Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
- Many of the practical effects used in the climax were achieved without any CGI.
- Before Alden Ehrenreich was cast, several major A-list stars turned down the lead role because they felt the script was too risky.
- The incredible score for Solo: A Star Wars Story was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
Solo: A Star Wars Story is a 2018 American space Western film directed by Ron Howard, depicting the early adventures of Han Solo before the events of the original Star Wars trilogy. Alden Ehrenreich stars as a young Han, tracing his origin from a street thief on the shipbuilding planet Corellia through his meeting with Chewbacca, his fateful Sabacc game with Lando Calrissian played by Donald Glover, and the Kessel Run that would become his most boasted achievement. The film had an infamously troubled production โ original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were fired well into principal photography over creative differences and replaced by Ron Howard, who reportedly reshot approximately 70 percent of the film.
Donald Glover's Lando Calrissian was the film's most celebrated performance, capturing Billy Dee Williams's suave charm while adding his own charismatic spin. The train heist sequence on the planet Vandor was a spectacular set piece. Solo earned $393 million worldwide, the lowest gross for a Star Wars film under Disney, attributed to franchise fatigue following The Last Jedi's divisive reception and a compressed release window just five months after the previous Star Wars release.
