Woody Harrelson Reveals His Character’s Name to be Beckett in the Han Solo Film!
Woody Harrelson was at The Tonight’s Show, promoting his latest movie Wilson. During the conversation, host Jimmy Fallon asked the actor if he can reveal anything about his role in the Han Solo spin off movie. Surprisingly Harrelson revealed his character’s name, which was a point of debate a few weeks ago, when he misheard a question and people assumed he confirmed something he never did.
Back in January in another interview, Harrelson was asked if he will be playing the Legends character Garris Shrike in the Han Solo film. Mishearing the question Harrelson said “yes”, but it was obviously not about that particular character. Probably after this confusion, Harrelson got a permission to reveal his character’s real name in upcoming interviews, and he just did.
Talking with Jimmy Fallon at The Tonight’s Show, the actor said:
Q: Can you say who you’re playing in the Han Solo movie?
A: I play a guy named Beckett, who is kind of a criminal and I am a mentor to Han
Q: How long are you going to be in London filming?
A: I will be there until the end of July.
You can see the interview via NBC below:
A quick search on Wookieepedia shows that there are no major characters with such name in the galaxy far, far away, so Harrelson is definitely playing a new character.
Thanks to TheForceCritic for the heads up.
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Trying really hard to get excited for this.
I think you’ll manage.
Tell that to Kanjaclub
Kanjiklub*******
****** Thanks Mrs. Lehman.
*Ganjaclub
I’m sure you were thinking about Ganja. And that is okay.
With this accent I would say that he is playing Dave Filoni.
Beckett OMG that’s a poor name, not Star Wars like. Soon we will have Mulder, Clinton, James ect. in the movies.
Damn that Disney Wars
Beckett does indeed sound pretty ‘normal’. But perhaps it is his first name?
ahhhHEM….
cough *Luke* cough *Ben* cough
cough *Han* cough *Leia* cough *Jan* cough *Owen* cough *Kyle* cough
I’d get that cough seen to if I were you two – sounds nasty.
Oh yeah, sure, because is a NAME that determines if a movie is good. 😉
Clinton Skywalker – Rey’s son
We know more about this movie than episode VIII lol
Are they still making an episode 8? From all the hype lately, it seems that, this movie that no one wanted, is going to continue to creep up in the schedule until it debuts on Dec. 14.
Perhaps he and Han met whilst waiting for Darth Godot…
Ha!
That’s too smart a reference for this board! 😉
Well, a couple of us got it.
Should’ve titled it, “Waiting for this Play to End”.
(Still glad I got to see Ian & Patrick up close though.)
I think Beckett is a cool sounding name. Opinions have little to do with how the movie will turn out. I’m pumped about this movie given the first first two Disney-Lucasfilm movies were slam dunks. IMHO
I was pretty suspect of this movie when Lucasfilm first announced it. But I enjoyed Force Awakens and I loved Rogue One. So, they’re batting 1000 so far in my book. Bring on Han Solo!
Might as well have named him Charles, Steve or, um Donald… Maybe he made that up?
Or they could’ve named him Matthew or Mark or John or, you know, Luke?
HA HA HA!!!! BOOM!
Maybe Uncle Frank? Or Cousin Louie? Or Bob, or Joe, or Walter? Could it be Bill or Jim? Or Ed, or Bernie, or Steve?
I’d keep on guessin’, but I’m about to crash into a truck, something something Hibachi dealers and time travel and aliens.
Does he have prosthetic lips? I think I know him.
Well, the Emperor certainly looks a lot like the previous Pope
I think Woody Harrelson is going to be the Mads Mikkelsen of Han Solo. He’ll be the one revealing all the info by accident.
I thought you meant he’ll be the one repeatedly whacking Alden in the goolies with a knotted rope.
He’ll throw wrenches at him too.
“if you can dodge a wrench you can dodge an asteroid.”
I called it!
Oh, wait! No, I didn’t.
Ahhhh… Beckett. Ole Beckett. One of my favs. The Beckstter or “Get Back” Beckett they call him on the block. Yep, don’t mess with Beckett they say. Cross the street when you see him coming. Love that guy.
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Is that quantum leap? I have not seen that show in ages?
yep 🙂
Oh boy!
Woody Harrelson is perpetually stoned.
I like it.
He claims he hasn’t smoked in a year.
Too bad. He injected so many marijuanas that his brain is permanently fried. This is the toll that reefers take on the innocent.
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Oh, I thought that RM GIF was a metaphor for the pace of SW releases at LFL from now until the sun goes cold.
That’s Kathy Kennedy at home.
Yeah, he really is.
I hope Disney takes a break after 2020, like 3 years and then start up again.
Would be nice if it was like:
The force awakens
Rogue one
The last Jedi
Han solo
IX
Anthology film
3 maybe 5 year hiatus, let things gestate
Anthology film
X
Anthology film
XI
Anthology film
XII
3-5 year hiatus then start up again.
I’d be okay with about a decade between trilogies. That seems to be a good pace.
I won’t – I haven’t got that many decades left 🙁
I would prefer to see Star Wars run into the ground in my lifetime … oh hang on.
And waste Daisy Ridley & company while in their prime?
No way.
Seems reasonable for me. Then again, it might follow the Marvel approach in making a new epic movie (Or in SW case, trilogy) each 3 years.
I’d like to see a KOTOR trilogy after the hiatus but I understand taking a break. Something tells me we’re looking at a SW movie every damn year till we’re dead.
I can’t believe Han solo is coming out 6 months after TLJ. Talk about an onslaught
I’d like that too, but we all know it won’t happen. I just hope they take a break from the saga films for a while and explore some cool Anthology film ideas.
Pretty soon, I think a 6 month break is the longest they’ll take between putting out content. Not that I want that, but it looks like they’re heading down that road.
