Solo: A Star Wars Story Super Bowl Spot and Teaser Trailer Breakdown

We finally got our trailer! After weeks in the wake of The Last Jedi‘s theater run, fans were wondering, where is this trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story? Well wait no more. As we reported to you a few days ago, the trailer aired on Good Morning America this morning and was immediately available for online viewing. By now you’ve watched it twenty times, so come along with us as we break this thing down with screen shots, all of the quotes, and our analysis of the clip! PUNCH IT!

 

The trailer opens with Han flipping switches in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon almost in a drumming cadence pattern, and after the Lucasfilm logo comes up his voice-over begins.

 

 

“I’ve been running scams on the streets since I was 10.”

 

It’s hard to see them, but if you look close, the famous dice are hanging in the center between them in the speeder. We assumed they would play a role in this film, as did most of us in the fan community!

 

 

We see the speeder that leaked last year, almost like a hot rod, and we have Han and Emilia Clarke’s Qi’ra outrunning Imperials. These scenes were shot at the Fawley Power Station, where some photos leaked last May. We suspect this takes place early in the film, as Qi’ra has a much more “commoner” look to her. This is speculation on our part, but we think that after these early scenes some time will pass, and Han will meet her down the road, both in two vastly different places in their lives.

 

 

Han confirms his association with the Flight Academy, but being the independent rogue mind that he is, it didn’t last long.

“I was kicked out of the flight academy for having a mind of my own.”

 

Scenes from the following snowy clips were likely filmed in Italy. Last May we reported on our findings from local Italian publications, and it appears that setting was indeed used for some sort of snowy/mountainous location in the film for certain sequences.

 

 

“I’m gonna be a pilot, the best in the galaxy.”

 

The inside of the Falcon (which we are assuming this is and not some twin/sister ship) is almost unrecognizable, like it rolled off the assembly line. So fluorescent and clean, dare I say it almost looks like an imperial ship!

 

 

This is no doubt the first time Han sees the ship that he will eventually covet and love so dearly until his dying days. Between Kasdan’s writing and Ron Howard’s direction, I fully expect this to be a powerful scene in the film, set up against the magnitude of what this ship means to Han going forward throughout his life and legacy.

 

 

The next shots take us to the long reported shoot last year on the island of Fuerteventura. This is where Han meets up with Tobias Beckett, played by Woody Harrelson.

 

“Hey kid I’m putting together a crew, you in?”

 

I like how Beckett calls Han “kid” as it reminds us of how Han looked at Luke in the original trilogy, perhaps a reason behind why he used that vernacular, as common as it is.

 

 

This immediately takes us to shots of the rest of the main cast:

 

 

Emilia Clarke as Qi’ra

 

We see her cloaked in a red cape, stepping off what we assume is the Falcon. She is followed closely by a motion capture droid (like K-2SO) named L3-37 and confirmed to be played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

 

 

 

Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian

 

He appears to be sitting in that crowded area we see Han approaching later, is this where the gambling games go down? Although he has no dialogue in the trailer, Glover’s smile at the end of this shot is pretty perfect.

 

 

 

Thandie Newton as Val

 

We hope to learn more about her character soon!

 

 

A new alien creature that looks a bit like Maz Kanata but is definitely not her, and this creature even seems to have four arms!

 

 

Our own James Baney made a good catch on an alien in the scene above.

 

 

 

Look at Chewie rocking two bandeliers! He is ready for some action.

 

 

Chewie growls, and Han as he always does, translates for Beckett, “That’s yes”. Boy you said it Chewie!

 

 

The next shots have Lando in the captain’s chair, alongside Waller-Bridge’s motion capture droid character L3-37.

 

 

The two share a hand signal, indicating they are quite familiar with one another, so it is interesting that we saw this droid with Qi’ra earlier in the teaser, this leads me to believe that Lando and Qi’ra might already know each other when we meet them. Either that or these two just bond really quickly throughout the film.

 

 

It looks like Han in the back as they jump into hyperspace.

 

 

What would Star Wars be without some sort of club/watering hole. Here we have a chic looking lavish place, and if previously leaked images are any indication a fight of some kind might be breaking out here!

 

 

Clarke’s Qi’ra looking elegant once again, but who is this she is talking to? Clearly distracted by someone else’s entrance.

 

 

Han unbuckles his DL-44 holster in a standoff with some strange looking foes. One of which on the bottom right of the second picture looks a lot like the Boushh bounty hunter get up. Is Han facing off against a group of bounty hunters? Does he have a price on his head already?

 

 

We see a brief clip of what will likely be our main villain wreaking havoc. I like how we didn’t get too much of this character, leaves me wanting to know more! This single shot we captured here when looked at ever so briefly screams similarities to Darth Vader, but it is obviously not the Sith Lord as we see further down.

 

 

But who is it?

 

 

Here’s a very good suggestion by Reddit member Regimas:

Spotted another OT reference! More evidence for Jabba’s palace! from StarWarsLeaks

 

You can definitely see the similarities. This has to be Lando in his skiff guard uniform from Return of the Jedi. Very cool indeed.

 

 

 

Han flying a ship that looks similar to the U-wing from Rogue One and he is clearly flying out of quite the mess.

 

 

We aren’t sure what the relationship between Qi’ra and Han will be but she appears to be challenging him a bit, something Princess Leia was very good at doing when they first meet in A New Hope.

 

“I might be the only person who knows what you really are.”

“What’s that?”

 

The main title screen appears with the “SOLO” logo, and then we get our final scene.

 

 

The final bit of the trailer has Han and Chewie in the Falcon, flying with Qi’ra, Lando, and Beckett aboard in a chaotic chase away from TIE Fighters, bombers, and a Star Destroyer

“Get ready.”

 

Han, as cocky and self-assured as ever turns to everyone in a line reminiscent of his cover up in A New Hope of “we’re all fine here now…”, or even in Return of the Jedi,  “It’ll work. It’ll work.” Nobody writes Han Solo better than Lawrence Kasdan, and he appears to still have his finger on the pulse with this film’s dialogue.

 

“I thought we were in trouble there for a second but it’s fine…we’re fine.”

 

But they aren’t fine, as we then see the Falcon is flying around some sort of thorn-tentacled creature before the clip ends. Lando looks quite concerned, as do the others.

 

 

 

 

THE SUPER BOWL CLIP 

 

We have also screen-captured images from the clip that aired during the Super Bowl yesterday, so check all of those out right here!

 

 

Han is enlisting or being recruited for a division in the Empire. As we imagined, he wants to be a pilot.

 

 

The club scene in the film will have some familiar species, as we see two Twi’leks on the right.

 

 

It looks like we will be getting another Star Wars tradition, a musical number in a club!

 

 

Will Han’s mentor Tobias Beckett have a fateful showdown with our main antagonist on top of this train-like transport?

 

 

What did you think of the trailer? Is it what you expected? We finally hear and see our young Han Solo! There will likely be more clips and another full trailer to come as we are less than four months away from Solo: A Star Wars Story blasting off into theaters on May 25th!

 

You can find me getting the coordinates from the nava-computer @JohnnyHoey and we will have a FULL breakdown of the trailer on SWNN’s official podcast The Resistance Broadcast on Thursday!

 

“For my ally is a good blaster at my side, and a powerful ally it is.”

 

 

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348 thoughts on “Solo: A Star Wars Story Super Bowl Spot and Teaser Trailer Breakdown

  • February 5, 2018 at 7:35 pm
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    I’m totally sold now. This looks like so much fun!

  • February 5, 2018 at 7:42 pm
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    Aside from the hair, Alden isn’t screaming Han Solo or Harrison Ford to me.
    But I can look past that..I hope it’s a fun ride and gives me the Rogue One feels and not TLJ.

    • February 5, 2018 at 9:23 pm
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      I think he looks a hell of a lot better than the press photos we’d been seeing for the past two years.

      But I also think he sounds off.

  • February 5, 2018 at 7:48 pm
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    Oh boy, this pretty much confirmed my fears. Everything is great EXCEPT HAN SOLO. Absolutely nothing against Alden though, we all knew this was pretty much impossible task. I have no doubt that this will be very good movie, even great maybe, but as far as immersion and canon goes… That’s hard to swallow.

    • February 5, 2018 at 8:30 pm
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      Don’t swallow immersion and canon, bathe in it.

      Anyway, many of the principle roles have been played by more than one performer in the films alone. The quality of the dialogue will be key.

      • February 5, 2018 at 9:00 pm
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        Different yes, but should be similar atleast, these two are too distinct.

  • February 5, 2018 at 7:54 pm
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    Is it me or does the Millenium Falcon has a different front?

    • February 5, 2018 at 10:53 pm
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      I can read and write Aurebesh (at what I would call a 1st grade level. I still sound out words when reading in it) but it just isn’t clear enough or at a good readable angle for me to see. I’d love to help as I just love reading the stuff, to the point where if I see it on Rebels, Clone Wars, or a movie, I just have to stop and read it. If we get a better look (and believe me, that is the best and clearest picture I’ve seen) I’ll be happy to translate it.

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:10 am
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      That’s a damned neat helmet.

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:49 am
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      I managed to translate a part of it, it says something like this “I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and…” 🙂

      • February 6, 2018 at 1:05 pm
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        Wisdom, yo!!!!

  • February 5, 2018 at 8:22 pm
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    Notice the yellow and blue droids seen in the Super Bowl teaser are the same model as the one seen on Jedha in Rogue One (@23sec in this scene: https://youtu.be/Ahz9YeyISR0?t=23s)

  • February 5, 2018 at 8:24 pm
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    1. We finally get to see “The Hero’s Journey” told with Han Solo, rather than Luke Skywalker

    2. There should be a scene where Alden Ehrenreich says to Woody Harrelson, “Goddamn it, Woody fucking Harrelson! I had to get that out. I don’t mean to gush. This is so surreal. I mean, you probably get this all the time. Maybe not lately, but I’m such a huge fan of yours.”

    3. “Will Han’s mentor Tobias Beckett have a fateful showdown with our main antagonist on top of this train-like transport?”

    The mentor/father figure always has a short shelf-life in SW. He’s a dead man walking.

    4. The snowy scenes were most definitely filmed in the Italian Dolomites.

    • February 5, 2018 at 8:38 pm
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      The Showdown on the train reminds me of a level in Shadows of the Empire on N64.

      • February 5, 2018 at 8:56 pm
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        And an episode of Clone Wars season 4, with bounty hunters (Ventress, Bobba, Bossk…)

      • February 6, 2018 at 1:53 am
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        I thought this exactly!

