Star Wars scruffy-lookin nerf herder, Mr. Han Solo, is getting his own movie.
Han Solo is getting a spin-off movie.
Theyve already brought usCloudy with a Chance Of Meatballs, the21 Jump Streetrevival, andThe LEGO Movie.
Hopefully, they will see the same success with the Han Solo movie.
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But what will the movie be about?
What is the story of Han Solos youth?
What was he like before he hardened up?
Before he had some setbacks?
Before he put on this cynical coat?
What got him there?
That quote essentially spells out when this film will take place and what it will cover.
It wont be the thing youre worried about, Kasdan reaffirmed in a podcast interview withEmpire.
It will not be like heres where he was born and this is how he was raised.
I think what it will be is what was he like ten years earlier?
Maybe a little earlier, youll get a glimpse.
Kasdan continued: But what formed the person we meet in the Cantina?
Its not so much about his specific history.
Its about what makes a person like that.
And Harrison embodies inForce Awakenssomeone who is still not settled on who he is.
Things will have to go south at some point, though, giving Han that cynical and sarcastic worldview.
One prop that we know is certain to appear is Hans iconic DL-44 heavy blaster pistol.
We could see some of these events in Han Solos cinematic spin-off.
TheAbsolutely Everythingbook explains how Han came to know his trusty partner in crime/walking carpet Chewbacca.
Chewie was rescued by Han Solo, and pledged a Wookiee life debt to him in thanks.
The book also mentions that many Wookiees were forced to work as slaves in the spice mines of Kessel.
If youve seen the first episode ofStar Wars Rebels, youll have seen these mines for yourself.
In Marvels recentStar Warscomics, it was also established that Han Solo had a wife.
Well, sort of.
The film will be set during the height of Imperial dominance, after all.
The old EU canonnow classified officially as Legendscould indeed have some influence over the Han Solo movie.
(Swoop races were the successor to pod races, with smaller crafts and plenty of danger.)
Han opted to keep this information to himself for the most part.
Yep, the iconic hero Han Solo was once canonically a member of the dastardliest dictatorship in galactic history.
But, of course, Han didnt last long in this job.
Among them was Chewbacca, who Han was ordered to skin.
Han refused and ended up shooting his commanding officer instead.
Chewie swore him a life debt.
He hit the bottle and the gambling hard, eventually getting into a dangerous bar fight.
Here, Chewbacca stepped up and saved Hans skin, cementing the bond between the pair.
George Lucas had considered introducing a young Han Solo inRevenge of the Sith.
Hence the long hair and the raggedy clothing.
As you could see in the image above, Han wouldve had a brief dialogue with Yoda.
Yoda responds with Good.
Track this we can back to the source.
Find General Grievous, we might…
Ultimately, this scene was cut, which seems like something of a godsend from a modern day perspective.
To wrap things upwhat do we know for sure about Han Solos solo adventure?
Neither of those things line up with the ten years before timeline at play here.
From the current canon, we know Han had a sort-of wife that he stole money from.
And we know that he saved Chewie from Imperial enslavement.
Han and Chewie also had a secret hideout on an unnamed planet with electrical storms.
Who will the villains of the Han Solo film be?
Whats driving the narrative?
Will Chewie and Lando be in it?
Will Han shoot first at any point?
