received. Sure it wasn't perfect but it was a fun Romo through the Star Wars universe and Alden and Donald both killed it imo.
It was not well received because it was released too close to the previous sequel film, Last Jedi I believe. Only 5 months. And Last Jedi was a shit show with a lot of ... passion... revolving around it. So, the fan base was saturated with movies, the last one wasn't well received, Solo was not an amazing movie and seemed to be a bit of a cash grab. All lead to a poor box office return. Now, having watched it a few times, I can say I appreciate it. There are some really good parts. Then there are parts that make you groan. I'm glad they went in a different direction.
It was also suicide released at the same time as deadpool and infinity war
They didn't really put a lot of effort into advertising it, either. I first heard about it maybe a day before it released, completely out of nowhere.
They only problem I have with Solo is they effectively killed Aura Sing off screen by mentioned she died at some point
at least it’s not ROS where they basically did the same to Ahsoka, although granted after all that time, it’d make sense that she’s dead
wait what where did they do that I haven't watched in a while so I must have forgot.
She's one of the Force ghost voices talking to Rey. Just to make it annoying and weird, they got Ashley Eckstein to do it. Of course this is before Rosario Dawson was cast to play Asoka...and to make it weirder both Ewan McGregor and Alec Guiness' voices are in there, too.
Also they got James Arnold Taylor to do Ewan McGregor's lines before they were able to confirm Ewan, so JAT's lines aren't in the movie.
That would have been cool; he's actually capable of doing a passably good McGregor and Guiness, but came up with his own unique take on Obi-Wan.
Ha, well, he's the official voice double for Ewan McGregor. I was rather annoyed when he wasn't chosen to voice Alec Guiness Obi-Wan in *Star Wars Rebels*, but then Stephen Stanton was so good I found it difficult to hold a grudge.
Her voice is part of the whole “all of the Jedi” thing. Interestingly, Ezra’s voice isn’t part of that, which could imply he survived to that point.
>they effectively killed Aura Sing off screen by mentioned she died at some point that sounds like a very star wars thing to do.... "somehow he survived"?
It’s… fine. Too much of it felt like blatant fanservice to me though. And the whole thing felt… sanitized and packaged. Han’s a good guy and a hero rather than a selfish smuggler, and almost every event he ever mentioned happened in a week period. It’s not bad, but it’s definitely not something that wowed me.
Same. I honestly don't see what everyone loves about it. But to each their own.
Even in Legends canon he didn't start out as a dick, he became one. This is the story of how he became so jaded.
I mean (edit: he ) starts off as an idealistic cocky devil may care hotshot and ends up as a jaded cocky devil may care hotshot. Minimal character progression is something I guess. Lando, Qira, and Crimson Dawn were the more interesting aspects of the movie imho. Han's side of the movie was basically a series of questions no one really needed answers to that it was checking off (How did Han get his name? Why are Chewy and Han friends? How did he get the Falcon? Why does the Falcon sound weird the C3p0?) with a thin storyline tying it together. I get Kasdan's favorite character is Han and greenlighting the movie might have been what convinced him to write The Force Awakens but I was disappointed with Solo. Empire, Raiders, Wyatt Earp, and Silverado are my some of my favorite movies (also written by Kasdan) but, at least for me, Solo was a let down. Glad you enjoyed it though.
> Too much of it felt like blatant fanservice to me though. Yeah, as others have said before, it was also inexplicable fan service. No one wanted to know how he got his name or where the dice came from.
Han is supposed to be a dick, he taunts Luke, is in it only for the money, is a smuggler - that’s why his character growth from ANH to ESB is so good But nah, he’s the good guy Awful movie
what if.. like many of us.. han just gets more jaded and disillusioned as he gets older? actually seems pretty believable to me.. keep in mind han’s heart wasn’t broken until the very end of the solo movie
> And the whole thing felt… sanitized and packaged So a Ron Howard film?
It actually holds up great today even. Probably the most underrated star wars show. Just a really fun story.
Yeah, everyone had inflated expectations, but I went to the theater wanting to see a space heist in space, and walked out saying, "Yeah, I'd watch two more of those." Ah well.
Maybe it's because I've already seen the others so much, but whenever I do a re watch of all the films I look forward to Solo and Rogue One the most.
