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Too bad it isn't Harrison Ford because its a prequel set in his life before Star Wars. So it could be great considering its from the coolest part of his history. All the black market backstabbing ship winning stuff in there.

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Disney announced Tuesday that Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, the duo behind "The Lego Movie," will direct a feature about Han Solo's life before "Star Wars," slated to hit theaters in 2018.
The as-yet untitled movie will be written by Lawrence Kasdan and his son, Jon Kasdan. That screenwriting duo will probably satisfy the legions of devout "Star Wars" fans -- the elder Kasdan co-wrote "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi," in addition to J.J. Abrams' upcoming "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," due in December.
No casting was announced, although social media speculation immediately centered on Chris Pratt, the ascendant star of "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Jurassic World."
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This movie has been rumored for a while, so it's good to get it confirmed. There are other stories I'd rather have had told in this universe than Han Solo's origins, but I'll take it.

Without Chris Pratt, please. He's no Han Solo, and he'll never be.
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Yes please no Chris Pratt. I like him, but let's not just jump on that band wagon, someone different please.
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Gilbert Gottfried would make for a great Han Solo
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I'd be down for Pratt as a new Indy. Not as a new Han.
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If not Pratt, who? Oh wait I hear Shia is available!
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rshetts2 wrote:If not Pratt, who? Oh wait I hear Shia is available!
This is a Star Wars movie. It doesn't need a well known movie star to sell tickets. In fact, I'd argue that it can be a detriment, for example if they chose Chris Pratt. It's better they go with an unknown actor, like they've done with The Force Awakens and with most of the other movies in the series, with only a few exceptions.
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Isgrimnur wrote:I'd be down for Pratt as a new Indy. Not as a new Han.
I have no idea who would be a good Han but I think Geoff Stults could make a good Indy if he's not too old by now.

I agree with TiLT, I think Han would best be served by finding shopping long and hard for an appropraite unknown.
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I'm also in the Pratt as Indy but not Solo camp.

I'd prefer they go with an unknown as well. I think the presence of big stars in the SW prequels hurt them quite a bit. I was happy to see they stuck with relative unknowns for the new movie.

Completely off-topic P.S: I am beyond excited that Gwendoline Christie is in the new movie. She kicks ass.
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TiLT wrote:
rshetts2 wrote:If not Pratt, who? Oh wait I hear Shia is available!
This is a Star Wars movie. It doesn't need a well known movie star to sell tickets. In fact, I'd argue that it can be a detriment, for example if they chose Chris Pratt. It's better they go with an unknown actor, like they've done with The Force Awakens and with most of the other movies in the series, with only a few exceptions.
Chill, Francis, that was a joke ( so was that, just in case it didnt translate well ). Actually I agree with not using Pratt for a number of reasons. First, Pratt overload. Hes doing great but has several things going now. With the financial success of Jurassic World, its pretty much guaranteed they will want to do another sequel, with Pratt. He has Guardians going strong and will have other Marvel appearances as well Im sure. Theres also talk of Pratt being the next Indy. How many movie series can the guy juggle? Second, Pratt is already identified with the role of Star Lord, which is very derivative of Han Solo. Having Pratt as Han would be like casting Johnny Depp in every pirate role to come out. Put Pratt in a Han Solo trilogy and you have the perfect storm of over exposure and type casting deluxe. So, yeah, I agree finding a solid, young and relatively unknown actor for the role would likely be a good thing. The actor will already have to overcome the shadow of Harrison Ford and make the role his own. It will be easier, if the new actor doesnt have a lot of recognition in other roles.
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YellowKing wrote:I'm also in the Pratt as Indy but not Solo camp.

I'd prefer they go with an unknown as well. I think the presence of big stars in the SW prequels hurt them quite a bit. I was happy to see they stuck with relative unknowns for the new movie.

Completely off-topic P.S: I am beyond excited that Gwendoline Christie is in the new movie. She kicks ass.

Except Christopher Lee. He was good.
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Yeah, good point LM. I forgot about Christopher Lee.

Worst casting? Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu. I kept expecting him to shout, "Say Empire one more time muthaf----ah!"

And Natalie Portman, God bless her. Lovely on the eyes but she was absolutely wooden. That could be partially due to Lucas' directing though. He has a way of bringing out the absolute worst performance possible in his actors.
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YellowKing wrote:Worst casting? Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu. I kept expecting him to shout, "Say Empire one more time muthaf----ah!"

And Natalie Portman, God bless her. Lovely on the eyes but she was absolutely wooden. That could be partially due to Lucas' directing though. He has a way of bringing out the absolute worst performance possible in his actors.
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You guys are overlooking the Bantha in the room.
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Out of any of the side-projects they have going on, this one holds the most promise.
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Holman your spoiler just says IMAGE.
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Daehawk wrote:Holman your spoiler just says IMAGE.
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I don't count Hayden Christensen because nobody knew who he was before Star Wars and Lucas ensured nobody will know of him after Star Wars.
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Out of all the great stories that could be created from the Star Wars universe, they decide not to be original. We have three movies planned (I think):
1. Force Awakens - contains the old gang
2. Movie about the stealing of the Death Star plans - completely tied to a story we already know
3. Young Han - more Han Solo.

Give us a movie with some originality. Don't follow the path of the new Star Trek movies.
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McNutt wrote:Out of all the great stories that could be created from the Star Wars universe, they decide not to be original. We have three movies planned (I think):
1. Force Awakens - contains the old gang
2. Movie about the stealing of the Death Star plans - completely tied to a story we already know
3. Young Han - more Han Solo.

