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Alden Ehrenreich Cast As Young Han Solo

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There is already the Han Solo trilogy books from the old EU book series that is no longer relevant now that Disney has taken over. But it gives a taste of what a young Han Solo movie could be about..

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Paradise_Snare
Publisher's summary
Han Solo was a child without a past, a Corellian street urchin, abandoned, foraging for scraps of food, when the cruel Garris Shrike whisked him away to a nomadic band of spacefaring criminals. Now, years later, Han fights his way free. His goal: to become an Imperial Navy pilot. But first he needs hand-on experience flying spacecraft, and for that he takes a job on the planet Ylesia—a steaming world of religious fanaticism, illicit drugs, and alluring sensuality…where dreams are destroyed and escape is impossible.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Hutt_Gambit
Publisher's summary
Once one of the Academy's brightest stars, Han Solo is now a fugitive from the Imperial Navy. But he has made a valuable friend in a former Wookiee slave named Chewbacca, who has sworn Han a life debt. Han will need all the help he can get. For the Ylesian Hutts have dispatched the dreaded bounty hunter Boba Fett to track down the man who already outsmarted them once. But Han and Chewie find themselves in even bigger trouble when they agree to lend their services to crime lords Jiliac and Jabba the Hutts. Suddenly the two smugglers are thrust into the middle of a battle between the might of the Empire and the treachery of their outlaw allies…a battle where even victory means death!

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rebel_Dawn
Publisher's summary
The Millennium Falcon is "the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy." So when Han Solo wins it in a game of sabacc, he and Chewbacca become kings of the smugglers—uncatchable and unstoppable. But with the Empire clamping down, Han knows his luck can't last. Still, when an old girlfriend who is now the leader of an insurgent Rebel group offers him a shot at an incredible fortune, Han can't resist. The plan seems a sure thing. The resistance will be light and the take enormous. Han and his friends will divide it equally with the Rebels. Too bad for Han that the planet of Ylesia is far from a pushover, that the Rebels have an agenda of their own, and that smuggler friends can often turn into enemies…quicker than lightspeed.
 
Much rather than an origin story, i wouldn't mind the movie being about that one time where Han Solo sacrificed his (Jabba's) cargo to save his own ass, which resulted in his huge debt, which is what pushes him into accepting Obi-Wan's rather shady offer in ANH.
 
Much rather than an origin story, i wouldn't mind the movie being about that one time where Han Solo sacrificed his (Jabba's) cargo to save his own ass, which resulted in his huge debt, which is what pushes him into accepting Obi-Wan's rather shady offer in ANH.

Kasdan's already confirmed it won't be an origin story. It sounds like it'll just be a glimpse at one of his adventures a decade or so before ANH.

Speaking about the story, the writer said the film won’t be an origins story for the character as Solo’s persona changes all the time, and going back to the beginning would be telling the story of a completely different person.

“It will not be, 'Here’s where he was born and this is how he was raised.' I think what it will be is what was he like 10 years earlier—maybe a little earlier, you’ll get a glimpse.”
 
Alden Ehrenreich is a really talented actor (loved him in Francis Ford Coppola 'Tetro'), so I'm definitely a fan of the casting choice - but still a bit lukewarm on the idea of a young Han Solo film. Disney seems to know what they're doing though.
 
Is that guy talented, though? Aside from being able to do an okay Harrison Ford impression, I mean.

I also think it'd be a huge mistake on their part to try and get an actor to do a Harrison Ford impression, anyway. At most you'd probably want to reference some Harrison Ford-esque shit like his crooked smile and his pointing.

Looks like Harrison Ford.
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Doesn't look like Harrison Ford.
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I worry that this will pull a Superman Returns, where Brandon Routh didn't play Clark/Superman, rather he played Christopher Reeve playing them.
 
I really don't give a shit about young Han Solo. Hope it'll be good but I'd rather they focus on other characters outside the core crew.
 
How old was Harrison in A New Hope? This kid looks as old as he was then. Not sure how this is going to work unless they say he's 13.
 
Disney has managed to make me unexcited about two upcoming Star Wars movies already. Quite impressive.

(nothing to do with casting)

and all that by, so far, releasing 1 movie, that most consider to be really really good. quite impressive.
if anything, people should be giving Disney the benefit of the doubt.

How old was Harrison in A New Hope? This kid looks as old as he was then. Not sure how this is going to work unless they say he's 13.

29 (in unofficial 'legends' canon)
 
They do a fantastic job introducing 3 new main players to the Star Wars universe, most people like them a lot, and they still don't have confidence to just leave the iconic characters alone.
 
Looks like Harrison Ford.
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Doesn't look like Harrison Ford.
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They decided to choose the best person who can act like Harrison Ford (which is more than just recreating previous scenes he did) over someone who looks like him. Sucks, but if he's as good, we'll get used to him. They're gonna do this for Leia and Luke eventually too, and start making movies with that trio again I bet. I'd love to see post-Jedi stuff.
 
