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Solo: A Star Wars Story

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Solo

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Drewton said:
More like three months.

Unpopular opinion: an Obi-Wan movie in-between III and IV would be more useless and unnecessary than a Han Solo movie. People want it mainly for more Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan I guess.
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NONE of these Star Wars Stories/prequels/movies squished between trilogies are good ideas so far. Like, you've got this endless universe to play with....why not create some fucking new characters and stories and explore new themes?

Instead it's just pandering to nostalgia so far. ANH prequel with Vader? Check. Young Han Solo? Check. Obi-Wan between trilogies? Seemingly just a matter of time until that box is checked too.
 
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Surfinn

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TheOfficeMut said:
Maybe they can start establishing May as the month for side stories instead of mainline films?
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But I don't get what difference this makes

Solo said:
NONE of these Star Wars Stories/prequels/movies squished between trilogies are good ideas so far. Like, you've got this endless universe to play with....why not create some fucking new characters and stories and explore new themes?

Instead it's just pandering to nostalgia so far. ANH prequel with Vader? Check. Young Han Solo? Check. Obi-Wan between trilogies? Seemingly just a matter of time until that box is checked too.
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I do believe we will start getting brand new stories after the first few are pumped out. But yeah, I can understand some of the frustration here.

In all fairness, Rogue One was somewhat of a hybrid and that turned out good (I thought anyway). It had brand new characters and explored other stuff that wasn't just the Death Star (ie Jedha)
 
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Fancyarcher

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Solo a Star Wars title. That's an inspirational amazing title if I ever saw it. It's the first solo Star Wars spin-off film. Get it? (It's okay though, I guess).

Boke1879 said:
Seems like people have made their mind up before they've seen any footage.
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Welcome to the internet, where people overract if a film has some serious production woes / change in director. It's doomed.

Solo said:
NONE of these Star Wars Stories/prequels/movies squished between trilogies are good ideas so far. Like, you've got this endless universe to play with....why not create some fucking new characters and stories and explore new themes?

Instead it's just pandering to nostalgia so far. ANH prequel with Vader? Check. Young Han Solo? Check. Obi-Wan between trilogies? Seemingly just a matter of time until that box is checked too.
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Doesn't matter. There's potential to be made with these Star Wars film, and Disney will milk the brand for as long as they can. Rogue One was of course a success, they have no reason not to continue making more.
 
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Deaf Spacker

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My friend has worked on this, naturally I cannot repeat what he said exactly but the term 'cash grab' was uttered and not in a positive way.
 
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Fudgepuppy

Banned
SpaceWolf said:
I mean, hasn't it finished shooting?
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TLJ finished its principal photography in July, 2016, with a December 2017 release date.

Yeah, Rogue One was cutting it pretty close since they had the reshoots and stuff, but the principal photography of that movie ended a lot earlier than when they did the reshoots in July 2016.

All in all, yeah they can make it, but usually with effects driven movies, you want around a year of post production.
 
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Fisty

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Deaf Spacker said:
My friend has worked on this, naturally I cannot repeat what he said exactly but the term 'cash grab' was uttered and not in a positive way.
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Well, Disney spent a ton of money and the series is a marketing/licensing team's wet dream come true. I honestly believe selling to Disney was a final middle finger from Lucas after all the bullshit the fans put him through.
 
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LumpOfCole

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Han says goodbye to Lando at the end of the film, shaking his hand with a smile.

Han grins quite Disneyly, nodding to Lando in approval of their success in their recent marketable adventures. “I guess it was inevitable. It’s time for us to go our separate ways.”

“I guess that’s why they call you.. Solo.”

Music swells, Han smiles to the camera as if looking straight to both the audience and to the trailer’s editing team. In the background, Chewbacca is seen leaning against the Millenium Falcon. Chewbacca gives off his trademarked roar.

Han looks back to Chewbacca and the Falcon. “Well, I guess I won’t be so Solo after all.”