  • February 5, 2018 at 8:46 pm
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    I am starting to believe that the main villain is the Michael K. Willians –> Paul Bettany character. Can’t really be that tribe guys.

  • February 5, 2018 at 8:47 pm
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    With a palette that is very cold, light blue, grey, and light sand it is interesting where they have chosen to use colour. Stylistically Lord and Miller did a good job. I eat my hat. I hope Ron Howard has finished up whatever was not working because a trailer can still hide that.

    • February 5, 2018 at 9:13 pm
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      I am not sold on the style yet. Stylistically many of the shots look grey and dark. There’s not much blue or any light colours but I’ll wait to see the flick or other scenes. The tone seems serious as well. Not what I expected. I maybe wrong.

      • February 5, 2018 at 9:21 pm
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        You are right. But I think it only takes some key elements to complete the palette like cloud city in ESB. It might be Lando’s wardrobe that does it 😉

      • February 5, 2018 at 10:03 pm
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        I think they are going for the gritty underworld feel. Maybe like a Blade Runner x Hunger Games.
        Not many shots in space, either, or was it just me?

    • February 5, 2018 at 9:33 pm
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      Given how long Howard shot stuff, I wouldn’t be shocked if most of this was his.

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:09 am
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        If I remember correctly though most of the reshoots had to do with dialogue and character interaction. I think the sets and designs we’re seeing are in fact Lord and Miller. I know the speeders and the transport at the end were all in the leaked development photos and sketches.

    • February 5, 2018 at 10:13 pm
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      Also gives it a drab, dark appearance.

    • February 5, 2018 at 9:18 pm
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      Interesting that Lando refers to the Falcon as junk in ESB when in this era at least it is looking quite nice.

      • February 5, 2018 at 10:20 pm
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        I agree. I’m trying to imagine how much smoke and clumsiness got it to look the way it did by 0 BBY.

        • February 5, 2018 at 10:32 pm
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          A guy and a walking carpet living in a confined space without a ladies touch.

      • February 5, 2018 at 10:52 pm
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        We might see how it becomes so dirty 😉

      • February 6, 2018 at 1:03 pm
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        Obvious plot hole. Needs to be addressed in CANON!! ROSE!!! RUIN JOHNSON!!!

        cough!!!!

    • February 5, 2018 at 10:03 pm
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      ah cool, yeah I was obviously 99% sure but didn’t want to confirm it unless I was certain.

      • February 6, 2018 at 1:02 pm
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        SLAY!!!!

  • February 5, 2018 at 9:11 pm
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    Looks good. The best part is I had low expectations for this film, that could very well translate to a better viewing experience than The Last Jedi which I had high expectations for. When you have ideas about what you want to see it can set you up for disappointment, this is the opposite experience. Some of the things we will see are a given, winning the Falcon, Kessel run etc and that’s actually kind of nice. These stand alone films come with a lot less anxiety for me after so many things turned out different than I imagined with 7 & 8.

    • February 5, 2018 at 9:26 pm
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      Totally agree. But I also feel that Disney have more invested strategically in making these non-saga movies work, and lay the saga to rest proving that it is not all about Skywalkers. It would only have taken a little more care to keep a lot of fans onside with TLJ. I personally liked it but it was below expectations. For Solo, I am with you – I had low expectations not because of the story but because of director choice.

      • February 5, 2018 at 10:00 pm
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        I’m done hating on TFA and TLJ, I still have Rey and high hopes for where she takes the Jedi. Thank the Force for Rey is all I can say at this point, she’s the only thing keeping me in it. I’m ready to move past the Skywalkers now for sure.

        • February 5, 2018 at 11:22 pm
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          The Saga films are supposed to be about the Skywalker Legacy, it’s been stated numerous times by LFL in the past. Rian throwing Luke under the bus was his own selfishness and immaturity.

          • February 6, 2018 at 12:03 am
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            Well we’ve got a force ghost to look forward to I’m sure (insert nervous laughter). I’m choosing to move on and focus on Rey and what she does with the future of the Jedi, she clearly has different plans than Luke after pilfering those books. I expect that they will jump ahead a few years for the next one.

          • February 6, 2018 at 12:43 am
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            Immaturity? Really?

          • February 6, 2018 at 1:21 am
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            Eh don’t bite. This dude loves to hate on 8

          • February 6, 2018 at 4:07 am
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            No, you’re inability to see the films are still about the Skywalker’s and that he gave an otherwise Mary Sue character some depth makes your lack of awareness to decent story telling blatantly obvious.

            Also, you’ve said this a million times and continue to repeat it verbatim like a Russian Propaganda bot.

            I’m beginning to believe Putin doesn’t like Star Wars.

  • February 5, 2018 at 9:55 pm
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    Soooo…Guardians of the Galaxy 3?

  • February 5, 2018 at 10:01 pm
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    I think he looks pretty good. I wish his voice was a little more Han, a little deeper. But the visuals look pretty good. Lando looks pretty cool too. I have the same voice worry with Lando too, DG doesn’t have that deep smooth vocal quality. We’ll see…or hear, rather.

  • February 5, 2018 at 10:11 pm
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    Looks like we get a new space monster.

    • February 6, 2018 at 8:02 am
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      It’s Bor Gullet’s father. Remember that every SW movie deals with father issues…this could be the arc for the tentacle beast. Just speculating here.

  • February 5, 2018 at 10:38 pm
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    All over internet I have seen people complaining about the Falcon having a different front. Am I the only one who remember why Han owes Jabba money? He dumped cargo. Wasnt that point of the front end of the Falcon to grab onto cargo. Isnt it perfectly logical we are seeing the Falcon simple with the cargo container before Han dumped it?

    • February 5, 2018 at 10:51 pm
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      That’s my thought exactly, most logical explanation.

    • February 6, 2018 at 8:00 am
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      Wow…now that is some rational speculation. Possible spoiler too. LOL.

  • February 5, 2018 at 11:00 pm
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    So far the cinematography for Solo and Rogue One look way more natural and seem to line up more in tone with the Original Trilogy when compared to the new Sequel Trilogy. I definitely prefer the look/tone of the spin off films, even if I don’t think they need to exist. Really, none of these new films really need to exist when you think about it haha. Oh well, I think Solo may end up being surprisingly entertaining, even if it is somewhat Star Wars blasphemy to recast such a classic character.

    • February 6, 2018 at 1:02 am
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      Agree completely. At least we get an authentic cinematic experience which carries the feel of Legends material as extensions of the OT.

  • February 5, 2018 at 11:06 pm
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    Looks fine. Aesthetically, it’s Rebels shot through a Rogue One lens.

  • February 5, 2018 at 11:11 pm
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    I am very excited about the villainous character whith the “Sauron-helmet”. Quite different from anything I’ve seen before. I wonder who it is.

    • February 5, 2018 at 11:32 pm
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      Moloch, former leader of Kanji Club (that last part is made up)

    • February 6, 2018 at 1:10 am
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      Yes, trust the words of a CLEARLY over-biased source.

      • February 6, 2018 at 1:43 am
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        Is that any better than an under-biased source?

      • February 6, 2018 at 1:44 am
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        Quick! Call the Bias Response Team! Stat!

  • February 6, 2018 at 12:46 am
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    I already want a Lando & Lobot movie…

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:05 am
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      This.

  • February 6, 2018 at 12:46 am
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    Great creature designs! I am still amazed how Rian managed to pick so many bad designs when there are obviously tons of talanted artists at Disney.

    Alden looks more like Han than I expected which is great too but the voice sounds nothing Ford’s. I’ll just watch this movie in German rather than English and hope that they will use the same voiceactor they had in the OT.

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:05 am
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      I’ve been here long enough to have detected a pattern.

      So VII comes out, everyone says JJ’s designers were crap in regards to aliens. Then they celebrate the designs in previews of Rogue One.

      Rogue One comes out, folks complain about a lack of innovative alien designs. But wow, did you see the aliens RJ picked out in VIII’s previews?

      And here we go again.

      • February 6, 2018 at 10:12 am
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        like drugs.. the longing..and then the hangover. The Starwars Whiners are nothing more then a bunch of retardet starwarsaddicts. Complaining about Disney behind their back like its a bad dealer.

      • February 6, 2018 at 3:57 pm
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        https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2e07954cd0e75f8505b648cb4dff338979a91015c5e5f3d6ac96588f5a132cca.jpg
        I made this post BEFORE the last Jedi had come out and I could show you posts indicating my dislike for Rian’s choice of designs as soon as the hideous porgs showed up. I even remember doing a photoshop as soon as these fugly bastards came out to make their design anatomically believeable. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/835272e11734e49c10e671e612787c13fbba70db86fe1b3936a3054d970f8371.jpg That was half a year ago and I still haven’t changed my oppinion!

        • February 7, 2018 at 2:30 pm
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          Good for you! So one person out of the forum. Which defends none of the rest of doing exactly what I said.

          • February 7, 2018 at 4:59 pm
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            Well I didn’t do what you accused me of doing so maybe you are wrong about some of the rest too. There’s also nothing wrong with changing an opinion, especially if you see a creature before and then after post production. If I didn’t work in a similar industry I probably wouldn’t know either if a Porg looks stupid only before postproduction or if it will continue to look stupid after postproduction( god how awful their landings and takeoffs were and their expressionless, cartoon character faces).

          • February 8, 2018 at 1:54 am
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            Nothing to do with changing opinion. Has everything to do with the behavior of the posters on this forum.

            Post fact world.

            (Your description of Porgs matches that of Ewoks. Are you defending them as good designs? Legit question )

          • February 8, 2018 at 3:58 am
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            They are not “bad” designs but they do not fit into the world of SW. Their minimalistic design would be fitting in a stylized, animated movie but not in the SW sequel trilogy which has switched the creature design focus on realisticly looking creatures. In addition to that their movement looks terrible on screen. I can almost see the strings the used to pull them off the ground when they “fly away”. Not to mention that their facial expressions are ackign details, especially in closeups. Their reaction when Chewie eats a fellow Porg makes this pretty obvious. I took me about 20 minutes in photoshop to get them looking like believeable creatures rather than carricatures.
            https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/eaacf62b91ede75ca305715ad3f29931eb6653efffefb85d88c4b4b543cb64b3.jpg

            I am glad however that they replaced the crystal fox animatronics with CGI. I have been complaining about the animatronic fox too when the behind the scenes footage came out. Back then I said they were too boring, just foxes with crystalline fur. I am happy they used CGI for them in the final movie and added more interesting shapes to their head as well as rethinking the coloursheme in the nose and mouth area.