I think they’ll be willing, if not happy, to take a year-long break.
Depends on how you look at it. After staking a claim on 3 consecutive December releases, there’s no way they’re gonna leave 2018 open. They shouldn’t produce two live-action films per year, but I can see Filoni putting out animated SW films on a yearly or biennial basis, maybe starting with an Ahsoka film for Christmas 2018.
So the” A” teams and “B” teams producing Saga & Anthology films respectively still get some breathing room while an Animation “C” team can slide in and collect all of that Christmas cash.
Just a thought.
I could see that. Lucasfilm definitely values their animated film division, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few animated movies here or there. We already have confirmation that SOMETHING new is brewing in the Star Wars Animation division, so we could be surprised.
Exactly. At first, I thought it would be an Ahsoka TV series, but now I’m leaning more towards movie.
Yep. Siege of Mandalore FTW.
That’s a Manda-bore for me, but whatever keeps Ashley Eckstein playing that character is fine — she’s talented and deserves the work.
WHAT? But it could be so cool! Ahsoka and Anakin reunite, Rex is there, there’s a huge battle, Ahsoka v Maul: Dawn of Awesome, and the whole thing can end with the Jedi Purge and Maul’s escape! Plus, they can have the scene with Ahsoka and Rex faking their deaths and Ahsoka abandoning her lightsaber. I would D I E of happiness.
Alternatively, they could shake up the timeline a bit and end the movie with the opening of Episode III; I don’t mind.
I get your excitement. But I’d rather see where she goes from the point at which we last saw her — it seems like Filoni’s saving that story for something outside of Rebels.
You mean after the temple explodes? I think we’ll learn in a future season of Rebels; hopefully Season 4.
Yep. But they use the *big* characters so sparingly, as not to overshadow the regulars (all of whom I couldn’t care less about), and they’ll probably need the full 7 hours to wrap up their stories. Ahsoka deserves more time than that. Maybe the finale will lead into whatever medium she appears in next.
In my fantasy land (where I play the role of time-travelling script doctor), I’d love to retcon the prequels with Ahsoka as Luke & Leia’s mother. She’d have to be human, of course, but she could maintain a similar basic appearance (headdress instead of lekku, face paint or tattoos-a-plenty, whatever). I’d keep the entire story-line of her clash with the Jedi Council, and use it as a more combustible fuel for Anakin’s turn to the Dark Side. It would explain why the twins are supposedly so powerful, as well as wiping any trace of Natalie Portman off the map.
Never gonna happen, but total fan fiction fun for me. 🙂
Does that mean that in your time-traveling-script-doctor universe, Anakin and Ahsoka are the same age and have a romance, and they’re like Jedi partners? I could see that in an alternate universe. I like it.
Absolutely. Maybe they’d both be closer in age to Obi-Wan too (just ’cause it jives better with the original trilogy continuity). And Anakin and Obi-Wan would refer to each other by name instead of the constant “Master/Padawan” bullshit. Maybe some formality around Yoda and the council, sure — but out in the field, they’re partners & friends.
Please get in the TARDIS and go make those Retcon Prequels. Make sure to bring RLM, Belated Media, and myself along with you. We’ll do a great job.
Right after we kill Hitler…
(Gotta prioritize your time travel)
But what if one of the Holocaust victims was SUPER Hitler???
Meh, I can live with that.
i agree with TUD, i think they’ll take a break from the saga series for a few years, but kennedy must have a ceiling high stack of side stories on her desk by now. that would be the perfect time to burn through a few.
Yep. Why not make an Old Republic trilogy?
RIGHT???
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I’m totally on board with that idea. I don’t think it will happen, but I think 3 years between cycles would be ideal.
Jedi and sith cannot be in this movie, period. He is supposed to be oblivious to things with “Hoakie religions” and “trust that blaster at your side.”
Hell I would like it if the empire was not it either
But we will need at least a star destroyer so Han can dump a shipment of spice and make jabba mad. We need to check all the boxes after all. 😉
We better see some nerfs getting herded!!
The new marvel comic showed plenty of nerfs getting herded and it was face palm worthy.
^this
Not believing in hoakie religions doesn’t imply he hasn’t seen a lightsaber or a Force User. He didn’t seem very surprised in A New Hope when the farm boy was training with a laser sword on his ship. Based on the time period they’re shooting for the only hope any lightsaber fetishist would have would be if they threw in a rogue jedi in hiding. Definitely no Palpy or Vader. I don’t think this movie is supposed to occur so close to ANH so I don’t think we’d see him ditch the spice shipment too because I don’t think Jabba was searching for him for years, I always got the impression that it wasn’t too long before we met him in mos eisley that he done goofed.
And Fallon asked zero follow up questions. Great job.
Beckett is a Replicant. Calling it now.
bob iger dropping a few extra solo tidbits as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grUts1b_hT8
Can’t see the clip from work, but is that where he says we see how Han found the Falcon, met Chewie, got his name, learned how to shoot first, ran the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs, and learned a few maneuvers?
Well….yeah, kinda.
wasnt he playing garris shrike?
I guess you read only the title, right? 🙂
yes
Off topic: Bob Igor has just confirmed that Carrie Fisher’s performance in ‘The Last Jedi’ will be left as is, with no alterations to the movie..
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/bob-iger-star-wars-han-solo-spinoff-details-1202015089/
This movie is totally ahead of production schedule, if not already in the can.
It’s been in the can for a while, I think. Now they just have to do reshoots and SFX.
That means only one thing. She dies in episode 8. I don’t believe they filmed her scenes for 9 and they not gonna bring her back digitally, so that’s it.
They really need to find someone who takes their job seriously when it comes to naming the new characters.