Stan Lee To Make Unusual Cameo In Star Wars: Han Solo… April Fools!

Production on Star Wars: Han Solo (or whatever it’s going to be called) is well underway, and we’ve just learned that Marvel Cameo King Stan Lee is going to appear in the movie – though not in the way you might expect.

 

Recently, Stan Lee has expressed interest in appearing in movies for franchises that he was not involved with during his salad days at Marvel, but his age has prevented him from extensively traveling. A golden opportunity was presented to him by directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who completed a script for the animated Spider-Man movie and are generally big comic book fans. Not wanting to get Lee to travel all the way to Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom, Lee agreed to get a cast for his face at Pinewood Studios in the United States, which is where most major Marvel movies are being filmed. Knocking that out, the cast was taken over to Lord and Miller and their crew. Extra copies were made in order to experiment with the design to create an alien mask that still featured key aspects of Stan Lee’s physical appearance for the purposes of turning the comic book legend into an alien puppet.

 

Despite what one would think, this method is actually not new for Star Wars. Yoda, for instance, had a facial structure and hair that was modeled after Albert Einstein. An alien puppet design was chosen as a way of making sure that Lee himself wouldn’t have to physically cameo in the movie.

 

 

Getting the look right was incredibly important for Lucasfilm, as they wanted it to be recognizable enough to be a Stan Lee cameo but strange enough that it wouldn’t take audiences out of the movie. Of course, Lee will be providing the voice of this character, who will appear briefly in a scene on Nar Shaddaa. One rumor is that he’ll speak in an alien tongue, with a line that features his catch phrase “Excelsior” snuck in there for those who listen closely. Details will remain scarce for quite some time, but we hope to share more details on this mysterious character soon.

 

PRANKED YOU GOOD!

 

 

Alright, so if you’ve been reading SWNN for a while, you know what my steez is: I’ll literally spell it out that I made an April Fools’ Day article, as seen here and here. I also did something silly with the domain name as I’ve done previously – I went with a dumb reference to some anime for no reason in particular. (Oddly enough, nobody seems to have picked up on that part.) Those two things, plus an update with a giggling George Lucas, are the cornerstone of any of my tacky articles for this particularly tacky – but nonetheless fun – holiday. Oh, and bragging about how my first prank actually tricked a Wikipedia editor. JUST AS PLANNED!

 

Regarding the collateral damage associated with the other articles I came up with today and recently: I apologize to anyone who thought my Thrawn article was also a prank. It bears mentioning that the story itself is about a panel that was held nearly a month ago, so there was no intent to trick anyone with that article. I’d also like to note that the two scoop articles I did (regarding the Sequel Trilogy planets and Lucasfilm’s future plans) were absolutely not planned out in advance to set up some kind of punchline for today. C’mon, guys – I’m not that mean.

 

Anyway, until it’s time to do this song and dance again, stay tuned to Star Wars News Net for the latest and greatest stories about a Galaxy Far, Far Away.

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

Grant Davis (Pomojema)

Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

48 thoughts on “Stan Lee To Make Unusual Cameo In Star Wars: Han Solo… April Fools!

  • April 1, 2017 at 8:06 am
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    G U E S S W H A T D A Y I T I S !

    – Pomojema

    • April 1, 2017 at 8:13 am
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      Awww… don’t spoil the fun just yet.

      • April 1, 2017 at 8:20 am
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        I don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s Saturday. My favorite day of the week!

        – Pomojema

    • April 1, 2017 at 8:31 am
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      Is it the Han Solo-Indiana Jones crossover day already?

  • April 1, 2017 at 8:23 am
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    well , seeing as jack kirby did the original design for the look of han , defined how he would appear and how his abilities are shown , it only seems fitting that stan lee gets the credit and the cameo instead…. even hans name was inspired by stan

  • April 1, 2017 at 9:04 am
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    April fools

  • April 1, 2017 at 9:14 am
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    Sorry to be pedantic guys, but Yoda’s face was modeled after both Stuart Freeborn’s, the guy who designed Yoda, as well as Albert Einstein’s such as the wrinkles and the frizzy hair.