          • February 8, 2018 at 4:14 am
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            As for the Ewoks I don’t think they are good designs either but I understand that creature design was different in the 80s. The Ewoks aged badly but it wouldn’t take much to improve their design. Look at this modern concept art for example.

            https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a326caf69805e260df17efe9af9981520d9a74dad4819569ed9d5b70d2222c9e.jpg
            There are only small changes in the area of the face; overall this results in more believeable eyes and a better skull structure which adds the necessary believeability.
            If I could do the ewoks from scratch I would have them look similar to this early concept art for the Pau’an. Their bodies, reminiscent of Lemurs would be more believeable tree dwellers than oversized teddybears.
            https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9bb2b9c85b24a26cf4962ba9c55a9cc88ccbcf2ceac20924094cf382f7e0cae9.jpg
            https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b010765a507db442dff50a14ff407f7a421a3b1c13ca9d64ba48a79dd61cedc5.jpg

          • February 9, 2018 at 1:20 am
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            See? You just made excuses. They were a crap design in the 80’s as well. Chewie was made in ’77.

            Anyways, you have fun being predictable. Tata.

          • February 9, 2018 at 4:08 am
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            What the hell are you talking about? Chewie is still a good design, the Ewoks are bad designs by todays standards (and probably in the 80s too). There are good designs in TLJ too (which I pointed out in multiple posts) but many are quite bad (more than in TFA and R1). What kind of weird logic do you have to interpret my statement as making excuses? So just because the Ewoks were bad in the 80s the Porgs are somehow immune from criticism?

          • February 9, 2018 at 1:25 pm
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            Again, you made my point for me. thank you!

          • February 9, 2018 at 7:07 pm
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            You don’t make any sense at all.

          • February 10, 2018 at 3:39 am
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            Neither do you. Guess we’re even.

          • February 10, 2018 at 4:57 am
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            Yeah sure, if you say so…

          • February 10, 2018 at 4:00 pm
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            I do.

          • February 10, 2018 at 4:15 pm
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            I guess the ignorant in your nick name is true 🙂

          • February 10, 2018 at 4:18 pm
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            Do you like like Luke Skywalker?

  • February 6, 2018 at 12:48 am
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    This movie is going to be amazing! It’s going to have amazing cinematography, an amazing story with incredible character arcs, and an amazing cast lead by an actor cosplaying as Han Solo. Nothing about him feels “Han Solo” to me at all, but I can forgive that given everything else.

    • February 6, 2018 at 12:53 am
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      (In other words–I’m getting pretty hyped for this movie)

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:04 am
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      You may want to slow your roll.

    • February 6, 2018 at 7:11 am
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      That’s probably why they’ve amped up everything else, so the focus isn’t on the fact that we aren’t seeing Harrison ford. It’s not gonna bother me, looks like a film I can enjoy just as a brilliant sci fi flick with Star Wars elements and characters. I’m fine with another actor playing Han

  • February 6, 2018 at 12:55 am
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    Check out the cables on in the background on the train showdown, must be right before the container gets lifted off by the small ships

  • February 6, 2018 at 1:00 am
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    It´s looks like a popcorn movie for 12-years-old teens, …like… like…the whole SW saga. Never so adult as Star trek, Aliens, Blade Runner, 2001, or even Matrix. Yesh, SW is for children (as GL stated), for irritant whinny little brats

  • February 6, 2018 at 1:05 am
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    Leave Boba Fett and Jabba out of this movie. Leave them for the sequel. Cad Bane should show up in the sequel too.

  • February 6, 2018 at 1:31 am
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    I like the trailer but 5′-9″ Alden Ehrenreich playing the role of 6′-1″ Harrison Ford?? It looks and feels so wrong. Ehrenreich is 28 years old and he doesn’t look or sound anywhere close to Ford. What a disaster Kathleen Kennedy, what were you guys thinking?? Might be a good actor but a terrible pick for the role of Han Solo.

    • February 6, 2018 at 1:33 am
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      Maybe Han’s just a really late bloomer?

      • February 6, 2018 at 1:37 am
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        I tried to go with that… I’m willing to stretching things as far as I can but it’s not working. He looks so small it’s embarrassing.

        • February 6, 2018 at 7:43 am
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          But you are okay with SW being a fucking FAIRY FUCKING TALE. Jesus Christ people…get a fucking life !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Alden will be fine as Han Solo. Regardless of him not looking or weighing or sounding like Harrison Ford. People on here can be SOOOO FUCKING critical . I am out !! Han Solo has my vote, BTW, Congratz to the Eagles !! LOL.

          • February 10, 2018 at 8:40 pm
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            Absolutely but there was a foundation established that started it all and Star Wars has gotten away from that. Watch Game of Thrones, Watch the Harry Potter Films, THEY GET IT! IF you’re younger then it’s something you’ll never understand. Keep the story real within the story and that hasn’t been happening. The actor playing Han Solo looks like a fucking midget. Critical? 5′-9′ actor playing the role of a 6′-1″ actor is fucking idiotic, it’s not that hard, sounds like you’d be fine with Kenny Baker playing the role.

          • February 14, 2018 at 2:22 pm
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            Since we’re not being critical, might as well cast 4′-5″ Peter Dinklage from Game of Thrones. Nothing Critical about it all, just talking elementary common sense. Absolutely idiotic and with that alone, Solo will end up being the worst of the last 4 films guaranteed.

    • February 6, 2018 at 2:24 am
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      If you saw some of the earlier shots that were leaked Alden’s boots were raised so he has the extra height, we won’t see the raised boots in the movie though. Voices change over the years too, you don’t have the same resonance in your voice in your 20’s as you do in your mid 30’s plus, it constantly changes with your body (I teach speech and drama so I do know this). Plus, if you go back and look at other actors who have played younger versions of Indiana Jones, none of them sounded like Harrison. I’d say the closest to capturing Harrison’s performance was River Phoenix, but I’d reserve judgement on Alden until we’ve seen the movie – and lets not forget, he’s going to be a lot of people’s first Han Solo, and they might prefer him…

    • February 6, 2018 at 2:25 am
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      Alden is 5’8 172cm, Ford is 185 cm, 13cm between them. Even if they manage to make Alden optically bigger, you can see that shorter people looks different. They have bigger head to the body, they walk differently. I didn’t know Oscar Isaac before TFA, but when he walked out from LorSanTeka, I instantly knew that this guy is short. BTW the same height as Alden. And it will be seen. Emilia is 160cm, so I see no problem there

      • February 6, 2018 at 11:37 am
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        Yep, Ehrenreich’s will be a hard buy – I do wonder, the Trailer does nowhere make it clear that this is a HAN SOLO movie – will the casual, non-SW invested movie-goer just assume this is a movie about Han Solo’s long lost son??

      • February 18, 2018 at 1:23 am
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        It’s big problem because of the props, sets, characters. I know what you are getting at but it won’t work here because you’d have to make the millenium falcon smaller, smaller R2, Smaller 3PO, and especially Chew.. Real simple, do it right and find the 6-1 guy DONE

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:03 am
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      You can tell his height difference from the trailer? Seriously?

      I’ll give you the look/sound (Although he doesn’t look too far from him) but seriously, when you open complaining about height with no comparison on screen or even the ability to measure him LOL.

      • February 6, 2018 at 11:35 am
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        You can tell his body proprtions are way too short. That shot of him in silhouette from the back ( in the above article ), his legs look long ( due to his 4 inch heels ), but then his torso and neck are very squat in comparison.

        • February 6, 2018 at 2:06 pm
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          I call bullshit.

      • February 14, 2018 at 2:55 pm
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        Yeah, I can easily tell. When you’ve watched Star Wars & Empire probably 200 times like we did since 1977, you get use to the look & feel of the surroundings. Han is a big guy and the directors in Solo can only manipulate camera angles so far which they did in the Woody Harrelson scene standing at a distance, the worst is when he is flying the Falcon, be barely fills the seat. The frustrating part is it’s such an easy problem to solve, find a young actor between 6’0″ & 6’2″ and make it work and with Anthony Ingruber that should have done that.

        • February 15, 2018 at 2:32 am
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          The guy who can’t act? Right.

          • February 18, 2018 at 1:05 am
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            Ingruber? Yes, correct. Work with him, do whatever it takes to get him up to the level of being able to play Han Solo. They can pull it off. Those video’s he made I think are 7 years old? In his teens? He can play the part, he’s raw but if he’s motivated, and they put him through 3-6 month full days act coach. I’m sure they can pull it off. He show’s enoght potentual in the adge of adline scene, he just needs to back off on the acting and be more natural.. The coaches know all that stuff…

          • February 18, 2018 at 2:16 am
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            If you can’t act…You can’t act. What you’re asking Disney to do is utilize a page from the George Lucas book of Directing. “THIS GUY LOOKS PERFECT! He can’t act but that’s okay. Visually, everything is stunning!”

            He was allowed to audition, they didn’t go for it. And there’s a lot of people saying dude just can’t act well enough to carry a film.

            We’ll see how bad the guy they chose is. If he turns out to be awful, I’ll happily agree with you from the stand point that if you chose an actor that sorta looks like Ford but can’t act, you may as well have chosen the actor who does a great impersonation of him and looks like him, and can’t act.

          • February 18, 2018 at 10:06 pm
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            Yeah, you might be right… I haven’t seen enough of him and I know he was raw in that han solo video he shot 5-7 years ago. Just frustrated their so called canon team isn’t getting the job done. I want to work with J.J. on the next film. I can be of help with a limited but important role as a ‘outside’ Canon person, because the inside canon team I believe cannot see what some of us on the outside can see. I don’t give a shit about money and I know I can win him over but getting that chance to get him to listen or better yet meet is the trick. Anyway’s I’m working on it, understand Star Wars from perspective angles most don’t know.

  • February 6, 2018 at 1:46 am
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    Looks really bad. That guy looks nothing like Han Solo. Also I hate color sheme of these Disney SW movies. Why everything is again red, black, white and gold?!
    Other colors do exist Disney. Also I hate the fact that almost all female characters have earth like clothes and hairstyles.

    They look like they are from 21st century Earth.

    • February 6, 2018 at 10:34 am
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      They wore earthlike clothes since the very beginning in 1977!
      By the way… since Ep.7 the movies have the color-scheme of the OT again… The PT brought in gold, red, chrome and blue!

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:16 pm
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      Havent u spotted those female twileks dancing ? Also we dont know yet which aliens from the trailer are female gender. What else should a human were ?

  • February 6, 2018 at 2:07 am
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    What about the 180 Degree Rule, or the Rule of Thirds?

