Who in the world ask for this? "Solo: A Star Wars movie" to be made? (Official Trailer)

Finally we got the long awaiting Solo trailer!

Okay, I admit, I'm not even hype for this nor I ask for Solo film because I never find him to be all that interesting. This is the first time I may not even go watch this Star Wars film. Or if the reviews are all legit, I might go.

But seriously, the only standalone SW film I wanna see is Obi-Wan. So anyways OT are you all excited for this SW standalone film?

All those SW fanboys who have to go 'solo' their whole lives will be thrilled by this...

I like Star Wars lore. Hopefully, the movie will fill the holes in his timeline.

Back when Star Wars was still relatively new, there were conflicting stories on his origin. Apparently, being in the naval academy (versus being a full-fledged naval officer) seems to have won out.

@davillain-: Obi-wan? Ha! Boba Fett standalone is the only film worth watching.

As far this is concerned, I'll pass on it. Looks like crap.

@davillain-: I asked for it and look forward to seeing it. Thank you for asking

trailer was meh i doubt the full movie will be any good

I didn't ask for it, but what the heck ! I don't think that anyone would have issues with a Boba Fett or Obi-wan movie though.

and yet I havent seen a Star Wars film since Jar Jars first appearance and I might actually go see this movie if the reviews say its not just 100000% only action.

Who asked for this? Simple...Disney's investors!

Guess I'm one the the few who just doesn't get excited over Star Wars movies. *shrugs*

Better milk the cash cow

I did not hate that trailer. Also, I think it's OK if Disney wants to expand the Star Wars lore through movies. We've accepted novels, comic books, cartoon shows and video games, nothing wrong with having more movies.

Money, my dear.

On a serious note, judging on the development history, it is not looking good at all.

Same. I mean, how many Marvel movies has the public accepted now?

Who asked for this? Of course, people from /r/Prequelmemes. We need new meme materials too.

It's very meh to be sure. I guess they were trying to tease, but unlike Force Awakens it didn't have the luck of coming after movies people hated with nostalgia attached to the originals. By this point we've had a few movies, retreading the same shit over and over.

As a character as well, is he really that marketable interesting?

*meekly raises hand*

I did, I asked for it.

Well, maybe not explicitly but when they announced it I was like "Ooooooh yas!"

A Boba Fett film would be awesome, especially if they throw in some of his compatriots, i.e. Cad Bane

Boba Fett and Cad Bane rivalry? Bounty Hunters vs Prey vs other bounty hunters!!!

Out of all the great Star Wars characters you could explore origin stories with (Qui Gonn, Sidious's childhood, Plageuis and even Luke's Jedi Academy post RoTJ) you choose some pretty boy with a pistol? Disney is really sinking its whiskers into this franchise...

See, here's the thing about that: I mostly stayed away from that side material because it seemed like frivolous side material.

Point being, once the movie franchise starts being watered down with crap that seems like it ought to be in a novel or a comic book, it makes it easier for me to not give a shit about the movies either. And that's kind of where I'm at with these movies. They're just coming off as assembly line product or expensive fan fiction. It's looking EXACTLY like Star Wars novels or comics. And...I never gave a crap about the novels or comics, so why should I give a crap about the movies? This kind of stuff is diluting the movie franchise.

Granted, if other people want to see it, then there's nothing wrong with that. I'm just saying why I think this prequel side-stuff is a bad idea conceptually. Additionally, prequels in general usually end up being disappointing.

Also, THIS prequel seems to be a bad idea in particular. For starters, it's really hard for me to accept anyone other than Harrison Ford as Han Solo. But beyond that, Han Solo started out in Star Wars as a piece of shit. He wasn't a good guy. He started out as a selfish criminal asshole, but his character progression was appealing. It was fun seeing him BECOME a hero. The conceptual problem with a prequel Han Solo movie is that he still has to end up where he was before Star Wars took place. Which means a prequel movie where he ends up as a total shithead. And I don't want to see that because I actually LIKE Han Solo. Because of his character progression. Rewinding the clock and watching a movie that ends with him being a total dickbag just seems like it would be a total downer.

Here's the difference: The Marvel movies are for the most part pushing the story FORWARD. Meanwhile, so far, the Star Wars side movies seem to be looking BACKWARDS. Yeah, the "Star Wars Episode Whatever" movies are CONTINUATIONS of storylines, but the side stuff seems superfluous and disposable. A prequel movie about stealing the plans to the original Death Star? Aside from money, why is that a story that needs to be told? A Han Solo prequel story? Who cares? And I hear they're planning a Boba Fett movie (who is also long dead) and an Obi-Wan prequel movie (again, another character who is long dead).

