Broadsheet Trailer Park: Solo: A Star Wars Story

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What you may need to know.

1. The internet is moving at light speed currently, as illustrated by last night’s surprise SuperBowl “drop” of producer JJ Abrams’ latest entry into the Cloverfield franchise, in its entirety, on Netflix before anyone had even seen a trailer or a single still from it.

2. It was so quick, in fact, that while everyone was processing this information and mulling over it as a new media experiment in anti-marketing or audience sleight-of-hand (something Abrams has lots of form in), the first reviews came in to reveal that The Cloverfield Paradox is mostly garbage, and the surprise release was more than anything an emergency exit for an unmarketable mess of a film.

3. Amid the other mostly forgettable blockbuster previews rumbling out on SuperBowl night, the world finally gets to see a teaser for Solo: A Star Wars Story, Disney and LucasFilm’s latest entry into the Star Wars universe.

4. It’s been a troubled production, with original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller unceremoniously sacked near the END of filming last year, due to “creative differences” with LucasFilm boss Kathleen Kennedy. (“Ace Ventura in Space” was one insider’s description of what the duo were apparently shooting for. As great as that sounds, perhaps not the best route for an origin story of one of cinema’s most iconic and beloved heroes).

5. Journeyman director and old friend of LucasFilm Ron Howard, was drafted in to take the reins, and now we finally get to see a preview of what’s to come this May.

6. Plenty more of those Star Wars itches are being scratched in Solo. It revolves around young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) and frenemy Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover). Young Chewbacca is in there too of course (could he reasonably be called a puppiee in this?), while Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke and everyone’s best bud Woody Harrelson round out the cast.

7. Little is known about the plot, but this trailer has something of a Noir-ish feel, in contrast to Rogue One’s WW2 flavour. All eyes will be on Ehrenreich’s performance as Solo, who exhibited great comic timing in Hail Caesar! (2016) There’s a dash of the character’s brashness here for sure, but do people want to see something different, or a straight up Harrison Ford impersonation? Just as long as there isn’t some conspicuous reference to the infamous) “Han shoots first” scene.

8. Last week there was mostly apathy surrounding the movie, due to the controversy, plus the fact that it’s out so soon after divisive The Last Jedi (2017). I may be buying into the hype, but from this first look, it appears Ron Howard might have saved the day after all.

9. If Lord & Miller wanted to make ‘Ace Ventura in Space’ happen on their own time though, that would be just fine.

Verdict: Great, kid. Don’t get cocky.

Release: May 25

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11 thoughts on “Broadsheet Trailer Park: Solo: A Star Wars Story

  1. ivan

    I was more thinking that Han would say to Love Interest ‘I Love You’ only to get ‘I know’ as the slapdown…

  2. Not On Your Nelly

    I will watch it. I will forget it by the next Wednesday.

    Fill my content hole. Hurry. Death, she come.

  3. realPolithicks

    “Journeyman director and old friend of LucasFilm ”

    Ron Howard has won an Oscar as best director and another for best film, hardly a “journeyman”.

    1. Cloud

      Yeah I meant that in the sense of him being a reliable, slightly m.o.r. director rather than any quality terms.

  4. Kim Cardassian

    More crap from Disney. The investors aren’t happy with returns from Star Wars and this one won’t hit the mark either. It’s important it does because if it doesn’t it will jeopardise future spin off films about the original trilogy cast.

    Bring back the Ewok movies. Caravan of Love baby!

    1. scottser

      The creme egg syndrome is in play here. When they were an annual treat you could get somewhat excited but all year round? Nah.

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