The reveal of Hasbro toy packaging for the new film showed a two-pack of figures featuring Lando and a character with "Kessel" in his title. So yeah, we're gonna see the Kessel Run.
Scruffy-looking untitled Han Solo film thread
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Naboo Shiny!
Queen Amidala would love that ship.
Queen Amidala would love that ship.
That stopped being the case about 20 years ago.Feels weird to have a shiny new Falcon. Remember when Star Wars was supposed to be the dirtier version of Star Trek?
I know, I know. Disney's about as full of storytelling surprises as your drunk uncle who once served jury duty on a flasher case. But who couldn't have seen this coming?
Um, Naboo?
Also, no. I remember when Star Wars was supposed to feel "lived in." Oh wait, it still does.
RE: the shiny new Falcon: It's not something I ever really bothered thinking about before, but after seeing it I'd say it makes perfect sense given Lando's more fastidious, elegant, cultured tastes (even if it's mostly just a superficial facade.) I mean can you really see him travelling or even living on the Falcon as it looked when it was Han & Chewie's home? Hell, even in the EU they gave him a modded luxury yacht to fly around in.
As to the rest of it: the "lived in" look has always been a key aesthetic signature for Star Wars, but that doesn't mean it needs to be omnipresent. Indeed, part of it's purpose (aside from helping to sell a fantasy setting as believable) is to directly contrast with the places and peoples that are decidedly *not* dirty and run-down. It's not even really about old and busted vs. new and shiney.
In the first movie that was mostly about Tatooine's harsh but still very organic and earthy pallet vs. the Empire's stark, sterile, machine-like and soulless world. Those are the only glimpses we get of civilisation (at least until the SE inserted some extra shots at the end of RotJ) since most everything else is unsettled wilderness.
In the prequels, things weren't really "new" exactly (indeed, much of it was *ancient*) so much as it was about a rich artistic and cultural society. Mostly Naboo, but you also see elements of it on Coruscant too with the temple and the government buildings. There's a very clear visual language at work there that only becomes more obvious in TCW as the more mechanised look becomes more and more prominent as the Republic slowly becomes the Empire (it's even less subtle on Lothal with the new, ugly Imperial complex sat right in the middle of what used to be a gleaming, pristine city of white spires.)
It didn't really twig with me until relatively recently but the look of Cloud City seems to have meant to have been a deliberate throwback to the pre-Imperial aesthetic. A little piece of the Republic preserved out in the middle of nowhere.
As to the rest of it: the "lived in" look has always been a key aesthetic signature for Star Wars, but that doesn't mean it needs to be omnipresent. Indeed, part of it's purpose (aside from helping to sell a fantasy setting as believable) is to directly contrast with the places and peoples that are decidedly *not* dirty and run-down. It's not even really about old and busted vs. new and shiney.
In the first movie that was mostly about Tatooine's harsh but still very organic and earthy pallet vs. the Empire's stark, sterile, machine-like and soulless world. Those are the only glimpses we get of civilisation (at least until the SE inserted some extra shots at the end of RotJ) since most everything else is unsettled wilderness.
In the prequels, things weren't really "new" exactly (indeed, much of it was *ancient*) so much as it was about a rich artistic and cultural society. Mostly Naboo, but you also see elements of it on Coruscant too with the temple and the government buildings. There's a very clear visual language at work there that only becomes more obvious in TCW as the more mechanised look becomes more and more prominent as the Republic slowly becomes the Empire (it's even less subtle on Lothal with the new, ugly Imperial complex sat right in the middle of what used to be a gleaming, pristine city of white spires.)
It didn't really twig with me until relatively recently but the look of Cloud City seems to have meant to have been a deliberate throwback to the pre-Imperial aesthetic. A little piece of the Republic preserved out in the middle of nowhere.
The biggest threat to this movie (other than bad leftover vibes from Last Jedi) is that it will feel like Guardians of the Galaxy. Even though GoG riffed on Han (and Indy), that's what's more prominent in pop-culture right now, and this actor doesn't have the same charisma as Chris Pratt.
Why Ron Howard did the movie (also George Lucas was there during filming one day)
http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/09/ron-howard-solo-a-star-wars-story/
An article on L3-37
http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/08/star-wars-solo-phoebe-waller-bridges-droid/
Also looks like the front of the falcon may come off, it could also just be the production company being lazy and just modifying an existing Falcon model. As the CG model looks pretty flush.
Source:
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/7w131s/a_more_detailed_look_at_the_falcons_nose/
http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/09/ron-howard-solo-a-star-wars-story/
An article on L3-37
http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/08/star-wars-solo-phoebe-waller-bridges-droid/
Also looks like the front of the falcon may come off, it could also just be the production company being lazy and just modifying an existing Falcon model. As the CG model looks pretty flush.
Source:
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/7w131s/a_more_detailed_look_at_the_falcons_nose/
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Since YT-1300's have been retconned as modular, this isn't unreasonable:Why Ron Howard did the movie (also George Lucas was there during filming one day)
http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/09/ron-howard-solo-a-star-wars-story/
An article on L3-37
http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/08/star-wars-solo-phoebe-waller-bridges-droid/
Also looks like the front of the falcon may come off, it could also just be the production company being lazy and just modifying an existing Falcon model. As the CG model looks pretty flush.
Source:
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/7w131s/a_more_detailed_look_at_the_falcons_nose/
Not saying it isn't "canon." Just stating that it isn't unreasonable to see such a design.
Well obviously it comes off because it's not there from at least ANH onward and it wasn't there in the RotS cameo (assuming that's still considered to be the Falcon.)
Also consider that just because it looks factory new in 'Solo', doesn't necessarily mean it's actually meant to be brand new. It could be over a century old and Lando could have had it restored the way people restore classic cars. Though no doubt said restoration included a number of modifications (that Han would later add to) that suited his needs.
Also consider that just because it looks factory new in 'Solo', doesn't necessarily mean it's actually meant to be brand new. It could be over a century old and Lando could have had it restored the way people restore classic cars. Though no doubt said restoration included a number of modifications (that Han would later add to) that suited his needs.
Isn't the YT-1300 described as a class that's been around for over a century in the Tarkin novel?
(Tarkin is a canon novel).
(Tarkin is a canon novel).
Such as the Colt45 kegerator
Maybe...
It's the cargo Han jettisoned to avoid the Empire, and pissed Jabba off
I get the impression that the debt to Jabba is a much more recent incident. Like probably some time either just before or during the events of 'Rogue One' recent. Also note that Han said he was boarded and it's intimated that Han & Chewie had up til that point been in Jabba's good books. Since this movie is probably going to show Han's first big job, I doubt it would line-up like that.
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