Taking
a character from a well-known and beloved movie franchise and giving him or her
their own movie can be difficult. When it was announced there would be a stand-alone
Star Wars film about a young Han Solo fans were excited then there was some
stories about troubles on the set and a new director taking over and the same
fans got worried and the backlash about the movie began. The internet already
hated it even before it premiered in theaters. But this long time Star Wars fan
never gave up hope and when I heard Donald Glover (who will always be Troy on
Community to me) was going to play a young Lando Calrissian, I knew I had to
see it.
When
we see Han for the first time he is, what one from the Victorian days, a street
urchin stealing from the streets for a watery living creature. All he wants to
do is run away from this life and be a pilot. Once he escapes he joins the
military and runs into a thief/smuggler Tobias Bennett played by Woody
Harrelson. This will be the man who will teach Han what it takes to work
outside of the law.
From
director Ron Howard, Solo has many reasons to give it a chance.
From
the look of Woody Harrelson’s character to the story itself this film is the
space western that I have heard George Lucas speak of when he explains the
premise of the original trilogy.
Questions I never thought of were
answered, like how he got his name and I was excited about learning how what I
already knew about Han came to be. For
example I really loved seeing the beginning of Han and Chewie’s friendship. All
of which made me like Han more.
The new character, like those in other
Star Wars films just add goodness to the universe we love, even the new droid
L3-37 (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) is such a joy to watch.
What can I say about Lando, charming,
delightful, adorable and funny.
