Phil Lord And Chris Miller Open Up About Solo: A Star Wars Story Firing

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It's fascinating to look back at milestone moments in the history of one's favorite media and think about how things might have been different if just one solitary aspect had changed. What if Marcia Lucas didn't utilize her masterful editing skills to reign in George in the original Star Wars trilogy? What if Nicolas Cage actually did play Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings? What if Nicolas Cage also played Superman? Really, there are a surprising number of Cage-related hypotheticals in this subject.

But one possibility that has floated through the minds of many Star Wars fans in the past 6 years is just how different Solo: A Star Wars Story might have been if its original directors hadn't been unceremoniously dumped and replaced with Ron Howard? Luckily, those same directors, the much sought-after Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, have now broken their silence regarding that whole situation. Just what does this famous directing team think about such an infamous point in both their careers and the history of Star Wars?

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Surprisingly, they're pretty chill about it. Speaking with The Business podcast in a recent episode, Lord and Miller seemed to focus on the good things they accomplished rather than what they didn't. The directing team, who is currently busy with several projects like the Apple TV Plus series The Afterparty and an upcoming HBO Max revival of Clone High, had plenty to say about the whole ordeal. Miller offered up an optimistic view, saying, «as negative as the ending was, and as deeply misunderstood as we felt, the lasting memory is of the great collaboration we had. We shot, 90 days on that movie, you can't take the experience away from us, you can't take