Solo: A Star Wars Story | Sunday Observer

Solo: A Star Wars Story

4 February, 2018

The upcoming Star Wars film about Han Solo has hit some bumps along the way, but we’re confident that it will be one of the must-watch movies of the year. The standalone movie will follow a young Han Solo (played by Alden Ehrenreich) and his exploits before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope. The rest of the cast includes some familiar names, if not faces; Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) is slated to appear as a young Lando Calrissian, while Joonas Suotamo will take over the role of Chewbacca from Peter Mayhew for this installment. In addition to these established Star Wars characters, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Michael K. Williams will all appear in supporting roles. While shooting was underway in early 2017, production was halted after Lucasfilm fired co-directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller due to ongoing creative conflicts between the pair and both Lucasfilm executive Kathleen Kennedy and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. However, not all hope is lost—Lucasfilm hired the extremely competent Ron Howard as the new director to complete the principal photography and reshoots, which should wrap up sometime in late summer 2017. Harrelson expressed his confidence in Howard during an interview with Uproxx, and leaked photos from the set show that filming is continuing apace, leaving us on schedule for our return to a galaxy far, far away on May 25, 2018. 

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