Solo: A Star Wars Story

The film follows a young Han as he meets classic characters like Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian and begins to forge his identity as everyone’s favorite scruffy looking nerf herder.

So throughout the production, red flags kept popping up. From director and actor replacements to acting coaches to entirely reshooting the film. There was a lot to be concerned about. So expectations were super low for me. I also didn’t feel like it was a story that needed to be told. Perhaps that’s one reason why I actually found the movie sort of enjoyable.

The cast was really good particular stand outs were Donald Glover and his remarkable charm, Harrelson and his rogue swagger, Clarke showing she’s not just a one trick Targaryen pony and Bettany who plays a great villain and continues to show why he’s incredibly underrated. Ehrenreich was good as Han and added some depth to his character but performance was missing something special as the lead of the film.

The script was rather straightforward and had some fun shoutouts to the original films and there are some really fun new characters. The action might be one of the best aspects of the film, giving a western-like vibe to the movie.

For my negatives I’d say tha other then something missing from Alden’s performance, the movie doesn’t really add anything new to the Star Wars franchise like Rogue One did. Also there is a kind of unnecessary cameo that could have been changed to maybe connect to the new trilogy and answer questions from there instead of trying to set up sequels we may never get.

Solo: A Star Wars Story is a light, breezy sci-fi romp that never really feels necessary but keeps your attention for the whole runtime.

Solo: A Star Wars Story gets a 3.7 out of 5.