With the movie less than 3 months away, Disney and Lucasfilm finally decided to stop making us wait and have given us our first look at the Han Solo movie,Solo: A Star Wars Storywitha teaser that aired during the Super Bowl. Today, Disney has finally released the full trailer forSolo, giving us our glimpse at the secondStar Warsspin-off in the anthology series that began withRogue One. We now have our first real look at what a young Han Solo movie is going to look like, which is something we have been fairly uncertain about up to this point. Can we really accept a man not namedHarrison Fordas the legendary smuggler?
Ever SinceStar WarsCelebration, fans have been expecting to see some footage from the movie. However, with Ron Howard’s very extensive reshoots on the movie, and with all of the hype surroundingStar Wars: The Last Jedi, it’s taken longer than some fans would have liked to get this first footage fromSolo: A Star Wars Story. While it’s late in the game, this may serve as a nice surprise for those who have been dying to see what this movie is going to look and feel like. Or it may serve as something of a disappointment. Depends on how you look at itas a Star Wars fan.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Storywas the first of these planned standaloneStar Warsmovies and it was a very big success. The big difference between that movie and theHan Solomovie is that, whileRogue Onerelied heavily on unknown characters, this movie is going to be resting heavily on the shoulders of one of themost popular charactersin the history of theStar Warsfranchise. However, it will be tough for longtime fans to accept someone other thanHarrison Fordin the role. So there is a lot of pressure onAlden Ehrenreichbecause if fans don’t buy him in the role, the movie could fall apart in a hurry.
It is also interesting to point out that Disney and Lucasfilm have so far been releasing theirStar Warsmovies in December. That has proved to be a very good strategy, sinceStar Wars: The Force Awakens,Rogue One: A Star WarsandStar Wars: The Last Jediall made bank, largely thanks to the fact that there is less competition in late December and throughout January. WithSolo:A Star Wars Story, they will be changing things up and putting the movie out in May, right in the heart of summer movie season.
That was the strategy with theoriginal Star Wars trilogyand that worked out pretty well. But things have changed a lot in recent years, with a lot more blockbuster level movies trying to find a release date that will allow for maximum box office. It’s also interesting becauseStar Wars: The Last Jediwill have come out just six months before the release of Han Solo, so we will have a very short gap between the two movies.
Solo: A Star Wars StorystarsAlden Ehrenreich,Donald Glover,Emilia Clarke,Thandie Newton,Michael K. Williams,Phoebe Waller-Bridge,Ian KennyandWoody Harrelson. The movie was originally being directed byPhil LordandChris Millerbefore Ron Howard stepped in after they were fired. The script comes fromJon KasdanandLawrence Kasdan.Solo: A Star Wars Storyis set for release on June 19, 2025. Be sure to check out the first footage from the upcomingStar Wars standalone moviefor yourself below.
