Ron Howard, the director of Solo: A Star Wars Story, has revealed that he would be up for directing another Star Wars movie. While Solo: A Star Wars Story didn’t perform anywhere near expectations at the global box office, those that did see it found a lot to love and a lot of the credit must […]
Woody Harrelson accepted Solo: A Star Wars Story role partly due to Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Woody Harrelson, one of the stars of Solo: A Star Wars Story, has revealed that he took the role partly because of his admiration for Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge. It’s quite well known that Woody Harrelson was a little tentative about joining Solo: A Star Wars Story, initially turning down the role of Beckett. Harrelson, […]
George Lucas influenced L3-37 in Solo: A Star Wars Story
The droid L3-37 who appeared in Solo: A Star Wars Story was apparently influenced by George Lucas himself. Solo: A Star Wars Story, which released in cinemas earlier this year and is now available on home video, had a lot of exciting elements but perhaps one of the most unique was the presence of L3-37, […]
Star Wars Rebels actor describes voicing Maul in Solo: A Star Wars Story
Sam Witwer, the voice of Darth Maul in Solo: A Star Wars Story, has detailed the experience of bringing the character to life with the help of Ray Park. Maul’s cameo in Solo: A Star Wars Story was certainly a shocking one, leaving many to wonder just how Lucasfilm pulled off such a huge surprise. […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story concept art shows alternative Maul designs
Coinciding with its home-entertainment release today, the official Star Wars site has revealed a batch of early concept art from Solo: A Star Wars Story by artists Jake Lunt Davies and Glyn Dillon which feature alternative designs for the former Sith Lord Darth Maul’s cameo in the latest Anthology movie; check them out here and click on […]
Blu-ray Review – Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Solo: A Star Wars Story, 2018. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Paul Bettany, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt, Ian Kenny, John Tui, and Warwick Davis. SYNOPSIS: The second (and last?) standalone Star Wars movie serves up the origin story of everyone’s favorite […]
Disney boss says expect Star Wars “slowdown” in the wake of Solo: A Star Wars Story
The journey to the cinema screen for Solo: A Star Wars Story is so well documented that even a protracted Star Wars scrawl couldn’t condense the hirings, firings, castings, and eventual catastrophe, but now the dust kicked up by the Millennium Falcon has settled, Disney head honcho Bob Iger has been speaking to The Hollywood Reporter […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge would happily return as L3-37 in the future
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the actress behind the droid L3-37 in Solo: A Star Wars Story, says that she would happily play the character “forever”. There were plenty of memorable components in this year’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, from Maul’s cameo to the Kessel Run, but another of these was certainly the antics of L3-37, Lando’s […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story writer reveals Lord & Miller scenes that made the final cut
It came as quite the surprise last year when it was announced that Lucasfilm had fired directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller with just weeks of principal photography remaining on Solo: A Star Wars Story. Ron Howard was brought on board the project in an effort to salvage the movie, the filmmaker overseeing reshoots which […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story co-writer thinks Thandie Newton was “too good” for her part
Thandie Newton was too good for her role in Solo: A Star Wars Story, according to the film’s co-writer Jonathan Kasdan. Audiences were quite surprised by the size of Thandie Newton’s character Val when she was fairly quickly killed off in Solo, with many believing her talents were wasted in such a part. Well, it […]