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The teaser actually looks good but i have zero hope for this movie.

Aparently the han solo actor cant act and had to have dialog coaches on set every day to help him. On top of that, who cares? Do we really want to watch han play dice for a ship? Do you give a gak where he got his vest? This is the most inconsequential sw movie.

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Will not be surprised if this turns out better than the sequels.

Rewatching Rogue One made me realize that the sequels are missing some very key elements. The sets are overly pristine, Lucas wanted a used universe, there are minimal OT aliens (WTF are the Twi'leks?), and I'll admit that the First Order is a terribly cheap knock off of the Empire.


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 Lance845 wrote:
The teaser actually looks good but i have zero hope for this movie.

Aparently the han solo actor cant act and had to have dialog coaches on set every day to help him. On top of that, who cares? Do we really want to watch han play dice for a ship? Do you give a gak where he got his vest? This is the most inconsequential sw movie.


So far as I’m aware, that was a single, unsubstantiated ‘insider’ quote from a Clickbaor helll-hole?

   
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 trexmeyer wrote:
Will not be surprised if this turns out better than the sequels.

Rewatching Rogue One made me realize that the sequels are missing some very key elements. The sets are overly pristine, Lucas wanted a used universe, there are minimal OT aliens (WTF are the Twi'leks?), and I'll admit that the First Order is a terribly cheap knock off of the Empire.



Something that bothered me about the Sequels was the lack of aliens in the main cast besides Chewbacca. And yeah, what happened to the Twi'leks? Did they all die off or something?


As for the trailer? It looks alright. I'll probably go see it. I enjoyed all of the recent Star Wars movies even if I think story-wise they have... glaring issues.

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Why is the ship pointed? What is that nonsense extra bit that they've added to the front. Are they going to try and say that's what YT-1300 are meant to look like and that Han/Chewie modified it to remove that? Because we've seen other freighters like that in the prequels. They didn't have a pointy bit at the front.

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Why is the ship pointed? What is that nonsense extra bit that they've added to the front. Are they going to try and say that's what YT-1300 are meant to look like and that Han/Chewie modified it to remove that? Because we've seen other freighters like that in the prequels. They didn't have a pointy bit at the front.

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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Why is the ship pointed? What is that nonsense extra bit that they've added to the front. Are they going to try and say that's what YT-1300 are meant to look like and that Han/Chewie modified it to remove that? Because we've seen other freighters like that in the prequels. They didn't have a pointy bit at the front.

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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Why is the ship pointed? What is that nonsense extra bit that they've added to the front. Are they going to try and say that's what YT-1300 are meant to look like and that Han/Chewie modified it to remove that? Because we've seen other freighters like that in the prequels. They didn't have a pointy bit at the front.

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I'm starting to become more and more sceptical of Disney's Star Wars movies but you never know.... After all, most of us will probably just see it anyway. It's probably going to be more akin to Rogue one - just plenty of action and comedy. Nothing bad about that in my view for a few hours of mindless fun!
   
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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
 Lance845 wrote:
The teaser actually looks good but i have zero hope for this movie.

Aparently the han solo actor cant act and had to have dialog coaches on set every day to help him. On top of that, who cares? Do we really want to watch han play dice for a ship? Do you give a gak where he got his vest? This is the most inconsequential sw movie.


So far as I’m aware, that was a single, unsubstantiated ‘insider’ quote from a Clickbaor helll-hole?


My main Source is the Weekly Planet Pod Cast, who apparently have been getting stuff sent to them by people on the set. They say themselves that they can't say for sure that anything they hear is real, but I have also seen them be right way more often then wrong. The Solo movie has had tons of problems over the last year. Maybe they pull something good out of it. I doubt it.


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Regarding the "New" look for the Falcon.

YT-1300s are stated to be easily modified ships, and the Falcon itself is heavily modified. The cargo prongs on the Falcon, and many other YT-1300s, are probably a very common, but not universal, modification. Perhaps the Falcon will originally have had some other type of stuff on its nose, which Han later swapped out for cargo prongs because they were more useful.

Hell, maybe its an extended missile bay? Maybe the Falcon was previously fitted for more serious combat, and Han later ditched the extra tubes so he could haul more cargo? It would match some real world actions taken by real world merchant vessels in the 18th century, who sometimes skimped on cannons just so they could stuff some extra cargo on board.

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I'm keeping in mind that all the Disney SW trailers have been good.

   
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 Lance845 wrote:
 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
 Lance845 wrote:
The teaser actually looks good but i have zero hope for this movie.

Aparently the han solo actor cant act and had to have dialog coaches on set every day to help him. On top of that, who cares? Do we really want to watch han play dice for a ship? Do you give a gak where he got his vest? This is the most inconsequential sw movie.


So far as I’m aware, that was a single, unsubstantiated ‘insider’ quote from a Clickbaor helll-hole?