Most people in this thread have already spoken my thoughts. I'll just echo in here and say fuck prequels in general. I hate how the franchise wants to keep going to the past; characters are dead, revelations have been made, romantic threads have been settled... So the idea of a swashbuckling adventure without lightsabers seems like the antithesis of what Star Wars is all about; the idea of devolving Han Solo to a bachelor like Starlord kinda removes the impact of his ties with Leia right? I mean, Han Solo's only theme song in the franchise is dedicated to both him and the Princess...

This is the worst idea of all time. It screams fanboyism with zero regard to the audiences at large.
 
I'm still not really on-board with this movie, at all. Feels like the definition of cash-grab.

This

He looks nothing like 70's era Han Solo, does he even have the Harrison Ford voice ? :=/

This is like a reverse reboot/prequel in the worst possible way and it will need to have an awfully good script to be worth anyones time.
 
and all that by, so far, releasing 1 movie, that most consider to be really really good. quite impressive.
if anything, people should be giving Disney the benefit of the doubt.

I will give them the benefit of the doubt by watching the spin-offs. That doesn't change the fact that one sounds bad on paper, and the other had an underwhelming trailer.

Everything about TFA sounded and looked great from the moment it was announced.
 
I like the actor but still have no interest in this film. Feels weird not feeling any hype for a Star Wars film. I still got hyped for the prequels after the first one sucked.
 
I don't think I could handle another scene with Han Solo let alone another movie. They got a pass with old characters and aspects for The Force Awakens, I want new things now.
 
People cramming for Anthony Ingruber need to realize that just because he looks and sounds like Ford, doesn't mean he has the charisma or acting talent to pull it off.
 
I don't understand what makes a Han Solo spin-off movie 'sound bad', but an Obi-Wan movie sound good. Even more so when you consider that Obi-Wan's entire story has been charted out on film already.
 
Huge mistake, I just watched Hail Caesar last weekend and the kid can't act for shit. Doesn't follow stage directions, let alone gets through his lines all right.
 
Do people really want a young Han Solo film?

I don't think so. I've never once in all my years in Star Wars fandom, following the old Expanded Universe (games, comics, novels, etc), etc encountered, anywhere, any call for a young Han Solo film or content in general. Post-ROTJ films with the characters? Yes. There's never been any desire to see the OT characters before A New Hope. None. That's why there really is only that one trilogy of books about Han Solo that released back in the 80s I think and no really cares about them. There was plenty of time for the novels to provide content but they never did because there was no desire for. Dropping some anecdotes about Hans' past once in a while was enough.

This whole Han Solo film is Disney pushing a product where no demand for it actually exist or ever existed. Now there has been demand to know more about what Obi-wan was doing, especially after the prequels ended. Or how Vader hunted down the Jedi. That's really been the only demand for content between the prequels and before A New Hope that I've ever seen over the years.

I still don't understand why Rogue One isn't post-Return of the Jedi. I don't get why they're pushing a young Han Solo film either.
 
Everytime this comes up, my response is the same. Seriously, who the fuck asked for this? Literally, in my entire 33 years of talkiny about Star Wars with others, no one has asked for this.
 
Ewan is right there, saying he's more than up for it! He deserves a fantastic Obi-Wan movie.

Hell, Ewan was making his own lightsaber sounds while they were filming to the point Lucas told him to stop doing that. He's more than willing to do whatever for Star Wars/Obi Wan.
 
Cash grab or not, I love the Star Wars universe and am ready to enjoy everything Disney throws at me.

Disney seems to know what they're doing though.

Disney has managed to make me unexcited about two upcoming Star Wars movies already.

if anything, people should be giving Disney the benefit of the doubt.)

Lucasfilm.

Disney isn't doing anything but releasing the movies Lucasfilm makes.

Thats not how you spell Anthony Ingruber

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Lucasfilm.

Disney isn't doing anything but releasing the movies Lucasfilm makes.



C-A-N-T A-C-T

This doesn't seem like a Lucasfilm push though. They'd know there isn't really a demand for this. It makes more sense that Disney would want to capitalize on the popularity of Han Solo as he's the most popularity out of the OT. Misunderstanding though that a large part of that is because of Harrison Ford himself. That's who people picture when they think about the characters, read about, etc. It's why the novels kept using the likenesses of Ford, Hamill, and Fisher by either aging them or even deaging them if they did stories during the OT or right after it.
 
This doesn't seem like a Lucasfilm push though

It is.

We talked about it upthread already.

People did this same thing with Marvel and then, at some point, decided not to (or forgot) to do it anymore. For whatever reason, this isn't happening with Lucasfilm. With Lucasfilm, everyone seems dead set on finding ways to make it so Lucasfilm is getting sockpuppeted by "Disney," even though there's no real understanding as to how either Lucasfilm or Disney is operating, or who at Disney is going to make Kathleen Kennedy do something she doesn't want to do.
 
I wonder if they'll make any subtle tweaks to him digitally to reinforce a young Harrison Ford look.

Anyways, I'm still not really looking forward to this.. but fingers crossed it delivers.
 
I'm not overly-hyped for this movie, but you guys saying he doesn't look the part without seeing him in costume, makeup, etc. are really jumping the gun here.

I have complete faith in Lord + Miller. This is probably going to end up bein' gud.
 
Of all the actors that were mentioned, he was by far the best choice.

Not convinced I want to see a young Han movie though.
 
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