How Solo: A Star Wars Story Could've Been Great
The Star Wars franchise does a great deal of work to make its galaxy far away feel impossibly big, varied, and interesting. Unfortunately, on the rare occasions that the franchise does try something with characters outside the all-important Skywalker bloodline, the fanbase is less than eager to reward them.
Solo: A Star Wars Story dropped at an unusual moment in the franchise. Immediately after the difficult mess of Rogue One, its failure allowed the change in direction that gave fans The Mandalorian. Even though the result was a net positive, it's still tragic to see an interesting idea hit a brick wall and go down in history as a failure.
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Most who saw Solo heard some of the unfortunate details of its production. Most know that the film was originally set to be directed by beloved comedy duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and featuresd a script by Empire Strikes Back screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. The duo supposedly misunderstood what Disney wanted from them, crafting the film as a rollicking comedy and often deviating from Lawrence Kasdan's script. Lord and Miller came to see Kasdan as an overly controlling force and had disagreements with the studio. The duo left the project, leaving Ron Howard to take over. Howard reportedly reshot over two-thirds of the film, resulting in the version that made it to the big screen. With that troubled production, it's shocking that the film came out in any way decent.
There are plenty of good things about Solo. Several of the performances are excellent, a few of the chase scenes are great, and much of the Han and Chewie buddy stuff is fun. The film's weaknesses are fairly common in franchise media. Where it tries to
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