Solo: A Star Wars Story

[Parkscope Joe]

I worry Disney’s heading towards a content apocalypse and the other divisions will be hurt too. So far from the “normies” I surround myself with there doesn’t sound to be a drop in interest (Solo and Infinity War commercials got huge interest during the super bowl) but toy sales could be a leading indicator of issues down the line.

 

[Nick]

I worry Disney’s heading towards a content apocalypse and the other divisions will be hurt too. So far from the “normies” I surround myself with there doesn’t sound to be a drop in interest (Solo and Infinity War commercials got huge interest during the super bowl) but toy sales could be a leading indicator of issues down the line.

Yeah, even from fans, i'm hearing a lot of hype for Solo after seeing the Super Bowl trailer. LucasFilm showed a very smart 30 second bit though as it didn't show off much, but made it look pretty epic. I think, because this movie features Han, Chewie and Lando, toy sales should theoretically be higher than what they were for Rogue One.

The movie is going to have a huge opening weekend undoubtedly. It's the weeks following that will be interesting. It will have Deadpool still freshly in theaters to contend with, so if word of mouth isn't good, it will be interesting to see how it does.

 

[quinnmac000]

 

[Coasted]

... The story of the Falcon before it got to Han would've been more captivating to me.

Now that is a clever / unique idea! (rather than young Han, young Yoda, young Ben etc)

 

[Mad Dog]

Now that is a clever / unique idea! (rather than young Han, young Yoda, young Ben etc)

Chewbacca as a small Teddy Bear.

 

[Nick]

Now that is a clever / unique idea! (rather than young Han, young Yoda, young Ben etc)

I would think that that story idea will sort of be addressed in Solo, no? Showing how Han won it from Lando and such?

 

[snayberry]

This movie is going to be good. I like how Childish Gambino(Donald Glover) is playing Lando.

 

[Nick]

This movie is going to be good. I like how Childish Gambino(Donald Glover) is playing Lando.

We still haven’t heard him speak as Lando, but I agree.

As for the movie, we’ll see.

 

[Chris]

I am so not interested in this film...even if Ron Howard actually saves it.

 

[Nick]

I am so not interested in this film...even if Ron Howard actually saves it.

Well I think the general consensus is that no one really wanted to see a Han Solo film.

The general public may be excited for the movie because they saw a trailer that played epic music, showed chewie and were shown the Falcon doing Falcon-y things during the Super Bowl, but before they saw the trailer, most probably didn't know it was a thing and probably wouldn't have cared if it wasn't a thing.

 

[deathcab4cutie]

to be truthful if anyone in the universe needs a backstory its this guy

 

[LieutLaww]

 

[fryoj]

That trailer was better than the others. But that music was terrible, and wtf is up with a different configuration for the Falcon?

 

[quinnmac000]

This looks underwhelming. Visually good but the dialogue seems stiff as hell.

 

[Viator]

That trailer was better than the others. But that music was terrible, and wtf is up with a different configuration for the Falcon?

As far as the Falcon is concerned, I believe this is a few years before ANH, so that could explain why (similar to how Rebels was a midquel that was set I different periods of time before ANH).

Looks better, but that I have concerns still.

Edit: As a little tip, Solo will premiere at Cannes.

 

[fryoj]

As far as the Falcon is concerned, I believe this is a few years before ANH, so that could explain why (similar to how Rebels was a midquel that was set I different periods of time before ANH).

Looks better, but that I have concerns still.

I'm talking about how the Falcon didn't have the notch in the front center in the trailer. It never once looks like that in any of the other movies. It's like how in the prequel trilogy when R2D2 started flying. This is the past and somehow we never see this in any of the future movies?

 

[LieutLaww]

wtf is up with a different configuration for the Falcon?

That is the original configuration of the YT 1300 Han did say he had made a lot of special modifications to the Falcon over the years.

 

[Viator]

I'm talking about how the Falcon didn't have the notch in the front center in the trailer. It never once looks like that in any of the other movies. It's like how in the prequel trilogy when R2D2 started flying. This is the past and somehow we never see this in any of the future movies?

Once again to bring this up, this film should be set in an instance of time where it should be acknowledged that things are going to be different. And that it had been mentioned that Han and Chewie upgraded the Falcon over time, to increase it's agility and speed in the best ways possible.

Think similar to how the Falcon received damages over the course of the trilogy, and stayed that way in the sequels.

 

[chris.g]

The teaser was better, this trailer was dull. Makes the story seem boring... gee, I wonder if Chewie survives that collision :bonk:

 

[Nick]

Yeah, I was underwhelmed at this trailer. However, my sister - who only recently started watching Star Wars once TFA came out (we binged through the original trilogy and skimmed the prequels first) - said she was really excited for it and was already planning what day we needed to go see it.