Pan out shot of Han walking to the Falcon, putting his arm over Chewbacca’s shoulder as they step into the Falcon. Lando is seen saluting the Falcon. The camera lingers for 4 seconds longer while the music swells again. Credits.
 
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DonShula

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Can’t wait for the first trailer to drop, followed by a bunch of “well that didn’t look so bad,” followed by one or two positive rumors snowballing into intense hype for a movie everyone is currently expecting to tank.
 
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CopperPuppy

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SpaceWolf said:
Always found Emilia Clarke to be an extremely poor actress. Otherwise, the cast is serviceable, certainly elevated by Harrelson and Newton.
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Eh, I don't know about that. She's been written incredibly poorly, and particularly so since they finished up her AGOT Blood of the Dragon material. I frankly think that's mostly to blame for her often wooden performance. I look forward to seeing her role in this.
 
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CopperPuppy

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Fisty said:
I honestly believe selling to Disney was a final middle finger from Lucas after all the bullshit the fans put him through.
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Starphanluke

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Deaf Spacker said:
My friend has worked on this, naturally I cannot repeat what he said exactly but the term 'cash grab' was uttered and not in a positive way.
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Well it must be true then!

Fisty said:
Well, Disney spent a ton of money and the series is a marketing/licensing team's wet dream come true. I honestly believe selling to Disney was a final middle finger from Lucas after all the bullshit the fans put him through.
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Yeah, he really got us! Two critically and commercially acclaimed movies in and he's just sitting back laughing at our misery.


Also, literally every blockbuster ever made is a "cash grab." This industry is a business, just like all others. Of course Lucasfilm is going to make movies of characters it knows audiences like. The hostility towards this film when we know next to nothing about it is so damn strange.
 
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Surfinn

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Fisty said:
Well, Disney spent a ton of money and the series is a marketing/licensing team's wet dream come true. I honestly believe selling to Disney was a final middle finger from Lucas after all the bullshit the fans put him through.
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Except

That's what most of the fans wanted
 
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Einchy

semen stains the mountaintops
Fisty said:
Well, Disney spent a ton of money and the series is a marketing/licensing team's wet dream come true. I honestly believe selling to Disney was a final middle finger from Lucas after all the bullshit the fans put him through.
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Lucas: Fuck you, fans!

*Disney cleans up the universe and releases two films that have been both critical and finacial successs*

Lucas: that backfired harder than the entire PT
 
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Surfinn

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Einchy said:
Lucas: Fuck you, fans!

*Disney cleans up the universe and releases two films that have been both critical and finacial successs*

Lucas: that backfired harder than the entire PT
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If that's true

Looks like he still has the art of backfiring perfected

Syraxith said:
Will this be better or worse than Episode 1? Place your bets!



It's okay, the casting could have been better though.
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I'm pretty confident no future SW movie will ever be as bad as EP1-3
 
Voidwolf

Voidwolf

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LumpOfCole said:
Han says goodbye to Lando at the end of the film, shaking his hand with a smile.

Han grins quite Disneyly, nodding to Lando in approval of their success in their recent marketable adventures. ”I guess it was inevitable. It's time for us to go our separate ways."

”I guess that's why they call you.. Solo."

Music swells, Han smiles to the camera as if looking straight to both the audience and to the trailer's editing team. In the background, Chewbacca is seen leaning against the Millenium Falcon. Chewbacca gives off his trademarked roar.

Han looks back to Chewbacca and the Falcon. ”Well, I guess I won't be so Solo after all."

Pan out shot of Han walking to the Falcon, putting his arm over Chewbacca's shoulder as they step into the Falcon. Lando is seen saluting the Falcon. The camera lingers for 4 seconds longer while the music swells again. Credits.
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"C'mon, Chewie, I'll let you take the main controls this time. Just try not to fly.. so low.
 