    • February 6, 2018 at 10:07 am
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      what about that? Im talking about story telling, not technical aproach in taking pictures. ( still btw no rules as in ” laws ” you follow )

      I get the whole idea offcourse. Starwars is for a lot ( incl me ) of 40+ people inmensely special. Making a new movie that doesnt exactly match that special feeling can be heartbreaking. offcourse! But dont get angry about it. Love Starwars… Have fun. Or leave and look for a new thing to enjoy. I wont stop you for being insanely happy.

      • February 6, 2018 at 9:34 pm
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        What about all the books published that detail the rules of screenwriting, i.e. storytelling?

        https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Screenwritring

        What about the basic three act structure of a story?

        What about English grammar?

        It’s not about being angry. It’s about looking at things objectively, and with actual knowledge. It’s about critical analysis and honesty.

        It’s interesting how those with zero training, zero education, and zero experience in the arts always seem to be the biggest experts on the arts. “No Rules!” the uneducated proclaim. Pure dippie hippie balderdash.

        • February 7, 2018 at 3:16 pm
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          I can respect a virtuozo. No problem. You cant write a film score like williams without a lot of training and education. Still .. art has no rules. Its a freedom of expression. But this was about casting solo.. And you want to flex your musles… to me that seems you are not really succesfull in the department you are defending. Getting personal is an extra sign you are in it to win an argument. Maybe get a lovelife to get the edge off?

          • February 7, 2018 at 9:09 pm
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            Who’s getting personal? These are legitimate questions:

            Why is it that those with zero education, zero training, and zero experience in the arts always claim that the arts have no rules?

            What on Earth do we need art schools for then, if the uneducated can become experienced masters merely through cosmic osmosis?

  • February 6, 2018 at 2:21 am
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    It is what I expected. I predicted TLJ 1,2-1,4 worldwide, with closer to 1,2. This will be 800 at most. Trailer’s bad and I don’t think this movie will be a success. It won’t see my money anyway

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:02 am
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      Great. Can you go away now? Because you never say anything different than what you always say. Seriously. No one even talks to you. You just post to see yourself post.

    • February 6, 2018 at 3:32 pm
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      I wish we could not see your useless post.

  • February 6, 2018 at 2:33 am
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    Yeah, I’m with people who feel it doesn’t sound like Han. I know voices change but I think that’s part of what sells me on things like this. I could begin to buy it was a younger Han with how he looks but I think I’m going to have a hard time buying it with him not sounding anything like him.

  • February 6, 2018 at 2:45 am
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    i like SW, but half of SW “fans” are unbeareable whinny12-year-old minded troll-brats. Go cry for your mummy, SW won´t change if you don’t stop whining. Whinning non-stop is not having opinion nor even having a conversation

    • February 6, 2018 at 7:39 am
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      What you just said….is all wrong. They are whiny 8 yr old minded troll-brats. Get it right man !!

  • February 6, 2018 at 2:49 am
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    I was 12 when the original Star Wars came out, so I’m one of Pavlov’s—er, Lucas’s—dogs. I see a star destroyer, I drool. I see a TIE fighter, I drool. I see the Falcon, I drool. So bring on ‘Solo.’ I’ll see it half a dozen times and bawl like a baby and it’ll be the best thing ever until the next Star Wars movie comes along.

    It can not be otherwise.

    • February 6, 2018 at 3:23 am
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      You and me both, brother. You and me both.

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:01 am
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      Every time I tell myself I am so sick and tired of the Empire, it’s like eating comfort food when Stormtroopers show up on screen. Meh.

      • February 6, 2018 at 10:43 am
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        I know… The Empire baby. I’m starting to think they are Star Wars more than anything else. The FO feels off to me, not quite recapturing the Empire magic. Almost anything from the empire works. Officer uniforms, droids, but especially Stormtroopers and Star Destroyers feel like home.

        • February 6, 2018 at 2:10 pm
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          I like the FO too, but they aren’t all that different than the Empire in design and appearance so it works for me.

          • February 7, 2018 at 6:42 am
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            I just hate how childish they are. I believed the Empire had been established and had a long running protocol. That only the occasional commander may have be to cocky or desperate to impress. The FO so far seems run by feels from the top down lol. Their visual style is fine! I love the iTroopers. I don’t mean that an insult or sarcasm. Their design, the cool electric batons, the Resurgence Class SDs. I loved it all. Not a big fan of the M6s(?) but it’s not a deal breaker.

          • February 7, 2018 at 2:26 pm
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            The officers are portrayed properly, and Snoke was far from childish. One of my favorite parts of VIII was that by the end, two children were running the show and it seems to foreshadow that things may not go well given their aspirations for power and maturity.

            We’ll see. I mostly enjoy the designs.

          • February 7, 2018 at 10:19 pm
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            The only officer I’ve seen thus far that appeared respectable was the Dreadnought guy. It’s why I love that opening scene in TLJ. It was perfect IMO. The whole “5 bloody minutes ago” felt like he too was tired of being surrounded by idiots. Slightly off topic. As someone who does not like that hyperspace ram being that effective… I had zero problems with the bombs in the opening. Any number of reasons could explain why the bombs behaved the way they did. Especially since they dropped in perfect lines with no sway.

            I will say we’ve talked about this before. That the FO is supposed to be an immature/radical group. I’m not saying it’s wrong for them to be like that. It just has me preferring the Empire!

    • February 6, 2018 at 9:53 am
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      this sums up my emotions exactly!

  • February 6, 2018 at 2:58 am
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    He looks more like Han than I expected not exactly like Han, that’s a big difference 😉

  • February 6, 2018 at 3:19 am
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    The recasting seems OK, it’s hard to tell from such short clips. Nobody was going to mimic Ford all that well, hopefully Alden is an interesting Solo. I suppose we’ll see. It’s too bad this movie is making the Falcon such a new ship, IMO. As a kid in the 70’s I had always assumed that it was a very old piece of junk that had traded hands a bunch of times. Maybe a sturdy relic of an earlier time. IDK. Head canon, what are you gonna do? Anyway, these prequel stories always run the risk of making the SW universe feel smaller — not expanded upon.

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:17 am
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      Re: Head canon, what are you gonna do?
      Think your head canon would’ve been the more likely scenario for SW canon. As Falcon was confirmed (PT) to have been freighter pre-clone wars.
      The idea of a freighter that old looking so spiffy. Well, I guess explain it away by a wealthy person who takes her on & spends a fortune restoring her.

      Can’t imagine their excuse for having Falcon looking new w/logical history.
      Maybe Lando’s one who spent the dough restoring old hunk of junk freighter? Bleh. Why? Seems to me he’d spend his money differently.

      I hope that’s not the Falcon. But if it is & the movies good, I’ll get over it.
      She’ll always be an old rust-bucket to me.

      • February 6, 2018 at 7:17 am
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        Well, take something like the Queen Mary, for instance, or the USS Midway. Fairly old, still spiffy. Then give it to a smuggler, and in even a couple years it’s grimy.

        • February 6, 2018 at 7:35 am
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          Yeah, that’s all possible. But it’s so much less interesting. Han being a slob is way less cool than Han turning an old ship into the fastest hunk of junk in the Galaxy.

          Maybe Lando swindles Han a bit and wagers an older ship than the one we’re seeing in the trailer. Or maybe it gets wrecked at the end of the movie and Lando can’t believe Han still wants to gamble for it. Anyway, We’ll know soon enough.

      • February 6, 2018 at 2:36 pm
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        How was it confirmed? ROTS easter egg? That means that sneakers were part of the Rebel fleet because of ROTJ? And sinks were used as a weapon because of ROTS.

        • February 6, 2018 at 7:19 pm
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          Re: “How was it confirmed? ROTS easter egg? That means that sneakers”

          Straw-man argument much?
          No, not an easter-egg.
          Not a sneaker.

          Lucasfilm confirmed it was Falcon shown landing on Coruscant in PT.

          Care to retract everything you wrote after answering a question you tried to answer yourself (w/wrong answer)?

          • February 6, 2018 at 9:12 pm
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            No. It is an easter egg. A silly little thing for fans. Just like the sneaker, the sink. Not meant for any wasting of time for people to get their panties in a bunch over canon. Also sort of like ET species is in Phantom Menace.

          • February 6, 2018 at 9:30 pm
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            Re: “Just like the sneaker, the sink”

            So Lucas film confirming Falcon was around & flying & actually IN the prequel trilogy… is the same as hiding a sneaker/sink?

            So you think it’s canon that there was a giant sneaker/potato in the asteroid field. Got it.

          • February 6, 2018 at 10:31 pm
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            So you think that either Earth is in the same galaxy or ET species has some method of traveling from one galaxy to another. The Falcon in ROTS was an easter egg and nothing more. Get over it.

          • February 6, 2018 at 10:43 pm
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            So you think Lucas film confirming Falcon was:
            1) In prequels
            2) Therefore @ least ~20yrs old by time of OT

            Is equiv to “sneakers in space”.
            Riiiiight….

          • February 6, 2018 at 11:59 pm
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            Yes a bit of meaningless fun.

          • February 7, 2018 at 12:10 am
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            Re: Yes a bit of meaningless fun.

            No, your not understanding the difference between an Easter Egg confirmed as canon … and a hidden in joke which the crew knew wouldn’t be discovered.

            Why don’t you provide us to the link where LF confirmed sneakers/sink/potato in space as canon then? … you know…since they’re “the same”.

      • February 7, 2018 at 2:48 pm
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        I would ask why you’re freaking out about the Falcon looking clean and new. Who cares? Really. Again, we’re in a Universe of giant moon sized battle stations and space wizards.

        Is it hard to believe that the Falcon was clean and new(er) and Han literally never cleaned it up? He honestly does not strike me as someone who would go around and dust and mop even once a week. Dude’s a scoundrel and a bad ass. Plus, he has a giant hairy Wookiee that probably tracks in who knows how much dirty.

        Or you know, went to worlds like Tatooine that are dusty and grimy while running illicit cargo? How many other adventures like the one in this film did he have? Ten years can put a lot of wear on something you live and work in EVERY DAY.

        They had to do something different. The Falcon has been back in two films now. Seeing it exactly as it has been would hit a flat note, even if it’s the Falcon we know and love. What’s wrong with seeing it in a different stage of its life?

        It’s NEW. And DIFFERENT. Things that people on these forums begged for after VII then freaked out about in VIII.

        You guys won’t ever be happy. Broken records of whining and crying. Just don’t go see the movie. Vote with your wallet. Tell Disney you don’t want their garbage, they’ll work to improve it.

