Merchandise for Solo: A Star Wars Story has revealed that the original design for the Imperial Star Destroyer will become canon.
The marketing push for Solo is now in full force with new information about characters, locations, and plot elements coming our way on a regular basis via comments from cast and crew as well as official merchandise.
Mattel, as revealed at New York Toy Fair, is making products based off the upcoming ships from the film as a part of their Hot Wheels line of Star Wars toys. Interestingly, this will include a design from Colin Cantwell’s original designs for the Imperial Star Destroyer.
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The new ship, known as the Arrestor Cruiser, was initially pitched to George Lucas as the design of the original destroyer and Cantwell has now released the idea that he gave to Lucas via Instagram.
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You can see an image of the new ship in toy form, along with another Solo ship called the Imperial Hauler, in a tweet below:
2 NEW ships from the Solo movie! The "Arrestor Cruiser" and the "Imperial Hauler" pic.twitter.com/nljJ7lDMpc
— D.C.L Galloway (Arcane Epics) (@gallowsepics) February 20, 2018
A new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.
Solo: A Star Wars Story features Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!) as the famous smuggler, Donald Glover (Atlanta) as Lando Calrissian, Woody Harrelson (War for the Planet of the Apes) as Tobias Beckett, Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) as L3-37, Emilia Clarke (Gameof Thrones) as Qi’Ra, Thandie Newton (Westworld) as Val, Ian Kenny (Sing Street) as Rebolt, Harley Durst (Wonder Woman) as Moloch, Tien Hoang (Now You See Me 2) as Moloch’s henchman and Paul Bettany (Avengers: Infinity War) and Warwick Davis (Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi) and Jon Favreau (Spider-Man: Homecoming) in as-yet-unrevealed roles. It is set for release on May 25th 2018.
