Scruffy-looking untitled Han Solo film thread

[WarpFactorZ]

Calm down.

The entire movie is the vest origin movie, you can't expect them to spoil it in the first trailer.

And, just like the "clean" Falcon, we'll see the vest with it's original inscription:

"I made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs, and all I got was this lousy vest."

 

[cooleddie74]

Original inscriptions on clothing could be a lot more awkward.

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[JD]

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.

It honestly hadn't even occurred to me before, but could we see Jabba in this? Do we know how long or how often he worked for Jabba before the pre-ANH incident?

 

[cooleddie74]

I know this much. If they do show him a CGI Jabba would look a lot better than even the 2004 DVD version of the character inserted into ANH. And that one was a million times better than the piece of crap that passed for a CGI Jabba the Hutt in the 1997 Special Editions.

 

[Reverend]

It honestly hadn't even occurred to me before, but could we see Jabba in this? Do we know how long or how often he worked for Jabba before the pre-ANH incident?

You'd think that if he was, then it'd have been in the trailer somewhere. Personally I don't think the movie really needs him as it already seems pretty packed with characters as it is.

Also, the galaxy is a big place and there are other gangsters out there than just Jabba, or indeed, the Hutt families in general. Personally, I'm hoping for an appearance by the Pykes since they are going to be dealing with Kessel, which probably means something to do with the spice trade.

 

[General_Phoenix]

May not mean much, but there are hints at a Jabba toy for the merchandising for the Solo movie.

 

[The Wormhole]

Of course, a Force Ghost Obi-Wan was released with the TLJ stuff, yet he didn't appear in the movie itself. If Jabba is in this movie, it's likely just a cameo scene, and he may not even have any direct interaction with Han anyway.

 

[JD]

You'd think that if he was, then it'd have been in the trailer somewhere. Personally I don't think the movie really needs him as it already seems pretty packed with characters as it is.

Also, the galaxy is a big place and there are other gangsters out there than just Jabba, or indeed, the Hutt families in general. Personally, I'm hoping for an appearance by the Pykes since they are going to be dealing with Kessel, which probably means something to do with the spice trade.

Oh yeah, I agree the movie doesn't need him. It just hadn't even occurred to me as a possibility before my post.

 

[cooleddie74]

May not mean much, but there are hints at a Jabba toy for the merchandising for the Solo movie.

And hopefully any new Jabba toy won't be a Walmart or Toys 'R' Us exclusive like the last two figures that were released in the line. Yeah, we got a big 6-inch Black Series Jabba but he came with absolutely no accessories and retailed for $40. You had to get the San Diego Comic-Con version of the figure to get any cool stuff with him.

 

[General_Phoenix]

And hopefully any new Jabba toy won't be a Walmart or Toys 'R' Us exclusive like the last two figures that were released in the line. Yeah, we got a big 6-inch Black Series Jabba but he came with absolutely no accessories and retailed for $40. You had to get the San Diego Comic-Con version of the figure to get any cool stuff with him.

Agreed. I grew tired of exclusives years ago, I was a big fan of the Black Series, but the retail Jabba was poor. At least there was a cool Biker Scout.

 

[cooleddie74]

I never found the 6" Wampa and Hoth Luke in stores. I saw them once but the seller wanted too much for them.

 

[General_Phoenix]

I never found the 6" Wampa and Hoth Luke in stores. I saw them once but the seller wanted too much for them.

I had a hard time finding a lot of them in my area. Some I found through blind luck, but Han Solo, Greedo, and Slave Leia were peg warmers in my area, Bespin Luke was fairly common too. Never found the Wampa/Hoth Luke either.

 

[cooleddie74]

I did score Jaina Solo about a week or so ago. She's as good as the reviews say.

 

[Set Harth]

You'd think that if he was, then it'd have been in the trailer somewhere. Personally I don't think the movie really needs him as it already seems pretty packed with characters as it is.

If this movie has a surprise appearance by Thrawn, I will personally suck Kathleen Kennedy's dick.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

If Jabba is in this movie, it's likely just a cameo scene, and he may not even have any direct interaction with Han anyway.

Since this is a Han "origins" story, and there's only a select few things we definitely know about Han's origin -- the Kessel Run, winning the Falcon from Lando, and smuggling for Jabba -- I would be surprised if all three didn't play a prominent role in the film.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Jabba is the low hanging fruit, here. Jabba has represented the obstacle overshadowing Han from the beginning. It would be truly remarkable if he weren't in it.

 

[Reverend]

Jabba was mostly only supposed to be a local gangster in the outer rim, not the kingpin of the entire galaxy. Conversely, Han is a very small fish in Jabba's underworld. A long term feud between them just makes even less sense than the supposed rivalry between Han and Fett.
Indeed, I think in one of the earlier drafts, Jabba's beef with Han wasn't over a dumped shipment but money Jabba had lent him to get his new ship built. So yes, at one point Jabba was thought to be the owner of the Falcon before Han basically stole it.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Jabba was mostly only supposed to be a local gangster in the outer rim, not the kingpin of the entire galaxy. Conversely, Han is a very small fish in Jabba's underworld. A long term feud between them just makes even less sense than the supposed rivalry between Han and Fett.
Indeed, I think in one of the earlier drafts, Jabba's beef with Han wasn't over a dumped shipment but money Jabba had lent him to get his new ship built. So yes, at one point Jabba was thought to be the owner of the Falcon before Han basically stole it.

I agree that a long standing feud doesn't make sense. When I said from the beginning I meant since 1977, not since the beginning of Han's story.

 

[Tuskin38]

http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/12/solo-a-star-wars-story-influences/

According to this, Lawrance Kasdan had already signed on with LucasFilm to start wirting a Han film before Disney came along. Not his son though, that didn't happen until after Episode 7.

Even before Lucasfilm was sold to Disney in 2012, launching a renaissance of galactic storytelling, Lawrence Kasdan had signed on to put together a Han Solo-centric movie. Then he was brought aboard Episode VII, and that became all-consuming.

“When I was done, I was sort of burned out. And I said, ‘I don’t know, do we still want to do this Han thing?’” Lawrence says. “And they said, ‘Yeah! We really want you to go ahead with Han.’ And I said, ‘Well, my son, Jon, is very enthusiastic and full of ideas about the saga.’ And he had directed two movies and had done other things. ‘What if he came on and worked with me? Because, that would give me a shot in the arm.’ And so, that’s exactly what happened. They made a deal with Jon, and he and I have been writing since for three years.”

Also, Michael K. Williams was only recast because he didn't have time to reprise his character for Ron Howard's reshoots.

 

[General_Phoenix]

Han and Jabba had a good working relationship in the beginning, would like to see that, even though I am sure Han always felt like it was a deal with the devil.

Jabba still had uses for Han at one point, at least from their conversation in ANH, Jabba was cutting him a lot of slack. Han waiting 3 years between ANH and ESB probably is what really pissed Jabba off.