My main Source is the Weekly Planet Pod Cast, who apparently have been getting stuff sent to them by people on the set. They say themselves that they can't say for sure that anything they hear is real, but I have also seen them be right way more often then wrong. The Solo movie has had tons of problems over the last year. Maybe they pull something good out of it. I doubt it.


See, it’s that ‘apparently’ that bothers me. And that nowhere else seems to have picked up on the story.

It has had development problems - but if they’re willing to get shot of the creative leads, why not the lead actor? It’s happened in movies before and will happen again.

Not having a go at your reporting of it, just generally discussing.

   
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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
 Lance845 wrote:
 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

So far as I’m aware, that was a single, unsubstantiated ‘insider’ quote from a Clickbaor helll-hole?


My main Source is the Weekly Planet Pod Cast, who apparently have been getting stuff sent to them by people on the set. They say themselves that they can't say for sure that anything they hear is real, but I have also seen them be right way more often then wrong. The Solo movie has had tons of problems over the last year. Maybe they pull something good out of it. I doubt it.


See, it’s that ‘apparently’ that bothers me. And that nowhere else seems to have picked up on the story.

It has had development problems - but if they’re willing to get shot of the creative leads, why not the lead actor? It’s happened in movies before and will happen again.

Not having a go at your reporting of it, just generally discussing.


In defence of The Weekly Planet, they do tend to avoid clickbaity stuff and if they're passing on some info, it's usually because it's just what they've been told. Doesn't necessarily mean that it's correct, but they're not the sort to go round screaming 'Han Solo Is DOOOOOMED!!1!!' based on a couple of insider hints and articles. I have also heard the rumours about the issues with Alden Ehrenreich reported in a few other places, but I can't recall who was the first to break the story as things get passed round so quickly these days.

It's entirely possible all the talk of a dialogue coach on set might just be someone there just to make sure he gets the inflections/mannerisms exactly right, which makes sense when you consider that he's not just playing a role, he's playing an iconic role performed by someone else so the pressure's on to not just deliver a good performance but an accurate one. Hell, if I were playing Han Solo I'd sure as hell want someone on set to tell me I wasn't being stuck-up, scruffy-looking or Nerf-herdery enough...

It's entirely likely to be intent hyperbole, or just something lost in translation. I tend not to set too much store by this kind of 'report'... Remember that this time last year Wonder Woman was purportedly an utterly unwatchable mess, and turned out to do incredibly well critically and commercially.


As for this teaser, I'm withholding judgement until the whole trailer is out. This looks like a jumble of footage with no coherency, but that could just be because it's been crammed into 45 seconds. One thing that does leap out though is the music, I'm immediately not a huge fan of that. Much too 'Generic Trailer Music', not enough 'Star Wars' at first hearing.

 
   
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Yeah Weekly planet is the first to admit they are just a couple of idiots with no foot in any door. But they are HUGE and people in the biz apparently contact them a lot. Not that they can prove that or anything. It's just people emailing them.

THAT being said I hope the dog in storm trooper armor is real.


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We'll find out soon enough eh.

Yeah, I'm not getting the sense of dread that seems to be hanging about this one. A lot of folk seem to want it to be bad(the "there's only one Han Solo!" brigade), others think it's pointless and so seem to want an excuse to dislike it, others still seem to be putting a lot of stock in the whole "troubled production" rumours. The only even vaguely credible reason to be concerned is how cagey Disney have been with the marketing.

In the first case - meh. I like Alec Guinness Obi Wan, I like Ewan McGregor Obi Wan, I even like James Arnold Taylor Clone Wars Obi Wan. If Ehrenreich does a decent job as part of a decent story, I'll have two Han Solo's to like as well and don't see what the big deal is.

As for "pointless" - is it though? I don't see how, unless you're the kind of person who considers literally everything except the "main saga" movies pointless, in which case you're missing out on a whole lot of really cool Star Wars material for no good reason. Rogue One had the same accusations levelled against it, and frankly I think that was the best Star Wars movie Disney have made(and better than at least three that Lucas made); apart from Old Man Luke, I could take or leave both of the new "main saga" films, but I won't be rewatching the OT again without Rogue One added on at the start.

And speaking of Rogue One - it was also a "troubled production" with lots of rumours and director switching and reshoots, turned out great IMO. As Paradigm says Wonder Woman was the subject of similar rumours as well, and also turned out pretty great.

Of course, Bats v Supes and Justice League were both "troubled", and they came out if anything even worse than rumoured, so I suppose the only real point to make is that speculating based on "industry insider" rumours is fairly pointless given that a lot of the things that used to be cast-iron "warning signs" - like extensive reshoots - have just become part of standard filmmaking these days.

