Solo Director Ron Howard Details Taking Over Star Wars Movie
Ron Howard has revealed the process of taking over Solo: A Star Wars Story after the original filmmakers departed the project. Solo: A Star Wars Story was set to be directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, having just come off the double success of The Lego Movie and 22 Jump Street in 2014. The duo had cast the film and assembled the crew and started filming in January 2017.
Things were not well behind the scenes as Lord and Miller came into conflict with Lucasfilm over the film and on June 20, 2017, left the project due to creative differences. Howard, who had worked with Lucasfilm on Willow in 1988 and who George Lucas considered for directing Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace, signed on to take over directing duties from the film just two days after the departure of Lord and Miller. The film underwent extensive reshoots, ballooning the film's budget reportedly between the range of $275 to $300 million to meet its May 25, 2018 release date.
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In an interview with THR, Howard details the process of how he came on board the project. Howard talks about looking over the footage and meeting with previous directors Lord and Miller and wanting to make sure it was a professional and respectful transition. He also said that working on Solo: A Star Wars Story led to the upcoming Willow series on Disney+, which is being written by Solo: A Star Wars Story screenwriter Jonathan Kasdan. Howard said:
“I understood that this difference had created a schism to the point where they weren’t going to be able to go on working together, and that was really unfortunate because I like Phil and Chris, and I also really admire them. When I looked at the footage and read the script, which I
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