New Details Emerge on Han Solo Stand-Alone Film

Han Solo has a special place in every Star Wars fan’s heart. So when Disney announced a film based on Solo’s character in his early years, we became ecstatic even though we didn’t exactly know what we were in for. Thankfully, Executive Producer Kathleen Kennedy has offered a few tidbits about the film!

“We’re not introducing you to a 10-year-old Han Solo,” Kennedy remarked. “He’ll definitely be probably in the high teens, low 20s.” This sounds great! Following the canon the prequels set, that would mean the Clone Wars have ended and the rise of the empire is in full swing. Maybe we’ll see some of the events that shaped Han into becoming a full-fledged General for the rebellion.

Learning from past mistakes, Kennedy had this to say about rehashing old stories told in the existing films:

There’s got to be a reason for [the stand-alone film] to be. And obviously the thing that Star Wars has always done so well is it doesn’t spend a lot of time [explaining] the stories that have come before. We don’t want to do that either. We don’t want to spend time going back and answering a lot of questions that, quite frankly, I don’t think people want answered.

Where was she when midi-chlorians became a thing?!

I think the key here is that we are identifying an event or events in Han Solo’s life that gives you some idea of who he is and why he is the character we have all known to love.

So far, this Han Solo stand-alone film sounds like everything we want, and a little more. There’s no news on casting yet, and that’s okay. The film isn’t slated to release until May 2018. Until then, we can expect at least three Star Wars feature films, including Episode VIII.