I hope it's good, but if I don't enjoy it, meh; it doesn't need to be a box office megahit, just not fail so badly that Disney stop making the anthology films.

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This just looked like Rogue one all over again. Trailer didn't grab me at all.




 
   
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What I'm interested to see is how well this handles being the first 'not actually linked to the main saga' movie - or indeed canonical tv show.

Think about it. Prequels, OT, NT, Rogue One, Clone Wars and Rebels, all interlinked from that one chain of events.

Solo? Well, he's not part of the Rebellion - arguably not properly so until the very end of ANH.

That's an opportunity to really delve into The Others of the galaxy - those on the fringes and that.

On the 'insider info' stuff. It's the language used in the report I read. Now to be fair, I've no idea of that was verbatim or paraphrasing, but it read far more like some sweaty nerd thrashing on the keyboard than someone actually involved in the project.

And hey, Rogue One had a troubled development too, and that turned into quite possibly the greatest Star Wars film to date.

   
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I had almost no interest in this beyond it being Star Wars.

My interest-o-meter has just ticked up one notch to 'eyebrow raised, go on, tell me more...'. So I guess the TV spot has done its job.

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 Riquende wrote:
I had almost no interest in this beyond it being Star Wars.

My interest-o-meter has just ticked up one notch to 'eyebrow raised, go on, tell me more...'. So I guess the TV spot has done its job.


I'd agree with that.

'Young Solo's origin' has, so far, been the 'do we really need to know this?' of the movies announced, just pipping Obi-Wan to the post.

But this has at least made me sit up and pay a modicum of attention.

   
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 Manchu wrote:
I'm keeping in mind that all the Disney SW trailers have been good.


Same here, but I can't lie. I do want to see how Han Solo became Han Solo.

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 LordofHats wrote:
 Manchu wrote:
I'm keeping in mind that all the Disney SW trailers have been good.


Same here, but I can't lie. I do want to see how Han Solo became Han Solo.


We already have. It's called A New Hope.

We see a slimeball of a character who kills a man across a table to get out of a bad deal. And watch him develop into a loyal man who gets into trouble to save his friends.

It was a good arc, we didn't need to see him before that.

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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
What I'm interested to see is how well this handles being the first 'not actually linked to the main saga' movie - or indeed canonical tv show.

Think about it. Prequels, OT, NT, Rogue One, Clone Wars and Rebels, all interlinked from that one chain of events.

Solo? Well, he's not part of the Rebellion - arguably not properly so until the very end of ANH.

That's an opportunity to really delve into The Others of the galaxy - those on the fringes and that. .


Of course, it's entirely possible they'll work this into the central events somehow. He might unwittingly end up hauling Kyber Crystals for The Empire, or smuggling some 'refugees' that actually rebel spies (Cassian/K2 cameo, anyone?) or something of that ilk. Now I definitely don't fancy that, I'd rather avoid any Imperial entanglements and have a story of Space Pirates, Space Cowboys and Space Gangsters, but with the Empire involved at least to some degree (and yet another custom TIE design on show! ) it's possible they will tie it into the ongoing narrative.

Han does need to be an utter bastard in this though. To end up where he ends up at the start of ANH, he can't be too much of a good guy here.

 
   
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Looks ok, nothing special

Can;t be worse than the Last Jedi - really It can't can it?

I like the Starship Trooper esque Imperial recruiting

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 Paradigm wrote:
 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
What I'm interested to see is how well this handles being the first 'not actually linked to the main saga' movie - or indeed canonical tv show.

Think about it. Prequels, OT, NT, Rogue One, Clone Wars and Rebels, all interlinked from that one chain of events.

Solo? Well, he's not part of the Rebellion - arguably not properly so until the very end of ANH.

That's an opportunity to really delve into The Others of the galaxy - those on the fringes and that. .


Of course, it's entirely possible they'll work this into the central events somehow. He might unwittingly end up hauling Kyber Crystals for The Empire, or smuggling some 'refugees' that actually rebel spies (Cassian/K2 cameo, anyone?) or something of that ilk. Now I definitely don't fancy that, I'd rather avoid any Imperial entanglements and have a story of Space Pirates, Space Cowboys and Space Gangsters, but with the Empire involved at least to some degree (and yet another custom TIE design on show! ) it's possible they will tie it into the ongoing narrative.

Han does need to be an utter bastard in this though. To end up where he ends up at the start of ANH, he can't be too much of a good guy here.


The Empire will inevitably end up involved if only because Han starting out as a cadet at the Imperial Academy has always been a core part of his background. The Trailer at least to me seems to suggest the film will start at that point or reflect on it in telling the story.

   
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On the one hand, I'm trying to let the past die, killing it if I have to, but on the other, I'm kinda looking forward to this one too.

What to do?!?

I'll probably go see it, but maybe not, if the reviews are saying it is awful.

   
 
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