Solo, directed by Ron Howard, is the origin story of iconic Wars Character Han Solo (played by Alden Ehrenreich). Han adventures through space with a group of rogues who have been hired to acquire a large score of valuable material for a wealthy member of the Empire. Along the way, Solo befriends the suave Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover), Chewbacca, and a host of other interesting characters. Solo has the typical campiness of any Star Wars film, which helps it feel just a bit more like the original films than the more recent installments (The Last Jedi and The Force Awakens) do. The film’s main conflict doesn’t have very high stakes (we know that the titular character isn’t going to die) and the “twists” are easily predictable. Meanwhile, the characters that do die (spoiler alert I guess?) aren’t really given the chance to grow on the audience long enough to make their deaths impactful (although admittedly one death was kind of a bummer).
I’m not a Star Wars superfan so I can’t speak towards that perspective, but I know enough to appreciate some of the references to places or people who are involved in later films of the franchise (later meaning chronologically later, as related to the timeline of the story). Despite the story’s lack of uniqueness Solo: A Star Wars Story is a rather entertaining film, even for the casual viewer, and should be enough to tide over audiences until the 2019 release of the next addition to the franchise, episode 9.
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