UPDATE 2! Han Solo Director Ron Howard Shares a Photo of an Imperial Helmet On Set, Chewie and More!
In typical Ron Howard fashion, the director of the upcoming Han Solo movie has recently shared a couple more tweets, giving fans a brief and unrevealing glimpse at Pinewood studios and another that is a little more interesting, revealing a familiar Imperial helmet.
August 17, 2017
Here’s the brief video he shared behind the scenes at Pinewood:
Behind the scenes @PinewoodStudios btw,I see I just reached 2 mil Followers. Wow! Thanks all pic.twitter.com/GRCYj26EQo
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) August 16, 2017
And now the helmet:
The Empire Looms Large pic.twitter.com/IN7GiiJtXY
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) August 16, 2017
At first glance, I recognized it for its similarity to the Imperial Gunner/Engineer helmet:
But after looking at it more closely, it definitely shares more of a resemblance with the Imperial Navy Fleet Trooper Helmet as seen throughout the OT, and it may even be identical, though it’s hard to tell from just the one profile view:
It’s also possible that it is a new design blending the open-faced style of the fleet trooper helmet with the more aerodynamic design of the Imperial gunner helmet. The set is very similar to the scene shown above, so I suspect the helmet will most likely belong to a trooper in the background at an Imperial installation or stationed on a starship.
Stay tuned to Star Wars News Net as we will continue to keep you updated on the upcoming Han Solo movie.
UPDATE!
August 18, 2017
And here’s yet another tweet from Howard, this time with the good old Chewie:
Looks like I was clearly enjoying this close up performance today on the set. #UntitledHanSoloMovie #chewbacca pic.twitter.com/yw9F0ZmiTl
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) August 17, 2017
Obviously it’s a shot at Chewie between the takes, since you can see some cast members or extras having fun on the set.
UPDATE 2!
August 19, 2017
And two more videos from the set. It seems like they are filming in some kind of junkyard. Could this be the interior to these photos we shared with you a few months ago?
Rough corner of the Galaxy. pic.twitter.com/A6UmPI60kV
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) August 18, 2017
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Ohh nostalgia! Aren’t we sick of these empty signifiers of a franchise’s past glory yet?
We are in the middle of new glory.
No, because this isn’t the past anymore, the film is coming out next year and the story takes place when the Empire is still growing.
If it’s an “empty” signifier, then how can it also be nostalgic?
Hey that’s a good point. I guess a better way to say that might be “signifiers devoid of originality.”
Star Wars has never been original. If that’s your bar, you must be eternally disappointed.
If it doubles as a giant bowl for my Cocoa Krispies, I want one.
Even he gets boarded sometimes.
No offense, but how do you mix those helmets up? Maybe I played too much Dark Forces
Hard to tell? Seriously? It’s quite obvious the exact same helmet as shown in the OT pic. How on earth do you confuse it with the gunner helmet?
Exactly. And yet, plenty of websites and youtube shows are running with the notion that this is the helmet of a Death Star gunner.
Clearly the naval trooper helmet…no mistake about…TheForce.net site go one step further trying to make out it’s on the Death Star which also clearly it is not
Death Star? Please God, for all that is sacred, not again.
In the end it may come down to the fact the Star Wars saga was never about the Skywalker family but the birth, life and death of The Death Star and it’s future generations ….its last name is in the title of every film after all.
Actually I’d believe that from the way things are going…
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Well, George retconned the OT to be about Vader (lol) so why not
I must of missed the part of TheForce.net trying to make out its on the Death Star, because clearly there is no mention of it.
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Dark Helmet from Spaceballs ?
how could you confuse it with the gunner helmet? lol
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How/ why did you come up with that from a Navy Trooper helmet?
No Vader. Actually should have very little Empire.
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FTFY.
Well, they used wookie slaves to build the Death Star so why couldn’t Han going into the Imperial Navy and rescuing Chewie from the Death Star slave crews be a thing? It makes sense.
Probably because Han did not recognize the Death Star in Ep.4.
Neither him nor Chewie would have had to be in the main station or framework for it to happen. The constructed the dish separately. It’s also possible he never saw the exterior but was stationed inside during construction. There’s a lot of ways to make it happen without making it stupid.
Let’s throw some burgers and ribs on the R2 unit.