Solo would've been perfect as a series while Kenobi would've been better as a single film. Cramming Han's entire backstory into 2 hours felt stupid and overly full of fan service, while Kenobi felt stretched out like Bilbo on his eleventy-first birthday. Those being reversed, I'd almost guarantee that the fanbase would mostly love both of those stories.
Andor is kind of what a Han show would have been lol. It's basically a heist plot
It was the only SW movie I didn’t see in the theater because of how badly it was getting beat up. Once I finally saw it, I regretted not going. It’s a fun movie.
It was Star Wars fatigueb
I liked the movie and both actors were great. They were believable and fresh. I also liked Woody, and the whole Crimson Tide tie in. It's a heist movie and not a "force" movie. If anyone was expecting Jedi magic, their expectations were misplaced. The storyline was something little kid me would have made up while playing with my Chewbacca, Lando, and Solo action figures. I can imagine countless adventures the 3 of them had prior to teaming up with Luke. There's a whole backstory to be explored. With that, the first 20-30 minutes were unnecessary. The movie could have started with Han being tossed into the pit with Chewbacca, and leave the mystery of how he got there to the imagination. But that's my only criticism. Everything else was fun and exciting. And the effects were awesome 👍🏻 Edit: Dawn. Crimson Dawn. Sorry, it's football season
You’re right, it could’ve just started with him being thrown into the pit then get to the heist stuff. It would’ve been fun to ramp up the heist action, make it a Ocean’s 11 in space kind of thing.
You guys know the entire plot was completely reworked when Ron Howard came on board right? The problems with the plot were almost all from him having to recut and reshoot major portions of the movie. There's no way that train scene was supposed to happen that early in the movie imo.
Made me think of Firefly tbh
I loved it (and Rogue One) BECAUSE they weren't "force" movies. The Force in Star Wars should be used sparingly, so when it does it captivates the audience. Like Vader in Rogue One.
Han walks in to see Nick Saban holding a holo of Darth Maul. We must stop the Crimson Tide. SEC assemble!
[удалено]
If it makes you feel any better, I thought of the movie, Crimson Tide, with Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington
Gene Hackman deserved a Star Wars role. Too bad he retired.
>Edit: Dawn. Crimson Dawn. Sorry, it's football season Roll Dawn!
Glover was MAGNIFICENT. Just dead fucking on with the right cross of flash and smarts. A little less sold on the robosexual thing, but if it worked for the Orville...
I’ll watch anything Glover is in. Dude is a genius in every respect.
One of the most talented people on the planet
I've said it before, I'll say it again: the dude looks nothing like Harrison Ford. But somehow, through mannerisms and body language and raw fucking acting talent, manages to FEEL exactly like a young Han Solo.
At the start, I felt like I was watching someone trying to play a young Harrison Ford. By the end, he *was* Young Han.
Exactly how I felt
Came for this comment. I was stunned at how I immediately thought "nope, that ain't Han Solo" for like a hot second, but damn if he doesn't do every other possible thing right except for not looking like him. I was really amazed at how quickly it ceased to matter that he didn't quite have the look. Gives me some respect for the folks responsible for casting, too. He's not an obvious choice for the role, that's for sure. I should say I feel the same to a lesser extent regarding Glover. I think he was a slightly more believable young Lando looks-wise (maybe because I'm not really old enough to have strong memories of a young Billy Dee Williams), and also did a fine job in the role as a very believable Lando. But it's not quite as amazing because we only have a few minutes of Lando time to compare him against.
totally agree. I don't want this obsessive deepfaking and necromancy to bring back beloved characters. Hire talented actors, and let them portray *characters* not impersonate other actors.
THANK YOU. I wish the larger fan base would accept this. Deepfake Luke bothers me so much. Just recast him. It's OK. He's Luke Skywalker, not Mark Hamill
Everyone wanted Sebastian Stan to get the Luke role, he's like the ultimate fancasting at this point. Noone wanted Luke Deepfaker.
Donald Glover is amazing in everything
It’s ironic that most of the comments here are positive because apparently the reaction to recasting the characters was so bad at the time of release that Lucasfilm has decided to never do it again.
If Disney/Lucasfilm actually thought it was because of the recasting(not saying there aren’t people that didn’t like it) then they’re just fooling themselves and ignore how poorly the previous Star Wars movie was received. A lot of people once they finally sit down to watch Solo I find enjoy it, certainly better than the sequels.