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SpaceWolf

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CopperPuppy said:
Eh, I don't know about that. She's been written incredibly poorly, and particularly so since they finished up her AGOT Blood of the Dragon material. I frankly think that's mostly to blame for her often wooden performance. I look forward to seeing her role in this.
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For the record, I haven't got around to watching the latest season of GOT, so maybe she's much better in that. But in terms of her film roles and past acting work on GOT, I just find her incredibly lacking as an actress.
 
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Surfinn

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SpaceWolf said:
For the record, I haven't got around to watching the latest season of GOT, so maybe she's much better in that. But in terms of her film roles and past acting work on GOT, I just find her incredibly lacking as an actress.
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She is fucking awesome in it
 
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SpaceWolf

Banned
Ristifer said:
You didn't exactly sell me the "eh" comment by only saying Clarke was bad.

The cast is fairly solid.
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With the "Eh" comment, I was voicing my concern that the cast wasn't particularly noteworthy or standout in that particular regard, not asserting that every actor involved was actively Tommy Wiseu tier in terms of their thespian staying power.

Surfinn said:
She is fucking awesome in it
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Blimey.
 
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Experien

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Solo said:
NONE of these Star Wars Stories/prequels/movies squished between trilogies are good ideas so far. Like, you've got this endless universe to play with....why not create some fucking new characters and stories and explore new themes?

Instead it's just pandering to nostalgia so far. ANH prequel with Vader? Check. Young Han Solo? Check. Obi-Wan between trilogies? Seemingly just a matter of time until that box is checked too.
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welcome to Disney
 
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Blader

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Experien said:
And who owns Lucasfilm? And who is making all the Star Wars movie decisions? And who stepped in to change direction of the movie and get a new director?
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Kathleen Kennedy, the president of Lucasfilm, made these decisions. She hires the directors and she fires the directors. Bob Iger just wants the movies out by a certain date.
 
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Blader

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tbh, of everything I've read, the division that Iger seems most personally invested in managing is ESPN.

There's frankly no reason for Disney to micromanage Lucasfilm, Marvel, or Pixar because these are all already-successful companies!
 
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TankUP

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A whole thread of people trying to outdo each other on toxic negativity about a move they know literally nothing about.

Cool, I'm out. I prefer to judge films after I've watched them, so obviously I don't fit in here.
 
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Surfinn

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TankUP said:
A whole thread of people trying to outdo each other on toxic negativity about a move they know literally nothing about.

Cool, I'm out. I prefer to judge films after I've watched them, so obviously I don't fit in here.
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Star Wars brings it out in people
 
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DeathyBoy

Banned
Busty said:
This is how I predict this will go...,

1) Online critics see the film and proclaim "It's the best Star Wars film since Empire.., "

2) Everyone else goes and sees the film and gives it a collective shrug of the shoulders.

3) Star Wars fans feel the critical backlash and begin lashing out at anyone and everyone online.

4) You thought Marvel vs DC was bad? That's nothing. Begun, the Star Wars vs Everyone flame wars have.

*Inception gong*
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Except most people not on Gaf liked TFA. It's this forum that's full of people who don't know what a Mary Sue is.
 
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Surfinn

Member
Busty said:
This is how I predict this will go...,

1) Online critics see the film and proclaim "It's the best Star Wars film since Empire.., "

2) Everyone else goes and sees the film and gives it a collective shrug of the shoulders.

3) Star Wars fans feel the critical backlash and begin lashing out at anyone and everyone online.

4) You thought Marvel vs DC was bad? That's nothing. Begun, the Star Wars vs Everyone flame wars have.

*Inception gong*
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Based on..
 
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Fisty

Member
Einchy said:
Lucas: Fuck you, fans!

*Disney cleans up the universe and releases two films that have been both critical and finacial successs*

Lucas: that backfired harder than the entire PT
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Eventually Disney will have to make a movie without all the characters, iconography, and story structure that Lucas already gave us.
 
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