Star Wars: Fired Solo Directors Didn't Want Movie To Just Be Fan Service
Fired Solo: A Star Wars Story directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller did not want their film to be simply fan service. After directing three critically acclaimed box office hit films in a row with 2012's 21 Jump Street and 2014's The Lego Movie and22 Jump Street, Lord and Miller were hired in 2015 to helm the Han Solo prequel film in the slate of Star Wars films leading up to the release of The Force Awakens. The duo cast the film and shot for 90 days before being let go from the project in 2017.
The duo was replaced by Ron Howard, who oversaw a massive reshoot campaign for the film to make its May 25, 2018 release date. While Solo: A Star Wars Story received a relatively positive reaction upon release and there is interest in continuing the story, the film was a box office bomb, partially due to the inflated budget for the reshoots. Lord and Miller's departure was cited as being due to creative differences with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and Solo screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. Lord and Miller wanted to take a more risky approach to match the personality of Han Solo, while Lucasfilm reportedly wanted a traditional action movie with comedic elements.
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In an interview with Playlist, Lord and Miller elaborated on their plans for Solo and how they wanted to take risks and avoid excessive fan service elements. This decision may have been the big clash that led to Lucasfilm firing the duo as Miller drops a reference to big companies trying to save quarterly profits in contrast to those individuals who are making the movies. Lord said that giving the audience exactly what they want will just leave audiences disappointed and that they need to think ahead of the audience. The
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