        • February 7, 2018 at 7:44 pm
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          I would ask why YOU are freaking out.
          Spent more words than I did.
          My point was that LF confirmed the Falcon was a freighter pre-clone wars. And…further that it really makes no sense to have an old, used freighter look like it came off the assembly.

          • February 8, 2018 at 1:54 am
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            I’m not freaking out. I’m just dragging your comment through the mud and pissing on it with panache.

            Maybe if you read all those words, you’d have responded with something that made sense to my argument.

            But hey. Cry harder.

          • February 8, 2018 at 3:43 am
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            Freak-out harder. Still wrong & missing the point.

          • February 9, 2018 at 1:21 am
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            No, no. I’m not wrong. Nor did I miss the point. You’re just unable to offer a rebuttal other than “STOP FREAKING OUT MAN”.

            It’s okay. I’ve seen you around for a long while. You’re exactly the kind of person wrong with this forum. I can forgive ignorance while I tear it down post by post.

            Enjoy your evening!

          • February 9, 2018 at 1:45 am
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            You’re funny. Not as in “ha ha”.
            Living up to your handle?

            Ummm…. you do realize it was YOUR comment about freaking out that started this latest thread.
            And… it was your very 1st comment back to me.
            So I’ll ask – what exactly did I write that in your American Ignorant mind indicates a “freak out”?

            And…yeah… I’ve seen you around a long while too.
            Your living-up-to-the-name American-Ignorant ramblings, blathering & ignorant, I’d not normally waste my time replying to.
            Except in this case, where you reply to me accusing me of freaking out. Wanted to call you out on that. Defend it or apologize?
            Oh yeah, and you completely missed the point.
            Keep on living up it, Ignorant.

          • February 9, 2018 at 2:11 am
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            Oh, alright. So now you want to muddle words. Very well.

            I apologize. You didn’t freak out.

            Let me re-phrase.

            You are making an inane complaint and arguing with other forum goers on the internet over silly items in a movie trailer to nit pick over because you’re angry in general at Star Wars and Disney.

            What you posted that you didn’t like seems really dumb and petty.

            That better? You said it calmly and succinctly, but in no way were you freaking out. I may have embellished your reaction using that word which was entirely my fault and inappropriate.

            What you were whining about, however, was still stupid.

  • February 6, 2018 at 3:22 am
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    Here a stupid question, hope someone have the answer.. How the Millenium falcon went from completely white interiors to what wee see in a new hope in just 10 years? and How 30 years later in TFA it looks exacly the same as in ANH? aged a lot in 10 years but not a bit in 30 more years?

    • February 6, 2018 at 3:55 am
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      Don’t clean your house for 10 years but continue to live in it.

      Then come back and answer your question.

      • February 6, 2018 at 3:30 pm
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        Plus, store and smugle cargo in it.

        • February 6, 2018 at 4:04 pm
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          And get a ball of fur twice your size to live with.

          • February 7, 2018 at 2:43 pm
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            Oh my god the hair he’d leave everywhere.

    • February 6, 2018 at 2:38 pm
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      Have you ever had a dog? Chewie moltes a hell of a lot!

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:04 pm
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      New things wear out quickly but it takes a while for them to completely fall appart. Think of the rubber used in Converse shoes. It takes like a month for it to get from shiny white to yellowish and completely stained with dirt. However it takes another 5 months or so until the shoes start falling appart to a degree when you can no longer wear them.

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:38 pm
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        Good comparisson, maybe it was the wrong materials the manufacturer choose, that make those interiors deteriorate in a short period of time, just like the converse shoes, and to be difficult to maintain clean, maybe materials have long live, but loose its whiteness quickly. 🙂

        • February 6, 2018 at 6:23 pm
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          Or maybe Chewie and Han smoked half of the spice they were smuggling themselves 😛

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:11 pm
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      My guess is that Falcon was originally purchased by Lando as a brand new ship and was configured not for a cargo haul but more as a luxury ship – CEC provides YT-1300 in many variations (more cargo space or more passenger space) and the nose is also actually one possible configuration. So from start its Landos and he likes to keep it clean. After its won by Han its converted, modified and used for cargo and maybe there was even some fire on board during Hans ownership and Han does no bother to keep it clean 🙂

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:46 pm
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        Sounds totally possible, thank you. Atually there may be an explanation for the nose part, Han dumps the cargo to avoid imperials, he int it when he talks with greedo in ANH.

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:59 pm
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      Chewie and Han threw a badass party, then agreed never to do it again… or talk about it.

    • February 6, 2018 at 5:55 pm
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      Two males piloting a ship for ten years. They’re scoundrels and probably don’t give a rats booty about cleaning it. They’ve got more important issues to worry about, like out running Imperial Starships.

  • February 6, 2018 at 3:54 am
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    Why we get another monkey-like alien? why not a spider-like alien, or a yellow or blue fish-like alien? or something totally unexpected? I think this movie will continue the lazy alien design trend JJ started. At least this one doesnt seem to be a human in disguise (at least from the waist to the top).

    Looks like they are still afraid to make something interesting and put it in the front line, I’m sure they will made some interesting aliens, maybe, but only to put them in the background. But lets talk about it when the movie is out :).

    The alien itself is not ugly, but come on! had this peple seen star wars before?

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ab40586ca515d2fbd429738e667e76d75aee9fb528544377f60a31be58780b04.png

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:10 am
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      I agree.

      Also, Lucas was actually much more versatile/creative w/his use of aliens in the other SW movies.

      At least this one appears to have 4x arms, so kudos to that.

      Practical/Mix/CGI- give us some cool & truly *alien* aliens.

      • February 6, 2018 at 6:27 am
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        Maybe it’s a Gundark. They ve 4 arms. and the head could match if i m recording it well

      • February 6, 2018 at 2:17 pm
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        Oh my god you Lucas fan babies sound like he designed every alien from scratch.

        He didn’t, other people did. Then he picked out what he liked and it was created or animated.

        The quality of aliens is pretty much par for the course across all the films.

        This is such a stupid point to pick at but the haters are relentless in their ignorance.

        • February 6, 2018 at 6:35 pm
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          But that doesn’t fit their narrative…. and we all know…. Truth is no hinderance to the narrative they want to spew!

          • February 7, 2018 at 2:29 pm
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            Post fact world.

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:39 pm
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        This is the same people designing as did the PT.

        • February 6, 2018 at 4:48 pm
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          It al depends on the direction, they create what the director asks. Normally the director ask for a character design and que people designing make some options then the director choose.

          • February 6, 2018 at 6:12 pm
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            That and they also create their own things and make adjustments as the director says.

        • February 6, 2018 at 7:50 pm
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          To my knowledge the likes of Terryl Whitlatch and Doug Chaing don’t work for LFL any more although some of the lesser known artists may still be employed by the company.

          Sadly this means no Sequel Trilogy version of Ben Quadrinaros which may upset @moviewankenovie:disqus as he’s such a fan.
          Personally I think the ST creature designers are mostly doing a good job so far.

          • February 6, 2018 at 8:51 pm
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            Yeah, the new guys are doing just fine. As long as they are in charge I wouldn’t mind them revisiting silly Quadinaros or quite frankly even Gungans or Ewoks…

          • February 6, 2018 at 8:57 pm
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            Chiang worked on TFA and Rogue One.

          • February 6, 2018 at 9:12 pm
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            He did indeed.

          • February 7, 2018 at 2:41 pm
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            LOL. Yes, yes he did. There are a ton of videos of him talking about how many designs they went through for the U-Wing and the ideas behind the look of Vader’s citadel on Mustafar.

            These guys. Seriously. It’s like debating with irrational Trump supporters.

            “DOUG CHIANG HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DESIGNS OF THE NEW FILMS HE’S NOT LONGER AT LFL”

            “Actually, he is. There’s video proof of it and he’s listed in the credits.”

            “OKAY SO HE DID BUT HE’S OBVIOUSLY PART OF THE 20,000 LEAGUES DEEP DISNEY CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY STAR WARS EVEN THOUGH THEY BOUGHT IT AND WANT TO MAKE MONEY ON IT. THEY HATE WHITE MEN AND ARE PURPOSELY TRYING TO MAKE US MAD BY NOT CASTING MORE OF US IN THE FILMS.”

          • February 10, 2018 at 4:00 pm
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            DEEP DISNEY hahaha

          • February 10, 2018 at 4:03 pm
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            20,000 Leagues Under the Deep State my friend.

            You can’t go any farther than that.

            HERE BE CORPORATE SHILLS, ARRRRRRRRRRRRR

          • February 10, 2018 at 7:05 pm
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            Sounds like a whale of a tale

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:57 pm
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        Let us not forget characters like Bib Fortuna and Ben Quadinaros came from the same franchise (first one being iconic, second one being… er… words fail me). All things considered I’m happier with the direction the new movies are taking, as far as creature designs go…

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:26 am
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      The irony of a guy named Ape complaining about monkey aliens and the alternative definition for his forum handle.

      “imitate the behavior or manner of (someone or something), especially in an absurd or unthinking way.”

      Ladies and gentlemen, BEHOLD!

      Hat trick.

    • February 6, 2018 at 6:25 am
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      The lack of creativity in new Aliens just bugs me since 7. Just reuse old ones or take designs from Legends

      • February 6, 2018 at 1:25 pm
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        You want them to be more creative by only using designs you’ve seen before?

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:01 pm
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        Please elaborate how the new aliens are not creative. I eman sure you can name some great looking aliens in other movies so that we can see what your standards for creativity are.

    • February 6, 2018 at 10:12 am
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      Ape sees a trailer. Sees an alien. Has an opinion about the whole alien landscape of the movie.

      • February 6, 2018 at 2:16 pm
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        Bad ass follow up, thank you Dani.

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:23 pm
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      Or like I dunno…a Zabrak or Twi’Lek. An alien that can actually be physically portrayed in the scene by a human in state of the art prosthetics. Its always CGI Aliens that get action. Bistan was Practical at least in Rogue one but he just had to shoot a gun. This guy probably wont last long in Beckett’s crew.

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:30 pm
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        Yo know what, a besalisk, it must be cgi, but with today’s technology it would be impeccable, I would love to see that.

    • February 6, 2018 at 5:27 pm
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      But he is groot…And Han is Starlord, and chewie is Rocket, and Daenerys is the green girl, and Woody is Yondu, and… I guess that makes Lando Drax…that doesn’t seem right. Nevermind! they’re nothing alike!

      • February 6, 2018 at 7:39 pm
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        Actually I’m thinking Chewie is more Groot. He has a very small vocabulary of sounds and it doesn’t look like they’re getting expanded upon any more.

