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Han Solo, is the space outlaw made famous by Harrison Ford ever since the first blockbuster STAR WARS wowed the world is. It would be a treat for Star Wars fans if Ford made an appearance in this movie.
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY is the second of the Star Wars anthology films following ROGUE ONE in 2016. The film is a stand-alone instalment set prior to the events of A NEW HOPE. As the title implies, the film follows the adventures of the beginnings of Solo (played this time around by a younger Alden Ehrenreich) before he joins forces with Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker. The film is written by Lawrence and Jonathan Kasdan and directed by Ron Howard taking over the direction after Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were let go owing what the studio cited as ‘artistic differences’. Lord and Miller are still credited as executive producers.
A good exercise watching the film would be to guess which section was directed by Lord and Miller and which were taken over by Howard. The former made the crazy LEGO MOVIE, which might have been too much for the Star Wars franchise.
The film opens with young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) fighting for survival on a desolate planet while having the dream of becoming a pilot to fly his ship among the stars. But first he has to get out of the hell hole. He and his love, Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke) attempt to but she is captured at the last minute, Solo escaping promising to return to the planet to save her. This opening escape sequence (with the introduction of great sets, odd creatures and stunning alien landscape) is done really well and sets up the stage for an exciting film, which fortunately director Howard delivers. The story goes on to Solo meeting with a master criminal, Beckett (Woody Harrelson) who becomes Solo’s mentor. They eventually embark on a task to aid Master Criminal Dryden Vos (Paul Bettany) steal prized fuel from a distant planet. Along the way, other new characters are introduced including Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo), Solo’s Wookiee sidekick and best friend.
The film introduces new terms like gravity well, hyper fuel, Crimson Dawn just to list a few. The film reveals (good for Star Wars paraphernalia) how Han Solo got his name, how he and Chewbacca originally met and how he got his first starship to fly.
Alden Ehrenreich, a star in the making, creates an excellent Han Solo, the new super young action hero, the space outlaw who will gradually grow into Harrison Ford in the later films. The other new actors like Clarke and Donald Golver as Lando Calrissian also prove their worth standing besides veterans like Harrelson and Bettany.
The film contains all the elements of a good action movie – betrayal, love, sacrifice and exciting action set-pieces. There is the classic climatic fight between hero (Solo) and villain, Dryden. The ending includes both a plot twist and a western-like showdown.
SOLO: A STAR WARS film turns out to be another solid action space western in the Star Wars franchise, another winner for director Ron Howard, translating to lots of money for Disney studios.
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