Give us a movie with some originality. Don't follow the path of the new Star Trek movies.
1) Not surprised they decided to include the "old crew" It looks to be a passing of the torch movie, thus the original gang. Its a new story with new characters and since its based on an established mythos total originality is impossible. Hopefully its entertaining and opens the door to more new stories.

2) We have one scene in 6 movies that deals with the Death Star plan heist. This, of all the movies planned so far looks to be the most original. Once again with an established mythos, there are going to be some ties to the previous movies, otherwise why make them Star Wars movies?

3) This one Ill give you.
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Out of all the great stories that could be created from the Star Wars universe, they decide not to be original.
I hate to say it, but not much of the material that has come out of the Star Wars universe has been very original. They tend to stick really close to the "formula" for fear of pissing fans off or somehow wrecking continuity.

I really noticed this while watching Star Wars Rebels and realizing that just about every character in that show already exists as another character in the movies. They might change the race, the gender, or a minor detail here and there, but ultimately you're just watching plot devices from the movies over and over again.

It's going to be interesting to see whether the Disney acquisition makes the expanded universe more or less creative. On the up side, the money behind more movies opens up a lot more source material for authors and artists to work with. On the down side, they've pretty much locked themselves into keeping all of it canon which could stifle originality.
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We're talking about Disney, here. They don't do original. They're the Blizzard of not-video-games, they take stuff other people have created, file the numbers off, put on a shiny new coat of paint, and polish the shit out of it.
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Zurai wrote:We're talking about Disney, here. They don't do original. They're the Blizzard of not-video-games, they take stuff other people have created, file the numbers off, put on a shiny new coat of paint, and polish the shit out of it.
you left out "PROFIT!"
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rshetts2 wrote: 1) Not surprised they decided to include the "old crew" It looks to be a passing of the torch movie, thus the original gang. Its a new story with new characters and since its based on an established mythos total originality is impossible. Hopefully its entertaining and opens the door to more new stories.

Not to mention, that this is a continuation of the original saga, moving things forward in the timeline, something that Lucas had been wanting to do ever since he had started talking about SW all those years ago. There was a wish for Episodes 7, 8, and 9. So, it's not like this has come out of the blue out of lacking ideas.
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I can understand The Force Awakens being a continuation. I'd rather them go in a different direction and not try to tie it back to the original characters, but it's no big deal. It's just a little worrisome that the first three announced movies all tie back to characters/events from the original trilogy. I'm sure we'll next see an announcement for a Boba Fett movie. I want to see fresh ideas. I don't need to see the Falcon do the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs. The Star Wars universe is thousands of years old and there is no need to make everything center around a few decades.
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The stand alone Han Solo film, expected to be called Han Solo: A Star Wars Story in keeping with this year’s Rogue One, is currently in preproduction under directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Perhaps anticipating the confirmation of Ehrenreich’s casting, Miller commemorated yesterday’s “May the 4th” festivities by tweeting out the first official image from the production – Han Solo’s iconic blaster
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He was great in Hail, Caesar. I can see him doing well, but those are awfully big shoes to fill.
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Don't care who plays Han. It's Lando they have to get right.
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Sepiche wrote:He was great in Hail, Caesar. I can see him doing well, but those are awfully big shoes to fill.
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He's actually a pretty decent, charismatic actor. I think they chose wisely.

For Lando though, they need to just force Billy Dee Williams to continually reproduce until they come up with a son who looks, talks and acts just like him.

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I'm fine with this casting. In fact, I've been really pleased with all the casting decision so far - Disney seems to be really treating the property right. I have no doubt they'll find a decent Lando.

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hepcat wrote:For Lando though, they need to just force Billy Dee Williams to continually reproduce until they come up with a son who looks, talks and acts just like him.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens concept artist Iain McCaig spoke earlier this month at the Art and Industry of Imagination conference in New Zealand, and apparently dropped some huge bits of information that had not shown up online until a report posted earlier today. Among them is a claim that after selling Lucasfilm to Disney, George Lucas decided he wanted to be involved and wrote a script for Episode VII which was rejected by the Mouse House. He also has a glowing review of Lawrence Kasdan‘s Han Solo movie script and much more.
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McCaig says that Lawrence Kasdan actually wrote the script for the Han Solo: A Star Wars Story standalone movie before he began work on Episode VII, and that the screenplay is (paraphrasing):
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It's strange that they're treating the script penned by Lucas himself as news. We've known about it for quite some time. It wasn't something he wrote after the deal either, it was something he tossed in as part of it, something he had apparently worked on for a while.
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So the next two stand alones are Han Solo and Boba Fett?
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Isgrimnur wrote:Alden Ehrenreich
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The three-day “Star Wars” celebration, aptly titled “Star Wars Celebration,” closed in London on Sunday with a few fun announcements, including official confirmation of the next Han Solo.

It’d been speculated for months that the new, younger Han Solo would be “Hail, Caesar!” actor Alden Ehrenreich. But now Disney and Lucasfilm were ready to make it official. Ehrenreich took the stage to greet his new “Star Wars” fans and officially confirm that he would be playing the lead role in the Han Solo origin movie. He was joined by “Lego Movie” directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
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Young Han Solo Audition Tapes - CONAN

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Very fun Moliere, thanks for the share!
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Casting: Donald Glover as...
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