  • February 6, 2018 at 4:22 am
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    I like just about everything I see here. I don’t know how I feel about a huge Octopus in space yet, but going in with an open and positive mindframe. I think Ron Howard and Kasdan will succeed in hitting the “Star Wars tone”!

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:25 am
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      OMG.

      O M G.

      You didn’t bitch about 8 and you said something constructive and positive.

      WTF.

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:30 am
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        I’ve actually had nothing but positivity for the Solo film. When SW is respected, I’m happy go lucky. When SW is vandalized, I burn the culprit down.

        • February 6, 2018 at 2:14 pm
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          Post fact world. Not accurate at all. I live on these forums, I know the repeat offenders and their behaviors. Mostly because they never change what they post. Ever. It’s burnt into my brain.

          But I’ll give you props when you actually don’t act like an infant screaming and crying for Mommy Lucas to pacify you.

          • February 6, 2018 at 5:50 pm
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            Glad you have something to occupy your time. Thanks for being a productive member of the discussion boards.

          • February 7, 2018 at 2:29 pm
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            Anytime.

      • February 6, 2018 at 6:22 am
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        ^Sometimes it’s legit lol

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:20 pm
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      There are Whales and all sorts of things in Space in the GFFA.

    • February 6, 2018 at 8:28 pm
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      One of my favourite movie’s, great characters, fabulous music with a great big dollop of 80’s cheese “Tom Cody…Pleased to meet ya” need to watch it a least once a year.

      • February 6, 2018 at 8:51 pm
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        I’ve always has a big soft spot for this movie. Ever since I first saw it on VHS back in 1986. After the first watch, I just re-wound the tape back to the start, and watched it all over again.

        Always bummed me out that it bombed at the box office. Otherwise, we would have had a Tom Cody trilogy of movies. One of the coolest characters to have ever graced the silver screen.

  • February 6, 2018 at 4:52 am
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    L3-37 looks sorta like an Astromech / Proocol Droid hybrid. (And her name is an ambigram).

    • February 6, 2018 at 6:36 am
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      LMAO remember that one episode where he bought a race horse?

      • February 6, 2018 at 7:26 am
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        “I identify with the longshots.”

  • February 6, 2018 at 5:17 am
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    That cloud tunnel scene, my favorite of the trailer, and when the ties get out from the destroyer in the sb spot, beautiful :).

    • February 6, 2018 at 2:13 pm
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      I need a tattoo of this scene right next to my Nancy Regan on Mr. T’s lap tattoo.

  • February 6, 2018 at 7:06 am
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    Actually really pumped for this now, not what I expected looks like a film I will have to see twice to take it all in there’s a lot going on in every shot that I’ve seen

  • February 6, 2018 at 7:26 am
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    I am actually getting more excited because we may be getting a SW film NOT about Rebels or Jedi !!!! This movie, if done well…could lead into a trilogy…that deals with the Smuggling and scoundrel ways of the Galaxy starring Alden and Donald !! Who knows??

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:16 pm
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      Yes and yes. Spin off movies that are actually self contained and explore new territory. I would enjoy seeing a closer look at the underground crime of the galaxy.

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:16 pm
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      Doing a Trilogy of films about Han Solo would be a big mistake. Not very many wanted this film made to begin with but most will see it regardless. But A trilogy is just pushing it. There are better stories to tell. A story about the criminal underworld without Han Solo, but maybe Lando in a CAMEO role only I could see.

      • February 6, 2018 at 7:35 pm
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        Even if it’s really good and the actors have great chemistry?

  • February 6, 2018 at 7:36 am
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    What’s a B-Wing doing on the beach?

    • February 6, 2018 at 10:29 am
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      I can see it, without the ion cannon from the above. Not sure yet, but I would love it.

  • February 6, 2018 at 8:58 am
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    I still don’t understand why Disney did not audition Anthony Ingruber for this — his “Han Solo” impersonation is legendary. His voice and mannerisms are SPOT ON.

    • February 6, 2018 at 9:35 am
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      The fact that you can mimic some scenes where you basically carbon-copy what another actor does, doesn’t mean you can handle a leading role for a movie where different emotions and moods are required. This is not a fan film.

      • February 6, 2018 at 9:49 am
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        Still, an audition wouldnt be a crazy idea. I looked a bit around but found no story about such a thing.

        • February 6, 2018 at 10:03 am
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          Doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

      • February 6, 2018 at 10:39 am
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        I think Ingruber probably couldn’t handle a full movie. I loved in him Adaline, but he was exactly as you said. A quick scene for a brief mimic. That’s why I wish this was about Lando (Glover) and Anthony could have done his great/brief mimic at some point. Leaving Han untouched…

        Who knows. Maybe Alden will win us over after we see the whole movie.

        • February 7, 2018 at 6:50 pm
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          I think Ingruber could’ve pulled it off. They ended up bringing in an acting coach for Ehrenreich anyways. There’s no reason they couldn’t have done the same for Anthony. Ingruber had Ford’s blessing. Someone once directed me to a YouTube clip from some indie pic Ingruber starred in, and he was quite good in it. As good or better than any of the moments on display in this teaser. Ingruber would have been the better choice, in my opinion. One could actually believe it’s a young Han Solo with that guy…

          • February 7, 2018 at 10:13 pm
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            It was so perfect in Adaline. It just sold it. Plus I liked the movie. Sucker for romance 😛

    • February 6, 2018 at 11:32 am
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      I think Ehrenreich had it in the bag from day one due to being Spielberg’s protege ( I cannot believe that amongst over 2000 professional audtionees, he was head and shoulder above the actors – figuratively, not literally as can be seen – he looks too sqaut ).

      • February 6, 2018 at 1:44 pm
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        ROSE was too squat!!! RUIN JOHNSON failed on so many….ugh!! ROSE was too squat!!! ROSE = SQUAT!!!

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:49 pm
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        I’ve been thinking the exact same thing since Hail Cesar. I still hope he’ll do a decent job. Or else…

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:50 pm
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        “Spielberg’s protege”!

        1. Do you have some evidence to back up your assertion?
        2. Can you list all the Spielberg movies that his protege has appeared in?

          • February 6, 2018 at 7:20 pm
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            1. Did you actually read the article?
            2. So, Spielberg “discovered” him.
            3. How does that make him his protege? As far as I’m aware, he hasn’t stared in a single Spielberg movie?
            4. “It was one of the widest casting calls to date, according to sources, beginning in the fall and culminating in more than 2,500 actors meeting in person or putting themselves on tape.”
            5. “Ehrenreich had to go in for multiple tests, but he had a couple of factors in his favor, not including propulsive momentum from his buzzy breakthrough in Joel and Ethan Coen’s Hail, Caesar!, which had the impeccable timing of being released in the middle of the search.”
            6. “Insiders say Spielberg and Coppola were among those who reached out to producer (and their longtime friend) Kathleen Kennedy to vouch for Ehrenreich. Disney declined comment on the process.” How is that any different from someone giving a job reference?

            All Hollywood stars are discovered in some shape or form. Sooner or later, they end up catching the eye of the right person at the right time.

            Again I must ask:

            1. How does it make him Spielberg’s protege?
            2. Where is your evidence he only got the role due to Spielberg?

          • February 6, 2018 at 9:02 pm
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            And vouching just means they said he was good to work with and would do a good job.

      • February 14, 2018 at 3:02 pm
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        I agree, to go with a 5′-9″ actor for a 6′-1″ Solo is mind boggling. And 2,000 auditions and they didn’t even look at Anthony Ingruber.. Unbelievable since he looks and sounds just like Harrison Ford. I know he’s raw but find away to make it work, 14 hour a day acting classes. I want this to work, I want Han Solo sequels and Disney is fucking it all up.

    • February 6, 2018 at 1:48 pm
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      I agree with you wholeheartedly.

      As soon as I saw Ehrenreich in the trailers it just felt wrong.

      It also explains why Disney waited so long with any clips because they knew there was a problem, hence the acting coach and re-shoots of Ehrenreich at a later stage.

      He looks nothing like Han Solo, acts and moves nothing like Han Solo and clearly sounds nothing like Han Solo.

      He isn’t Han Solo full stop! He only got the part because he is Spielberg’s protégé and part of the Disney family – it’s not what you know it’s who you know – nepotism at it’s finest.

      In closing it just reminds me of a very expensive Star Wars cosplay movie to be honest where the lead actor looks and sounds nothing like the respective character.

      Shameful to say the least and I am sure Disney’s damage-control is ready and waiting in the wings to smooth the haters and negatives over, hoping that naive Star Wars fans will accept whatever they vomit out on screen …

      • February 6, 2018 at 3:55 pm
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        Trying to make an actor look and sound like HF would just come off as and be mocked as parody.

        They went the Chris Pine route, which worked just fine for Trek.

        • February 6, 2018 at 4:28 pm
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          Some of us here would much prefer a sort of ‘continuity’, where a specially chosen actor looks, sounds and behaves just like Han Solo would.

          Not some cosplay Han Solo fakery that bears no resemblance whatsoever on all points.

          My gut tells me he is wrong for the part, I (and many others out there not brainwashed by the mass hysteria of it all) know what is right and what isn’t.

          That and the fact that when Disneyfilm announced Ehrenreich was playing Han Solo, my gut told me he was immediately very wrong for the role and that it all stunk of nepotism due to the fact that he is Spielberg’s protégé.

          • February 6, 2018 at 4:37 pm
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            They haven’t had a single error in casting yet so…your gut loses to their track record.

          • February 6, 2018 at 6:16 pm
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            KK also got it right when she required Rogue One to be fixed…hopefully bringing RH in means we get Kasdan’s dialog which will help Alden get the character right.

          • February 6, 2018 at 6:19 pm
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            Yup

          • February 20, 2018 at 7:20 am
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            Really? And you saw Rouge One before it was fixed? Great, let me know where I can check that out!

          • February 20, 2018 at 9:18 pm
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            The results speak for themselves.

            But sure, reject a movie on the basis of a teaser trailer…troll

          • February 23, 2018 at 2:50 am
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            I’m rejecting an actor that doesn’t look or sound anything like Han Solo. Has nothing to do with the movie. The actor either is or is not Han Solo. This actor isn’t even close Troll.

          • February 6, 2018 at 6:19 pm
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            Is that your opinion or are you in possession of the absolute Truth? ActivistFanGirl made a perfectly valid point, so present your arguments and let’s discuss like reasonable people.

          • February 6, 2018 at 6:26 pm
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            It’s perfectly reasonable to compare Disney’s modern era Star Wars casting record to a fan’s gut feel about nepotism conspiracy theories.

