Solo: A Star Wars Story (seen it!) (spoilers)
Olgar Shiverstone
Legend
Ah, Trek, Wars ... same thing, right?
Anyway ... Star Wars & Western tropes go together well, regardless.
Mustrum_Ridcully
Hero
And IIRC, the entire plan how to do it is his own.
Istbor
Dances with Gnolls
I liked it. I can see the shout out on the Checkboxy-ness. I could tell a few points in the movie where hardcore or inflexible fans may not like the new take on the backstory. I feel the movie gave a pretty good look at how much influence the criminal syndicates had in the Empire. And I certainly liked the Han - Chewy relationship.
Glover as Lando was pretty dang cool.
Interesting take on the Kessel run.
Really liked the set up for other movies.
While some thing we have seen everything of the backstory, remember that Han ends up owing a lot of money to Jabba, likely the big time gangster he is going to meet on Tatooine. So that stuff all has to happen yet.
I will be interested to see where this all takes us, story wise.
Glover as Lando was pretty dang cool.
Interesting take on the Kessel run.
Really liked the set up for other movies.
While some thing we have seen everything of the backstory, remember that Han ends up owing a lot of money to Jabba, likely the big time gangster he is going to meet on Tatooine. So that stuff all has to happen yet.
I will be interested to see where this all takes us, story wise.
MarkB
Legend
Yeah, but that takes place literally days or weeks before Episode IV. They're not going to go that up-to-date in a "young Han Solo" movie series - the kid looks sort-of like he could grow up to be Harrison Ford, but he's not going to pull off being Han as we see him in the original trilogy.
Istbor
Dances with Gnolls
Do we know that though? That is not something I have ever assumed, I am not saying that time frame is wrong, but I can't take it as gospel either. All I am supposing, is that Han goes to work for Jabba, and perhaps he works for the Hutt for a while, becoming a known smuggler. Presumably he works for others too, but maybe he starts the Han and Chewy show out with someone on Tatooine. Where, my guess would be Jabba, or even Jabba's father or something.
MarkB
Legend
Well, that much seems pretty obvious from the end of the movie. But it doesn't take us anywhere, because it pretty much puts Han and Chewie in exactly the spot we find them in Episode IV.
Not saying there aren't still stories to tell, just that there isn't really a journey from here to there - they've pretty much already arrived.
How old is freaking Han Solo? I mean, Maul, we know when he dies and about how old Anakin Skywalker is...Han should be about Obi Wan's age in a New Hope! Gee..
He didn’t die. He has robotic legs now.
