Solo: A Star Wars Story

[Rorywan]

Is that Bill Cosby with irishJedi?

That's a name I haven't heard in a very long time..

 

[xipotec]

Two Lucas characters, an Abrams character, an Edwards character, and a Howard character. Poor RJ, lol.

So lets play a game.....

Lets assume Rose’s character is still the optimistic fighter , who believes in the rebellion and now leads the troops into battle.

And they redo her look to include the “sexy” SW gals we have gotten for the most part.....
Would she suddenly be more tolerable

Search your feelings....

Sent from the inside of a giant slug in outer space.....

 

[punisher1974]

Two Lucas characters, an Abrams character, an Edwards character, and a Howard character. Poor RJ, lol.

Imagine purple hair and bird beak getting it on.

 

[screamingmetal]

I finally got a chance to see this, yeah it was alright.
Alden was good as Han. Chewie didn't annoy me with too much groaning as he could potentially. I liked the little monkey dude. The romance between Han and Qira was done well. The train heist and Kessel Run were great. Loved Tobias Beckett. The ending was satisfying.
That said... The pacing was off, there was too much story in the beginning to allow us to get to know and like Han, this should've started with Han in the Imperial Navy and leave the Qira stuff to a flashback with Han wanting to get back to his girl. I hate Lando and everything he did in this movie, Donglover was the wrong choice. So many characters died, and yet the most emotion came from Lando with his dead washing machine (Val who?). L337 was -cking annoying as hell. The blunt forced in Robot rights bulls did not feel like Star Wars. There was a bit too much music. The voice acting from aliens and background characters needed to be toned down a bit, it was borderline cartoony. The card game scenes felt rushed. Dryden Vos was a week villain. The Enfys Nest character and gang were a let down. And Mechcanoleg Darth Maul being made cannon- F' NO.

Yeah this was not bad or good, just alright.
$2 well spent.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Stopped reading at Donald Glover being the wrong choice for Lando.

 

[screamingmetal]

Stopped reading at Donald Glover being the wrong choice for Lando.

Billy D. Williams had actual swagger, he was believable as Lando. Donglover was just pretending.

 

[jedijim3002]

Billy D told Glover to make the character his own. He did that. He portrayed Lando as being more concerned about losing his wardrobe and hardware than about other beings lives.

Great job.

 

[xipotec]

Billy D told Glover to make the character his own. He did that. He portrayed Lando as being more concerned about losing his wardrobe and hardware than about other beings lives.

Great job.

Yeah kinda like ESB?


Sent from the inside of a giant slug in outer space.....

 

[jedijim3002]

Yeah kinda like ESB?


Sent from the inside of a giant slug in outer space.....

Explain?

 

[xipotec]

Well Lando is more concerned with his place and his people than Han and The rebels....

Of he was a caring person at the end of Solo it wouldn’t have made any sense to have him betray Han and Leia in ESB?

He clearly was obsessed with himself in ESB also?


Sent from the inside of a giant slug in outer space.....

 

[YoNoSe]

Lando got his own problems.

 

[theuzi9mm]

I finally got a chance to see this, yeah it was alright.
Alden was good as Han. Chewie didn't annoy me with too much groaning as he could potentially. I liked the little monkey dude. The romance between Han and Qira was done well. The train heist and Kessel Run were great. Loved Tobias Beckett. The ending was satisfying.
That said... The pacing was off, there was too much story in the beginning to allow us to get to know and like Han, this should've started with Han in the Imperial Navy and leave the Qira stuff to a flashback with Han wanting to get back to his girl. I hate Lando and everything he did in this movie, Donglover was the wrong choice. So many characters died, and yet the most emotion came from Lando with his dead washing machine (Val who?). L337 was -cking annoying as hell. The blunt forced in Robot rights bulls did not feel like Star Wars. There was a bit too much music. The voice acting from aliens and background characters needed to be toned down a bit, it was borderline cartoony. The card game scenes felt rushed. Dryden Vos was a week villain. The Enfys Nest character and gang were a let down. And Mechcanoleg Darth Maul being made cannon- F' NO.

Yeah this was not bad or good, just alright.
$2 well spent.

