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Originally Posted by Kneel B4 Zod
I don't think of this as "the world wanted a Han Solo origin story" as much as "the world wanted more Han Solo" and the only practical way to do that is with "young Han Solo" (since the plan was to kill off "old Han Solo", and Harrison Ford was too old to play anything but that)
Yes, exactly. You and I are of the same mind: the public doesn't want a Han Solo origin story, they want more Han Solo.
So I think we have a correct read on the commercial appeal, of what you might try to do if you controlled the Star Wars Universe: give the public what they want, give them more Han Solo.
But I think this eventually ends up in the artistic regret pile, if not the commercial one. It's hard to predict too much commercial doom and gloom because you can slap the Star Wars brand on any ****ty thing and make a profit.
But I suspect audiences are fickle and what we really want is a Young Harrison Ford movie, if you catch my drift. And what Lucas/Disney will deliver is a Young Han Solo movie. And reconciling the distance between those two things might be really hard and ultimately mediocre/unfulfilling for the audience. I also think the evidence (replaced directors, hired an acting coach for the new Han Solo) reinforces/informed my opinion that the producers are in a bind, realizing the above is true, that delivering a pleasing Young Han Solo without Young Harrison Ford is a struggle. And without Harrison Ford as Han Solo, you don't have much. I'd also reiterate Carrie Fisher was a great love interest on the other side and so not only do you need a great actor to inherit the role but great, witty, romantic "will they/won't they" banter from both your leads. Without that, you just have the Star Wars aesthetic -- a soundtrack and a motif and a setting everyone loves and not much else. Probably not a super interesting backstory, probably not compelling performances from the leads.
In other words, to lay my cards completely on the table: what the Han Solo movie might be is the Prequel Trilogy. Tons of bloat, answers to questions you didn't care about, and missing the essence of the appeal of the Original Trilogy it's ultimately feeding into and trying to recreate.
Last edited by DVaut1; 07-05-2017 at 03:18 PM.