          • February 6, 2018 at 6:32 pm
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            Ok, ok, nepotism may not be the best word choice. Still, I agree Ehrenreich’s casting is questionable (at least), I agree that certain people will defend whatever the hell Disney does with the relentnessness of a Stormtrooper platoon, and lastly I agree with the lack of continuity. Heck, I still remember how carefully they cast Ewan McGreggor due to his resemblance to Sir Alec Guiness. Think of it, that’s one thing Lucas did right in the PT. I can’t believe I just said that… *shudder*

          • February 6, 2018 at 7:19 pm
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            Fair enough

          • February 14, 2018 at 3:13 pm
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            Well they have one now that’s for sure.

          • February 15, 2018 at 3:00 pm
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            You literally can’t say that without seeing the movie.

            Your credibility is reduced to zero.

            You must start over from the beginning.

          • February 18, 2018 at 1:12 am
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            Actually I can and I did say that. Sometimes hollywood auditions last only 15 seconds and I watched it for 10 minutes. I know Han Solo and he’s no wear close to Han Solo in looks or voice. Phyiscally Solo is 6-1″ and Alden is 5-9″ – REJECTED.

          • February 19, 2018 at 4:39 pm
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            (no one cares what you think)

          • February 20, 2018 at 7:17 am
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            Obviously YOU DO! LOL……………

          • February 20, 2018 at 7:23 am
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            Obviously you care what I think… Lol

          • February 18, 2018 at 1:19 am
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            Also in terms credibility, I’d humiliate George in a contest of Star Wars credibility, story, drafts, creators everything, the man lost his mind in 1983. Once respected the guy can’t remember from one day to the next what he has preached on Star Wars. He’s so full of shit. Very disappointing his lack of integrity, I use to look up to him so much. No time for compulsive lying bullshit artist anymore.

          • February 6, 2018 at 4:41 pm
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            was the biggest casting since 2015. 2500 wordlwide.

          • February 6, 2018 at 6:14 pm
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            “Some of us here would much prefer a sort of ‘continuity’, where a specially chosen actor looks, sounds and behaves just like Han Solo would.”

            What you are asking for doesn’t exist. Sure, you could maybe find someone who can do a dead-ringer impersonation of a young Ford, but to look, sound and be able to act…no way.

            A competent actor that captures the essence of Han Solo (like Pine did) is really the only way this movie was ever going to happen. He doesn’t look at all like young Shatner but it worked. Alden was cast at a time where he had was earning accolades for his performance in Hail Caesar, so he was a solid choice. I suspect he will grow on people just like Ewan McGregor did.

            We’ll see if he can pull it off, but he shouldn’t be written off after a few seconds on a 1:44 trailer. Alot will depend on the faithfulness or lack thereof to Kasdan’s script on the part of Ron Howard. Since he was brought in specifically for that reason I’m hopeful. That and it appears to have a Rogue One vibe looks like Star Wars to me. He certainly felt like Han Solo delivering the “…we’re fine” line.

            The stuff about your gut and conspiracy theories as “fact”, not really fact right? Maybe you just hate the idea of this movie altogether.

          • February 7, 2018 at 11:58 am
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            I agree to some extend, that seeing Aldenreich as Han Solo is kind of weird. However, when you watch a biographic movie (such as the Notorious BIG), you find that the actor also does not look as the original (e.g. Tupac does not look the same in the movie, as in real life, because it’s just an actor). Maybe it helps to see Harrison as the real Han Solo and Aldenreich as an actor, playing what the real Han Solo experienced prior to Ep IV.

          • February 20, 2018 at 8:18 am
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            Unlike a lot of you, the Force is strong with FanGirl and like myself, she “Trusts her feeling” as Obi-wan and Yoda have taught us well. A lot of you cake frosting spreaders need to “let go” and turn off your targeting computers. LOL 🙂

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:07 pm
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        Can you list 3 full-length feature films that Ingruber’s appeared in? Or, just name one of those where he is one of the main actors?

        • February 6, 2018 at 7:27 pm
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          Can you name three featuring Daisy Ridley or John Boyega prior to TFA?

          • February 6, 2018 at 8:13 pm
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            Daisy Ridley is still only 25. Look at the amount of movies she starred in since, and yes, it’s because of her role in TFA.

            Likewise, Boyega is in similar demand.

            The big difference between them and Ingruber, is that they are talented actors.

          • February 6, 2018 at 8:54 pm
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            Indeed they are, but I don’t agree with casting aspersions on Ingruber’s abilities.
            He has not been given the vehicle in which to prove himself.

          • February 6, 2018 at 8:57 pm
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            Why do you think that is then?

          • February 7, 2018 at 12:33 am
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            He’s starred in a full length film (awful), and been featured in a theatrical release (he amounts to a stunt). Nothing I’ve seen from him makes me want to see any more. Not until he’s spent a whole hell of a lot of time in acting classes at any rate.

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:24 pm
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        “Smooth the haters…”

        Like you?

      • February 6, 2018 at 6:19 pm
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        “It also explains why Disney waited so long with any clips because they knew there was a problem…”

        No, it actually doesn’t.

      • February 14, 2018 at 3:11 pm
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        I love what you are saying, It’s insanity Disney/Lucasfilm cast Alden. No doubt, they are banking on naive fans to buy it, all they really care about is the money priority one, story and integrity falls far second from that.

      • February 14, 2018 at 3:42 pm
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        The funniest thing about Harrison Ford was George Lucas wanted nothing to do with him. He wanted nothing to do with the idea. If it wasn’t for Alan Ladd Jr. it never would have happened. Ladd actually went so far as to hire Harrison to to carpentry work where George was working so he might figure it out. After exhausting searches Lucas caved in and gave Ford a shot, the rest is history. Thank God we didn’t end up with Robert De Niro, Sly Stallone or Kurt Russell.

    • February 6, 2018 at 2:19 pm
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      Because he can’t act. And you mean Lucasfilm. Not Disney.

      • February 6, 2018 at 3:51 pm
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        Don’t you mean Disneyfilm now?

        • February 6, 2018 at 4:37 pm
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          No.

          • February 6, 2018 at 6:09 pm
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            Lol …

      • February 6, 2018 at 6:17 pm
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        Every time I see people use Disney instead of Lucasfilm, I shake my head and laugh.

        • February 14, 2018 at 3:08 pm
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          Lucasfilm is Disney.

          • February 14, 2018 at 5:35 pm
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            No, it’s not.

          • February 14, 2018 at 11:03 pm
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            I had it backwards. You know Disney owns Lucas film? So I am correct “From a certain point of view” Right?? 🙂 I think fans like me call it Disney because we are pissed at the direction Disney is taking Lucasfilm. It’s a below-the-belt shot Star Wars because of the influence Disney is having who’s associated with Mickey Mouse, cartoons and the Magical Kingdom.

    • February 6, 2018 at 2:20 pm
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      From what I recall he did audition. Also from what I recall he isn’t a very good actor.

    • February 6, 2018 at 3:04 pm
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      Because you need an ACTOR in the role, not a YouTube star who’s good at impressions, and you’ve only ever seen him MIMICKING Han Solo – how would he do with interpreting a script. Ingruber played a young Harrison Ford in Age of Adeline – he was good, but Hollywood hasn’t exactly been knocking on his door recently to hire him.

    • February 6, 2018 at 3:49 pm
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      Ingruber’s claim to fame is being best known for a shitty YouTube Harrison Ford impression, and bearing a mild resemblance to him.

      That is it!

      Let’s not overlook the fact that he’s only ever appeared in just one full length feature film, having a very small role, and is instantly forgettable due to having zero charisma.

      Meanwhile, Ehrenreich has appeared in multiple movies. Featured in movies directed by the likes of Woody Allen, Chan-Wook Park, and The Coen Brothers.

      People really need to let this idiocy go.

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:36 pm
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        Looking like Harrison is different than acting like Han.

        • February 6, 2018 at 4:52 pm
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          Exactly!

          We need an actor who can make us believe we’re watching the young Han Solo.

      • February 6, 2018 at 7:14 pm
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        Thank you! I thought I was the only one who thought he was terrible. Honestly, if one of my friends looked like that, and sounded like that, I’d think he was good, you know, as a “Hey! Check out what my buddy can do!” sort of gag. No more than that. I didn’t think he looked all that much like him, nor sounded that much like him, yet people went totally ape over him.

      • February 14, 2018 at 3:07 pm
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        Yeah but that was years ago, I agree it was very raw but at least it showed the potential of Ingruber. Send him to acting school for 3 months straight, make it work! I hope I’m wrong, trust me, I want Ehrenreich to pull it off but word is he struggled with the acting as well and had to be tutored, if that’s true.

        • February 14, 2018 at 5:31 pm
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          Ingruber doesn’t seem to be making a name for himself on the acting circuit. He’s clearly found a niche for himself appearing in shorts and video games.

          I’d rather have someone who can act to be honest. As long as he can make me believe he’s Han Solo, I really don’t care if he doesn’t look or sound like Harrison Ford.

          • February 15, 2018 at 12:38 am
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            xxxxx Even better. In 1976 while making Star Wars George Lucas preferred unknowns. Even though Harrison Ford was not well known Lucas did not want him because he cast him in American Grafitti. Someone can act? Apparently Alden Ehrenreich acting was so poor that Lucasfilm brought in an acting coach and judging by the trailer he looks and sounds terrible for the part. Well that’s the real trick, getting you to believe he’s Han Solo and trying to accomplish that being 4″ shorter, Not having the voice and nor really looking like him is going to be tough.

    • February 6, 2018 at 5:03 pm
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      Impersonating the character and making it his own are very different. Take the ‘new’ crew of the Enterprise in JJ revamp, they did a fantastic job.

      • February 6, 2018 at 5:45 pm
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        I don’t agree that an actor needs to make the role his own. The character of Han Solo isn’t a character someone needs to make his own and mold in a different way. That’s one reason why many people were so upset with TLJ. Johnson molded the character of Luke Skywalker into something he wasn’t. Han Solo’s character has already been established and should not be changed to fit someone’s “impressions”.

        • February 6, 2018 at 6:39 pm
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          Fair points – but in regard to Solo the character we will be seeing in the new film is a lot younger, so we might get to see what shapes him to be the character in the OT. Speculation on my part.

          • February 6, 2018 at 7:12 pm
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            Good points, both of you!

    • February 6, 2018 at 6:10 pm
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      They did. He got close too.

