Solo: A Star Wars Story

Release Date: Friday, May 25, 2018 Nationwide

Woody Harrelson, Thandiwe Newton, Ron Howard, Simon Emanuel, Alden Ehrenreich, Lawrence Kasdan, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Warwick Davis, Jason McGatlin, Jon Kasdan, Joonas Suotamo, Will Allegra, Kiri Hart, Susan Towner

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Plot

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Plot
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo befriends his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and meets the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.
Cited as official plot version from lucasfilm.com
Action Adventure Sci-Fi Prequel Spin-off

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Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Ron Howard last directed Thirteen Lives and Under the Banner of Heaven. The film's writer Lawrence Kasdan last wrote Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Darling Companion.

Director
Ron Howard
Producers
Simon Emanuel
Kathleen Kennedy
Allison Shearmur

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for sequences of sci-fi action/violence
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
SMUGGLER. SCOUNDREL. HERO.
Also known as
Untitled Han Solo Star Wars Anthology Film, Untitled Star Wars Project Number 2, Han Solo

Language
English

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Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Composer John Powell (Shrek, Kung Fu Panda) will score the film (Hollywood Reporter, 7/26/17).
  • Warwick Davis will appear as an unspecified character (Hollywood Reporter, 7/26/17).
  • Disney CEO Bob Iger told an event audience the film will span the Star Wars rogue's years from age 18 to 24. Han (played by Alden Ehrenreich) will meet Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) and will be seen finding his ship, The Millennium Falcon (Hollywood Reporter, 3/23/17).
  • The movie is slated to hit theaters on May 25, 2018. There's some rumored talk the release may be pushed to December 2018 time frame (1/3/17).
  • Woody Harrelson is the top choice to play Han Solo’s mentor (Variety, 1/3/17).
  • Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy explains, “This [movie] moves closer to a heist or Western type feel. We’ve talked about [Frederic] Remington and those primary colors that are used in his paintings defining the look and feel of the film (Variety, 11/22/16).”
  • Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke’s role will round out a dynamic cast of characters that Han and Chewie will encounter on their adventures (Lucasfilm, 11/18/16).
  • Per Variety (1/11/16), the new Han Solo could have a small cameo in Rogue One: A Star Wars before appearing in his own standalone pic. The actors being considered for the Han Solo role include Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Dave Franco, Jack Reynor, Scott Eastwood, Logan Lerman, Emory Cohen and Blake Jenner.
  • This will take place 10 years prior to Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).
  • "This is the first film we've worked on that seems like a good idea to begin with. We promise to take risks, to give the audience a fresh experience, and we pledge ourselves to be faithful stewards of these characters who mean so much to us. This is a dream come true for us. And not the kind of dream where you're late for work and all your clothes are made of pudding, but the kind of dream where you get to make a film with some of the greatest characters ever, in a film franchise you've loved since before you can remember having dreams at all” said Christopher Miller and Phil Lord.
  • Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, the writer and director known for Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Big Chill and Grand Canyon, is familiar to Star Wars fans for having co-written the screenplays for The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and The Force Awakens.

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Production

The film was tagged as Production. Shooting started February 20, 2017 at Pinewood Studios, London.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production. Filming will take place January 2017.

Development

The film was tagged as Development. The next adventure in the Anthology series of Star Wars films will center on the origins of Han Solo.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Solo: A Star Wars Story was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, May 25, 2018 . There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including Future World, The Misandrists and Mary Shelley.



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Sun., Aug. 19, 2018

  • Set the MPAA rating to PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action/violence

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