  • April 1, 2017 at 9:17 am
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    Do you want to bet that someone will pick up the story? XD

    • April 1, 2017 at 9:28 am
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      Buzzfeed will.

      KeK

    • April 1, 2017 at 12:10 pm
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      I’m hoping that Wikipedia does. It actually wouldn’t be the first time.

      – Pomojema

  • April 1, 2017 at 9:46 am
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    Pedantic side kicking in: Yoda’s face was also based on Stuart Freeborn’s likeness who helped design the look of Yoda.

  • April 1, 2017 at 10:01 am
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    Unexpected, but not unwelcome.

    • April 1, 2017 at 10:02 am
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      4/1/17….

      • April 1, 2017 at 10:03 am
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        Damn my lack of temporal orientation today!

        • April 1, 2017 at 10:04 am
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          It’s okay, I didn’t notice today’s date either.

  • April 1, 2017 at 10:08 am
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    stop with all these cameos

    • April 1, 2017 at 10:14 am
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      I know right!

      Did you hear that they’re putting fucking Oprah in Ep. 8???!!!!!!11!!1

      • April 2, 2017 at 10:28 am
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        April fools sluts! You’ve successfully wasted your time on a plotted comment! Kudos hombres!

        • April 2, 2017 at 10:55 am
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          That’s not how it works, fuck face.

    • April 1, 2017 at 10:28 am
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      Just so you know … It’s April 1st. The one day of the year when people need to actually think about what they read on the internet 😀

      • April 1, 2017 at 10:33 am
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        sike! you feel for the troll bait

      • April 1, 2017 at 10:38 am
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        He fell for it hard.

    • April 1, 2017 at 7:02 pm
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      Hahaha edited your post. We know you fell so hard for this.

      • April 2, 2017 at 6:31 am
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        Disqus should really add an (edited) tag, like on YouTube comments.

    • April 2, 2017 at 12:47 am
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      Nice edits, bruh.

  • April 1, 2017 at 11:44 am
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    This is great news I can’t wait………….for April fools day to end.

  • April 1, 2017 at 11:46 am
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    Im new to the site, so does anyone know if they have a history of April Fools posts?

    • April 1, 2017 at 12:09 pm
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      Boss did one and I’ve done the rest. I’ll link to them later.

      – Pomojema

    • April 2, 2017 at 12:47 am
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      Nope, all news is true news. This story is real.

    • April 1, 2017 at 12:38 pm
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      Ewww, John Oliver.

    • April 1, 2017 at 4:13 pm
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      Oh, sh1t! I really have to do my taxes!

  • April 1, 2017 at 2:11 pm
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    Well technically STAR WARS is a Marvel Product. They produce the comic book adaptations. So in a strange way there is a connection.

    • April 1, 2017 at 5:32 pm
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      Marvel has a Star Wars licensing deal. Star Wars is not a Marvel Product no more than it is a Del Rey product.

  • April 1, 2017 at 2:20 pm
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    Do you remember the good old days when every year there was always a an Internet post on a site declaring “BRAND NEWS SEQUEL TRILOGY IN THE WORKS!”

  • April 1, 2017 at 5:39 pm
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    Well even if it is an April Fools news item, it would still be pretty cool I think !

  • April 1, 2017 at 6:05 pm
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    Relieved today is April Fool’s Day. Wouldn’t want cameos to be a routine thing in Star Wars movies.

  • April 1, 2017 at 6:23 pm
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    ‘Pranked ya good’. Nice touch !

  • April 1, 2017 at 10:12 pm
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    I hate this day so much

  • April 2, 2017 at 3:53 am
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    If this isn’t a prank how am I the only one loosing my mind thinking about getting to see NAR SHADDAA on the big screen?!

    • April 2, 2017 at 5:30 am
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      It’s a prank.

  • April 2, 2017 at 12:04 pm
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    Wasn’t Lee still with Marvel when they did the OT adaptations though? I’d MUCH rather have him than losers like Thereaux (however you spell it), Craig, and Pegg.

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