I too recently finally got around to watching it. Many thoughts I had are similar. I also felt the pacing was off and movie overall was a bit long, could have shaved 20 mins for sure I think. The thing I'm wondering is, if the cameo with Maul is pre-episode I, then Han would have to be in his 50's by the time ANH rolls around right? I never thought he was in his 50's during the original trilogy. So personally I could have dispensed with the Maul cameo, it literally did nothing to the overall movie imho.

I'd rate it a solid 7.5/10, enjoyable, Rogue One still being better, but Solo by far better than TLJ.....

 

[Prime Clone]

could have shaved 20 mins for sure I think.

Yes, get rid of the unnecessary 'splaining and fan service.

The thing I'm wondering is, if the cameo with Maul is pre-episode I, then Han would have to be in his 50's by the time ANH rolls around right? I never thought he was in his 50's during the original trilogy.

No, the cameo is post-PT. Maul has been resurrected with robotic legs (as seen in TCW).

 

[screamingmetal]

I too recently finally got around to watching it. Many thoughts I had are similar. I also felt the pacing was off and movie overall was a bit long, could have shaved 20 mins for sure I think. The thing I'm wondering is, if the cameo with Maul is pre-episode I, then Han would have to be in his 50's by the time ANH rolls around right? I never thought he was in his 50's during the original trilogy. So personally I could have dispensed with the Maul cameo, it literally did nothing to the overall movie imho.

I'd rate it a solid 7.5/10, enjoyable, Rogue One still being better, but Solo by far better than TLJ.....

Solo takes place after Ep.1 (Phantom Menace) 6 years following Ep.3 (Revenge of the Sith) and before Ep.4 (A New Hope) which takes place 19 years after Ep.3. Han was about 16 y/o at the start of Solo and about 19 y/o at the end. That would make Han 28 in Ep.4 even though Harrison Ford was 33 at the time.

 

[loki2371]

Solo takes place after Ep.1 (Phantom Menace) 6 years following Ep.3 (Revenge of the Sith) and before Ep.4 (A New Hope) which takes place 19 years after Ep.3. Han was about 16 y/o at the start of Solo and about 19 y/o at the end. That would make Han 28 in Ep.4 even though Harrison Ford was 33 at the time.

I believe your off a bit. He is 19 at the beginning of Solo and about 22 at the end. If the below sites are correct.

https://screenrant.com/solo-movie-star-wars-timeline-han-age/

https://www.yodasdatapad.com/ages.html

 

[Star-Crunch]

I can’t believe people thought this took place before TPM

 

[theuzi9mm]

Yes, get rid of the unnecessary 'splaining and fan service.






No, the cameo is post-PT. Maul has been resurrected with robotic legs (as seen in TCW).

Ah, I'd only heard about that aspect, as I don't watch the cartoons, didn't know it was considered canon, thought it was fan ficiton.

I can’t believe people thought this took place before TPM

I don't watch the cartoons and don't know, how else am I to infer it, if you take the movie(s) at face value? So you're hit with Maul, and last time you saw him, he was tumbling down a shaft after being cut in half, and here he is talking to Qu'ira at the end of Solo. If they wanted to make sure you didn't get confused, they could have showed his robo-legs.

I still think it was a cheap and useless tie-in to use Maul....

 

[a-dev]

Stormtroopers, TIE fighters, Star Destroyers - the Empire. Thus post-PT.

 

[Star-Crunch]

Stormtroopers, TIE fighters, Star Destroyers - the Empire. Thus post-PT.

 

[Prime Clone]

Ah, I'd only heard about that aspect, as I don't watch the cartoons, didn't know it was considered canon, thought it was fan ficiton.



I don't watch the cartoons and don't know, how else am I to infer it, if you take the movie(s) at face value? So you're hit with Maul, and last time you saw him, he was tumbling down a shaft after being cut in half, and here he is talking to Qu'ira at the end of Solo. If they wanted to make sure you didn't get confused, they could have showed his robo-legs.

I still think it was a cheap and useless tie-in to use Maul....

Agreed. While the writers theoretically should be able to call on anything available in the canon, the reality is the vast moviegoing public wasn't aware of Maul's return, and it just confused them.