Star Wars Confirms It Won't Repeat Young Han Solo Recasting
Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy confirms that Star Wars won't repeat the young Han Solo recasting trend after the failed anthology movie. As the franchise came roaring back to life with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lucasfilm sought to expand the stories with a roster of anthology films, beginning with the successful Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in 2016. Looking to keep the trend rolling, the studio quickly followed it up with Solo: A Star Wars Story, exploring the origin of the fan-favorite smuggler as he first meets Chewbacca and becomes a major name in the galactic criminal underworld.
Alden Ehrenreich led the cast of Solo: A Star Wars Story as the titular character with Donald Glover also taking over fan-favorite Lando Calrissian from Billy Dee Williams while Joonas Suotamo reprised his role of Chewbacca from The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi and the likes of Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Thandiwe Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Paul Bettany made their franchise debuts. Production on the Han Solo film was troubled, with original directing duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller being fired over creative differences with Lucasfilm and being replaced by Ron Howard, with the budget ballooning to a reported $300 million, making it one of the most expensive films of all-time. Solo: A Star Wars Story received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, with appreciation directed towards its cast, namely Ehrenreich and Glover, as well as its score and action sequences, though its story and tone were met with much criticism and it went on to bomb at the box office.
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