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Solo: A Star Wars Story suffers disastrous second weekend, set to become the lowest grossing Star Wars movie

June 3, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Disney and Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story suffered a rather poor opening last weekend with just $148 million worldwide, and things certainly haven’t gotten any better for the Anthology movie second time around. Domestically, Solo earned $29 million – the lowest second weekend for any Star Wars movie since the days of the Original […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars

Solo: A Star Wars Story concept art features alternate designs for Emilia Clarke’s Qi’ra

June 3, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

We’ve already seen some concept art from Solo: A Star Wars Story featuring alternate designs for the Millennium Falcon and Dryden Vos, and now its the turn of Emilia Clarke’s Qi’ra thanks to some early illustrations showing various different incarnations of Han’s former flame turned Crimson Dawn lieutenant; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Emilia Clarke […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Emilia Clarke, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars

Solo: A Star Wars Story concept art features radically different Dryden Vos designs

June 2, 2018 by Gary Collinson

While it’s unlikely we’ll ever know exactly what changes Ron Howard made to Solo: A Star Wars Story, one aspect of the film we do know he was responsible for in its entirety was the villain Dryden Vos, with Howard casting Paul Bettany in the role after Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s original choice Michael […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars

Solo: A Star Wars Story Isn’t Terrible, But It’s Not Great Either

June 3, 2018 by Neil Calloway

The latest Star Wars movie wasn’t as bad as Neil Calloway expected… Back in December last year I wrote a provocative piece stating that Solo: A Star Wars Story would be terrible. As it turns out, I was wrong. It’s not terrible, but it’s not great either. On the Star Wars scale it’s more prequel […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Neil Calloway Tagged With: Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars

Solo: A Star Wars Story co-writer discusses the deleted Tag & Bink scene

June 2, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Last October, Ron Howard revealed that the fan favourite Dark Horse Comics characters Tag & Bink were set to make their official in-canon debut in Solo: A Star Wars Story, where the hapless duo would be portrayed by screenwriter Johnathan Kasdan and first assistant director Toby Hefferman. As it happened, Tag and Bink ended up on the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Jonathan Kasdan, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars

Solo: A Star Wars Story concept art showcases alternate Millennium Falcon designs

June 1, 2018 by Gary Collinson

For its appearance in Solo: A Star Wars Story, the iconic Millennium Falcon received a shiny makeover, with the task of coming up with a new look for the classic ship falling to Lucasfilm’s design supervisor James Clyne. “The way I saw it, it’s like ripping a tablecloth off, you know those magicians that rip […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars

Tom Hanks wanted to make a cameo appearance in Solo: A Star Wars Story

May 30, 2018 by Samuel Brace

Tom Hanks wanted to make an appearance as a Stormtrooper in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Appearing in a Star Wars film is the dream of many actors across the generations and we have seen numerous big name actors appear in cameo roles (sometimes in roles that were cut) as Stormtroopers in the past, just […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars, Tom Hanks

Ron Howard was a strong advocate for that secret cameo in Solo: A Star Wars Story

May 30, 2018 by Samuel Brace

Spoilers for Solo: A Star Wars Story to follow… The secret cameo in Solo: A Star Wars Story was a true surprise and it turns out Ron Howard pushed hard for it to happen. Solo is packed full of exciting moments and interesting Star Wars easter eggs, but there was nothing more surprising than when […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Ron Howard, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars

Solo: A Star Wars Story’s Val and Enfys Nest Black Series and Galactic Heroes action figures unveiled by Hasbro

May 30, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Last week Hasbro unveiled its L3-37 Black Series figure from Solo: A Star Wars Story, and now we have a look at some additional products from the Anthology movie with Black Series figures for Val and Enfys Nest with Swoop Bike, a regular 3.75″ Enfys Nest with Swoop Bike, and a Galactic Heroes Smugglers and […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Toys Tagged With: hasbro, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars

Emilia Clarke says that Ron Howard “saved” Solo: A Star Wars Story

May 30, 2018 by Samuel Brace

One of the stars of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Emilia Clarke, has said that Ron Howard “saved” the movie when he came aboard. The production issues Solo faced are well documented and now that the film is out in cinemas, we are starting to get even more insight into what happened before and after […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Emilia Clarke, Ron Howard, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars

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