I'm not saying that the movies will be BAD. But that's going BACKWARDS in terms of storytelling. I don't need to know those back-stories when I watch the main Star Wars movies, because the main movies are going forward and the side movies are going backward. That sort of immediately brands the Star Wars side movies as stuff that I can safely ignore and not miss a thing.

Looks like crap.

They need chewbacker movie imagine the whole movie with him talking with subtitles

Well Disney has already ruined Star Wars that much that I get no hype and excitement over the new movies.

I rather rewatch this than this movie:

Boba Fett wasn't that awesome in episode 6.(Defeated by a blind man and had an awful fight with Luke) At least Obiwan was much better.

Because, it's not like Han Solo, Boba Fett and Obi-Wan (though to be fair. I'm not sure where they can go with him after the prequels and Rebels) were beloved characters in the franchise or anything. And it's not like the acquisition of the Death Star plans was an important event LEADING to Episode IV or anything.

lol ouch

You can still do that. Nobody's dragging you to the movie theater. The original trilogy can remain as untainted as you want it to be. All you have to do is not watch the new movies the same way you didn't read, play or watch any of the expanded universe material.

My lightsaber just ignited.

Before the disney acquisition of lucasfilm, there were talks to make either a movie or tv series revolving around bounty hunters (inlcuding boba and cad) but I think that idea was scrapped.

@dorog1995:

This is what I was worried about with the new movies. Rogue One at least had new characters that we've never seen before, but this is going to be nothing but fan service. The reason I loved the original expanded universe so much is there was plenty of room for new and fun characters not seen in any of the movies, as well as NEW adventures by pre existing characters we didn't know about (Boba Fett, anyone?). Here, Disney is playing it way too safe. We already know exactly what Solo will be like,making it utterly pointless.

Give us something new Disney. Make new characters, or show us the adventures of lesser characters or main characters that we didn't know about. I LOVED TFA, Rogue One was decent if flawed and TLJ was weird enough to be interesting, but this one? I have zero interest in watching this movie. I'll probably end up seeing it just because of how much I love SW, but as of right now there's no hype for this movie from me.

@turtlethetaffer: WOuld love an Old Republic series or movie

@LordQuorthon: Oh crap, really? I'm allowed to not watch movies that I'm not interested in? Oh. My. God! Thanks for telling me, dude, because up until now I've been spending my time and money watching literally every movie that's ever been released, because I wasn't aware that I was allowed to NOT watch movies that I don't want to watch. You've just saved me so much time and money, someone needs to give you a medal!

The point is that that kind of stuff doesn't ADVANCE the narrative, it's just back-story. I'm sure Jules Winfield could tell you an interesting story about his "Bad Motherf***er" wallet, but it's not necessary to Pulp Fiction any more than the acquisition of the Death Star plans is to Star Wars. And that's one of the inherent problems with prequels in general. If knowing how the Death Star plans were acquired was essential to the original Star Wars, then that plotline would have been IN the original Star Wars.

Beloved characters? That's another reason why prequels tend to be lame. Look to the prequel trilogy and see the need to constantly cram in crowd-pleasing stuff like Chewie meeting Yoda or Anakin Skywalker being best buddies with R2-D2 and C3PO. Everyone loves those bots, so we've gotta cram 'em in there somehow! That stuff almost always just comes off as fan-fiction. Like the writers are running through a checklist of things that fans want to see, and then saying, "put that stuff in there, and find a way to fit the story."

Like, has the Kessel Run EVER been important in the Star Wars movies? Nope. Hasn't mattered one bit during Episodes I-VIII. But it's a big piece of fanservice, so you freaking KNOW there's gonna be a Kessel Run bit in the Han Solo prequel movie. Stuff like that never feels natural to me, it feels like pandering. Not that this is inherently necessary to prequel movies, but it seems to be something that nearly all prequel writers inevitably resort to and I'll be surprised if the Han Solo movie is any different in this regard. Because the very CONCEPT of the prequel almost always revolves around this kind of stuff. Sequels can be conceptually based on the dangling threads left by the previous movie. And the natural progression is to show the consequences. What happens next? By contrast, with prequels you already KNOW what happened next. The only reason to rewind the clock is to make more money by taking the most popular stuff and then doing a fan-demanded checklist of things that people want to know more about it. The fact that (so far) these prequel movies (and planned prequel movies) have been hitting the biggest fan notes is evidence of this. The Death Star? Han Solo? Obi-Wan? Boba Fett? In other words, the POPULAR stuff. Star Wars is a vast rich universe, there are near-infinite entertaining prequel stories that they COULD make. But, for example, do you think we'll ever see a prequel movie about that asshole who got his arm sliced off by Obi-Wan in the first movie?