    • February 6, 2018 at 6:16 pm
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      Ingruber is okay, but his impression seemed like…well…an impression. For me, this movie’s success doesn’t hinge solely on Ehrenreich’s ability to channel Ford’s performance of Han Solo. If one is going ignore the other potential merits of this film and judge it only Alden’s ability to mimic Ford, they’re likely to be disappointed. Rather watch and judge the movie on the story. I’m willing to let Ehrenreich do his own thing with Solo.

  • February 6, 2018 at 10:10 am
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    Looks like there’s a twi-lek in the club scene. If that’s the case it would be the first time I see a new character in Disney era featuring a classic specie.

    • February 6, 2018 at 1:20 pm
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      Admiral Raddus?

    • February 6, 2018 at 3:25 pm
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      there are 2 twileks dancing.

    • February 6, 2018 at 3:53 pm
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      There were a couple of Twi’Leks in Rogue 1 too.

        • February 6, 2018 at 4:08 pm
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          And Beezer Fortuna.

  • February 6, 2018 at 10:34 am
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    I sort of wish this focused on Lando! Han being a brief appearance that wins the Falcon at the end or something. Still I love the exploration of the universe. Especially if it’s more along the R1 vibes. Hopefully they don’t stretch any logic we’ve come to know so far.

  • February 6, 2018 at 10:41 am
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    The trailer is so cool but the best thing is the possibility to see Boba Fett, Jabba, bounty hunters like Dengar, Greedo, 4-LOM or Zuckuss.
    Not seing them in the trailer gives me more desire to see the movie if they appear.

    • February 6, 2018 at 10:45 am
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      I dig the new the guy. He’s cool looking. Hopefully he puts up a decent fight.

      • February 6, 2018 at 4:43 pm
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        That baddie looks a bit like Briareos from Appleseed. Me likey!

        • February 6, 2018 at 10:06 pm
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          Yes! I couldn’t place it, was driving me crazy where I thought I saw that before.

    • February 6, 2018 at 12:15 pm
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      If it moves the story forward, then I would love to see the rumoured scene between Vader and Boba Fett appear in this movie.

    • February 6, 2018 at 3:02 pm
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      No Bossk love?

      • February 6, 2018 at 5:12 pm
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        Of course, of course. Bossk too. I didn’t want to make a very long list ;p

  • February 6, 2018 at 11:49 am
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    I cannot see Han in him whatsoever.

    People love comparing the Han casting to Kirk, but at least Pine has enough resemblance to Shatner that you’d know exactly who he’s playing in a TREK film.

    This new Han, if I didn’t know could be a random new rebel.

    Even in the trailer where he tries to deliver some lines Han-like, it’s not working for me.

    • February 6, 2018 at 3:39 pm
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      I don’t really think that Pine looks like Shatner… But we buy it because the movie states that (Pine = Kirk). As we already saw 3 movies with Pine, we got accustomed.

      When the Solo movie drops and we watch it, we will get used too. As we got used with Ewan being Kenobi.

      Just give time.

      • February 6, 2018 at 6:31 pm
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        I loved Ewan as Obi-Wan, to this day I loved his performances. I didn’t (and still don’t) buy Chris Pine’s versiom of Kirk.
        Alden isn’t really giving me that Han Solo vibe… he’s not really the “lovable rogue” type tbh

        • February 6, 2018 at 7:24 pm
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          Ok, but we really should wait the movie before forming a strong opinion. And also, we must remember that 9 to 10 years will pass between “Solo” and “ANH”. People can change A LOT in 10 years.

          • February 7, 2018 at 1:05 am
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            Yeah I know; I’m trying. I want to like this film, I hope I do.

      • February 6, 2018 at 6:48 pm
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        I’m willing to be convinced. As of right this moment, it’s a “no”, but we’ll see…

  • February 6, 2018 at 3:01 pm
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    I just about buy him as a young Han Solo. Very much looking forward to the movie now.

  • February 6, 2018 at 4:13 pm
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    I was really hoping that alien was a Gran and not that 6 eye stocked alien from that old BTS/Charity video we saw a year or so ago. Could still be a Gran in this scene, maybe the other alien appears later on. But, we do have Twi’Leks!

  • February 6, 2018 at 4:34 pm
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    Was really hoping that alien was Maz. Do you think, she will be in the movie?

    • February 6, 2018 at 4:58 pm
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      Maybe in a future Solo film if this one does well I could see a role for her. If a success I wonder if he could be used as a young Indy as well to give us some early adventures.

      • February 6, 2018 at 6:15 pm
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        It definitely feels like Maz and Solo have a long history, so she could very well turn up somewhere in his early history.

        What better way to explore the less seen galaxy? Think of all the places and people Solo has been involved with. “There is no one left in the galaxy for you to swindle.” Potential is there for tons of stories, and in the least, more books. Which is surprising there haven’t been any focused on him in new canon yet.

  • February 6, 2018 at 5:45 pm
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    I found the trailers to be a bit underwhelming and unexciting, I think because of the lack of story context and too much emphasis on the “OMG IT’S HAN SOLO” effect.
    I do however look forward to the smuggler/underworld part of it. Like the old Boba Fett game or the 1313 gameplay trailers

    • February 6, 2018 at 6:11 pm
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      I always enjoy trailers that don’t reveal story plot. I’d rather go into a movie and enjoy the ride, rather than see a trailer that shows the beat points to the story.

  • February 6, 2018 at 6:46 pm
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    Looks like a fun movie to me. That’s all I need right now.

    • February 6, 2018 at 8:15 pm
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      Literally everything except Alden has me on board with this movie. Looks so fun.

      • February 6, 2018 at 8:15 pm
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        Give the kid a chance. He has 120 minutes to prove himself.

        • February 6, 2018 at 8:17 pm
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          Definitely going to give it a shot. I just don’t know if I will end up buying it. I don’t right now but it’s 2 minutes out of a 2 hour movie. We’ll see.

      • February 7, 2018 at 12:02 am
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        Yeah, I’ve decided that he’s not Harrison Ford and I’m just going to take it for what it is. After all TLJ hate/debate I’m ready for Star Wars to be fun again.

  • February 6, 2018 at 7:08 pm
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    I do wonder though. Why does everybody think that Fett should be in the movie? I never really followed the EU all that much but near as I could tell, I thought the first time that Fett and Solo had anything to do with each other was in Empire Strikes Back. I know there was that seen from the special edition of ANH that had Jabba and then Fett at the end, but other than that…

    I’d love to see Fett, but I didn’t think they were exactly mortal enemies before ESB. If I’m missing something, please, let me know. Thanks!

    • February 6, 2018 at 7:26 pm
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      Well…you’re absolutely right. The films don’t really establish any sort of real connection between Solo and Fett. But I think early on it was identified as pretty fertile soil for some neat storytelling, especially considering that Solo and Fett were both in the employ of Jabba the Hutt and likely had some previous professional interactions.

      Beyond that, I think a lot of people’s desire to see this stems from a love of the underground as it appears in the Star Wars universe. For all the focus on the Jedi and Sith, Lucas created a world where a vibrant criminal underground exists parallel to these other things. It’s pretty neat, really, and Solo and Fett are clear access points into this world.

      • February 6, 2018 at 7:39 pm
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        And Clone Wars even touch into that in various episodes. Among an actual civil war, the series found space to explore bounty hunters and etc.

        • February 6, 2018 at 8:00 pm
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          Yep. Those episodes provided a nice diversion from the larger, overarching story of the war.

      • February 6, 2018 at 9:04 pm
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        Cool. This makes a lot of sense. Thanks!

    • February 6, 2018 at 8:05 pm
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      I would love a cameo, with his mask off. Get Temuere back and de-age him back to whatever age Fett would be in the film.

  • February 6, 2018 at 7:26 pm
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    Usually I don’t judge a movie by their Trailer, but for some reason my first opinion of them has line up with how I felt towards the movies. I loved the TFA Trailers, and loved the movie. I like the R1 trailers and liked the movie. I was lukewarm on the TLJ trailers and something felt off, and did not like the movie. I actually liked the Solo trailers, so here’s hoping I like it.

  • February 7, 2018 at 1:42 am
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    Great writeup! Thanks again SWNN. Especially good spotting on the ROTJ Lando disguise…I’d wager that’s quite possible and would be amazing. I have a couple observations to add:

    In that shot of the mountain chase scene with the two larger ships, it looks like the smaller craft to the left are all speeder bikes or swoops. Could the tribal dude with the cool chrome eyes actually be leader of a swoop gang? All signs point to damn I hope so and that would be badass.

    Also, at the very beginning of the club shot, you can also see a Rodian further out in the crowd, in addition to the two Twi’leks. I’m glad to see some classic aliens back in the groove (in this case, literally shakin it). 🙂

    P.S. Anybody else remember how awesome Young Indiana Jones was, and how the lead didn’t really look much like Harrison Ford, but it didn’t matter because it was pretty great?https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9efee4fd5ee2e3f697e2a7cfd3e97801e8ced731eefb7f420ec2e92d6cf2f091.jpg

  • February 7, 2018 at 1:42 pm
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    Ok. So after reading these descriptions it sounds like we are gonna get a lot of what’s based of the books. That’s good. Han joins the academy and meets a girl named Bria. He falls in love with her but she is too out of his league and they part ways. Garris Shrike is Hans mentor. The bounty hunter looking guy (moloch) fights and kills Garris Shrike.

    The Hutts have a prominent role. Some imperial stuff happens. Vader kills insubordinate officers who made a deal with the Hutts…. (Big time jump) Han meets a group of bounty hunters and smugglers on Nar Shaddaa. He wins the falcon meets chewie and assembles a small army against the empire. Bria comes back betrays Han and her squad steals the Death Star plans but she and her squad all die. (Rogue one used this concept) so I don’t think we will see that.

    He drops his spice cargo and loses jabbas trust and goes to mos Eisley to try to win some money at the cantina and Dash Rendar and Boba Fett briefly talk to him and warn greedo is looking for him. He meets obi wan and Luke and the books ends there. Sounds awesome!

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Han_Solo_Trilogy

    Also this is a sequel trilogy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Lando_Calrissian

  • February 7, 2018 at 5:41 pm
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    It looks a lot like they are barrowing a lot from old legends on this one. It’ll be hard to see Han as anyone but Harrison Ford. But, after wrapping my brain around it, I’m sure the film will kick ass

  • February 7, 2018 at 5:58 pm
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    Yay, wonderful trailer with a superb cast, cant wait for the whole movie!

  • February 8, 2018 at 2:56 am
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    Two comments: First, casting Donald Glover as young Lando is brilliant casting–loved that guy in “Community.” Second, why do all the colors look so drab?

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