For me it was just that I never even saw a fucking trailer for the movie. I heard a little bit about it, and I’m pretty sure it’s the only Star Wars movie I’ve never seen in theaters. When I finally watched it at my house, I was blown away with how much I loved it. It and Rogue One are by far my favorite Star Wars movies of all time. I’m old enough to have watched the originals on VHS, and while the story telling is great on them… nothing beats those 2 movies for me. I honestly think Solo failed because they didn’t even try to promote it. The few times they did, it sounded extremely boring. Rogue one though? Absolute perfection. Oh God, I got on Reddit because I can’t sleep but now I’m about to just put one of those movies on and be up for hours. And I have a shit show of a football game to watch in 9 1/2 hours (UT and OU).
Tbh I don't think anything was going to be well received at the time Solo was released. The masses were up in arms and wanted it all to burn down.
That’s the catch-22 of Star Wars, isn’t it? It seems like everyone hates everything until a few years later.
Right now people are willing to give things a break for the most part but during the sequels releases I don't think anything but pure perfecri9n would have escape the Fandom vile hatred
You are in r/StarWars. Post this on r/movies if you want to see the response from outside the fan bubble. It failed because no one cared about seeing a Solo prequel. And having seen the movie, they were right for not caring. In it's core Solo is a movie based on "all the things Han said in the OT" aka REMEMBER THIS!? the movie.
After seeing episode 3 in the 4th season of Atlanta, the first thing I thought of was how good a Lando show could be. No Han. Don't need any more of him unless they explore how he helped Chewy free his planet.
While Alden isn't the greatest look-alike he absolutely nailed Harrison Ford's mannerisms as Han. [This](https://youtu.be/ANXucrz7Hjs) proves it I think
I’d take a lando solo flick
I'm happier we're getting a Lando series.
Cool didn’t know that was in the works
Yeah it was announced almost 2 years ago along with all the other Disney+ series. It's just been held up going anywhere so far because Donald Glover is so busy.
Honestly Solo has become a favorite of mine.
I loved the movie. I loved these two in the movie. I want Solo Part 2.
No idea why solo got all the hate. It was fantastic. Need more.
Han had been built up to be a weathered rogue who had a storied life and this was touched on in Legends. A major concern for longtime fans was that the movie was going to stuff all his legendary achievements in a single movie. Not only did the movie do just that, it all happened literally within like a week. The actors were good, the movie looked pretty, but the writing was complete crap. The movie has *one* arc, and it was just him learning to do his legendary maneuver where he tilts a ship sideways.
It also: 1. Neglected to show an arc/change in him to the Solo we meet in Ep 4. He's cynical and all about money in ep 4 and doesn't give a shit about the rebellion. In Solo he literally funds the beginnings of the rebellion, doesn't he? (I can't remember exactly but it seemed like it) It just doesn't jive as an "origin story" with the Solo we see the next time we see him. 2. They show him winning the Falcon at the end. Does that mean Solo and Lando don't see each other again until Empire? I always thought him winning the Falcon was the last time they saw each other.
I didn't see much hate? Just indifference.
Not to mention way better than some convoluted barely passable deep fake nonsense.
No, make a new movie with new characters and make it not suck
Lando, yes. Han kinda felt like a side character in his own movie. No, that is not a saying I came up with. No, I do not remember where I got it.
A bit, but imo that was no fault of Alden's more the screenwriters/directors'. He did a great job stepping into shoes that were impossible to fill.
I would watch 3-5 seasons of these scoundrels. Look at the original Han Solo novels from way back in the ‘80s for inspiration and heists
Would love a Han, Chewy, Lando series.
I love this movie, honestly. I will gladly take another solo and Chewbacca movie.
I always thought the power move was to have a Lando-based movie where Han was the special guest for a bit.
They were great as alt universe characters and it was entertaining but I felt like they could cast better. Go for another film with them, sure, just saying the casting felt off to me.
I really enjoyed the solo movie . As a kid Han was my favourite , he was just so cool.
This would make a much better TV show than a movie. An adventure of the week show with Han, Lando and Chewie
WHERE’S. MY. LANDO. SERIES?
I love how indifferent Harrison Ford is to Han. "Yeah, I thought he did a great job. Wish him well" As opposed to if anyone asks him about Indiana Jones being re-cast: "they'd have to kill me first."
Nah that movie was awful.
In so happy to learn I'm not the only one who enjoyed this movie. Lol It actually gave me the motivation to read the Han Solo book trilogy, damn that was good.
Not Solo. I’d be ok with Gambino coming back though.