I mean, you can definitely go in the opposite direction of having characters that are so unknown nobody gives a crap about them. I think a lot of people make that complaint about Rogue One, for example (not me). And it's not like we've seen all that much of these characters since RotJ anyway, plus there seem to be plenty of new characters to boot.

I'd point out that it's the writers' and directors' job to MAKE audiences give a crap about characters. I mean, no one knew who the hell a "Luke Skywalker" was before the original Star Wars was released. The fact that he was unknown at the time didn't mean squat because fans were drawn to the character. The point is that if the movie is properly done then it shouldn't matter how well-known a character or plot-line is. The job of the people making the movie is to MAKE people care about what's happening on-screen, regardless of if the characters are world-famous or complete unknowns.

True enough. I don't think they're just banking on recognizable characters, though. The new movies seem to be the ones where they're pushing unknown characters, where the old ones are tilting towards nostalgia (I mean, if you count Rogue One then it's one for each category, but I hear Obi-Wan is up in the pipeline). My guess is that once the last movie hits they'll shift away from the older characters and focus more on the new ones. They're already making I think I heard two live action shows that probably are going to focus on newer characters, no harm mixing some Han fan service in there.

Star Wars is so limitied in its current form. There's nothing left after an Obi-Wan anthology.

Saw the trailer, and I have no idea why people are excited. The little I saw was just some random bullshit. Could've been any movie. It's going to suck, most likely.

RIP Star Wars.

Oh, I don't need a medal. I'm just glad I could help.

You're welcome :)

After looking back, I'll go see Solo but only because Donald Glover as Lando is far more interesting to get me to go see it. Seeing Lando again is more worth it then Solo himself. Not even hype at all, but will go check it out.

Bounty Hunters/Boba Fett is still into consideration, it's not been confirm by Disney but it's still for debate if it get's green light.

I'll watch the movie and reserve complete judgement until after I've seen it. But yeah, I never understood why so many people fawn over Han. Harrison Ford is a great actor and has done some great films, but the character of Han is kind of a douche. And Rogue One showed me that the Star Wars universe without the force and its users/heroes is not as fun and less charming. By far the best thing in Rogue One was the end with Vader,

@MrGeezer: I agree, I enjoyed Rogue One, but the weird thing people do with Star Wars is fixate on small details acting like it's some big, grand, intricate storyline when it's actually fairly simple and like you said, HOW the Death Star plans were obtained is ultimately not necessary to A New Hope's story. It was a decent movie, but did not feel vital. And this is coming from a llong time Star Wars fan who ate the expanded universe up when he was younger. But the reason I ate it up is largely because it told new and fun stories in the preexisting universe about things we either didn't already know about (like with Boba Fett's comics) or it just had fun new characters and adventures (like many of the video games). It didn't spend so much time jacking off the original trilogy. For instance, the Republic Commando novels were fantastic! They told an entirely different kind of story within the preexisting world and they worked because the characters were interesting and it told stories we hadn't seen before/ heard referenced before.

Can it be any worse then episode 7 and 8?

Watch it make $1 billion.

If I recall the figures from Disney's investor notes correctly, they have no fewer than 8 star wars movies currently in development. I'm fine with that personally as I don't view them as much more than a typical popcorn flick, but if you don't like this expansion then you're going to be disappointed in the future. Disney wants this to attain MCU stature and volume.

Adam Jensen. Oh, wait. My mistake. I now recall that he very specifically did -not- ask for this.

-Byshop

Well, that's not surprising at all. They paid some $4 BILLION dollars for the franchise, of course they're going to be milking it. Honestly, I'm a little surprised that they aren't even milking it even more. One Star Wars movie a yer might seem like a lot considering how sporadically these movies have been released previously, but Disney has been releasing something like 4 Marvel movies a year.

Lol looks like junk.

As much as I like SW series, I'm not interested in more spin-offs or standalone SW movies. Anyway, Disney's so powerful now that they will make whatever the heck they want.

They should have just stopped at the old ones and left it. We didn't need whiny Anakin and goofy ass JarJar, nor did we need the mess that is the new trilogy.