There’s no more powerful movie franchise in the universe than Star Wars — a fact once again proven by the $1.3 billion global haul of The Last Jedi — yet there’s been a great disturbance in the Force over the past year, thanks to the upheaval surrounding Solo: A Star Wars Story. The upcoming Han Solo origin story has been plagued by problems, most notably the firing of its original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller after they’d already been shooting the project for months and the subsequent hiring of Ron Howard, as well as rumors that star Alden Ehrenreich’s performance was so unsatisfactory that the studio had to hire an acting coach for him. All that combined with an absence of official photos or footage from the film (which lands in multiplexes in less than four months), anxiety has steadily mounted about the upcoming prequel.
But this evening, fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief, because the first snippets of Solo: A Star Wars Story have arrived.
Disney dropped a 45-second sneak peek of the Howard-helmed film ahead of its maiden full-length promo on Good Morning America on Monday morning. We get introduced to the young hero as he attempts to join the Imperial ranks; we see him racing speeders; we get glimpses of his furry BFF Chewbacca, his future pal Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover), and his iconic ride, the Millennium Falcon. There’s also a brief shot of Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke, whose role has been shrouded in mystery.
While there may not have been enough to convince Star Wars die-hards that Solo will soar following its production-history troubles (Ehrenreich has nary a line of dialogue), at least we know that the film does in fact exist. And it will be blazing into theaters on May 25.
Watch: Harrison who? Meet the guy who was almost Han Solo 40 years ago:
I don’t know what it is about Star Wars but even if it’s not your biggest fandom, it still has the funniest memes by a long shot I mean “look at all the fucks i give anakin” and “your poncho is a piece of junk” and anakin hates sand it’s all just 1000% pure class
its kind of disappointing how everyone turns rey into some soft, clean aesthetic queen with glitter and pale pink fabrics when in canon rey is a greasy girl icon
fanon rey: soft, smells like roses, always wearing glitter, no bad angles, pale smooth fabric queen canon rey: doesnt know what a hairbrush or makeup is, steals fries off your plate, will fight you in a parking lot
If I hung out with Rey we would have fart contests
that is the best addition to any post, sw-related or not
please consider that poe thinks hygiene is wiping down with the least greasy rag and rey just kind of scrubs off with some sand when she gets too crusty and finn is used to an absolutely scrupulous twice-daily hygiene regimen with water and sonic and specially formulated deodorants because you don’t want Army Stonk building up in a spaceship, or, god forbid, your armor. so he like, he loves poe and rey to death. he loves them. but he just watched poe try to explain the Sniff Test to rey, unsuccessfully, and he is kind of screaming internally now.
both rey and poe are in awe of how soft and sweet-smelling finn is and he’s like “listen it’s an ancient stormtrooper secret called WASH YOUR SOCKS WITH SOAP.”
You are moping on your island of self-imposed exile, and then this girl shows up.
She’s flying your best friend’s ship. The ship that Han thought he lost for ever. The ship that was stolen and passed through so many hands that he was sure he’d never see it again. The same ship that took you away from home for the first time.
She’s accompanied by your personal droid. The droid you left behind and abandoned. The droid that C-3PO was sure would never be the same again.
She holds out her hand and she’s holding your father’s light saber. The sword you were sure was lost forever. The light saber that you dropped down a bottomless air shaft on a gas giant thirty years ago. The light saber you knew you would never see again.
You look up and you see her eyes. Maz Kanata says that if you live long enough, you see the same eyes looking out of different faces. The girl’s face is different, but those eyes are the same. You know those eyes. They’re the eyes you thought you’d never see again.
And that’s when you know it.
You’re screwed.
They say sometimes the Force works in mysterious ways. Sometimes, the Force will send you little signs. Subtle clues.
Other times, the Force will just beat you repeatedly over the head with a gigantic neon sign that says: “You can’t run away from your past anymore, Luke. I won’t let you. Look, here is your past come back to haunt you. Now deal with it.”
You have no idea how much I adore this post with my whole being
I like the idea of the Force sending Luke little signs over the years that it’s time to return to his loved ones, gently increasing in intensity as he ignores them, until it finally gets fed up and shoves the events of Episode 7 into motion, finishing with a flourish of HERE’S YOUR NEW APPRENTICE, SPACE HOBO.
@asshai wanted a pride flag icon of Ackmena, the bartender from the Star Wars Holiday Special, because she has just been made canon again in a short story from A Certain Point of View that mentions her having a wife and, listen,
nothing is funnier than the sentence “Bea Arthur’s character from the Star Wars Holiday Special is a lesbian” just being something you can SAY, AND BE ENTIRELY CORRECT, CANONICALLY
I did one with the regular rainbow pride flag too just to have options. thanks everyone.
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