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Solo: A Star Wars Story |OT| Ron Shot Last [SPOILERS]
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Yep, I guess so - this should play between the Clone Wars and the Rebels series?
This is set at most 10 years before A New Hope, since Han in A New Hope is 29 years old and they have said that Han during this movie is somewhere between 18 and 24 years old.
Anyone else pleasantly surprised by Emilia Clarke in this? She's usually horrible but they cast her well here.
Apparently the chronology is like:
- Episode I
- Episode II
- Clone Wars
- Episode III
- Solo
- Rebels
- Rogue One
- Episode IV
etc.
Besides, Han Solo shouldn't even be born yet during Episode I, right? I mean, Obi-Wan looks so young there.
I don't know if it's a reference (probably not), but I had the exact same thought.
Han was born the same year as Episode I.
Maul survived being cut in half, ended up in a garbage chute staying alive because of the dark side through his anger, got dumped on a trash world where he went crazy for 10 years, and was found by his brother Savage during the Clone Wars who nursed him back to health. They built a criminal empire called the Shadow Collective and conquered Mandalore but Palpatine caught wind of them, killed Savage, and captured Maul. He used Maul to lure out Maul's mother, the witch Mother Talzin who he viewed as a threat, then killed her. Maul escaped back to Mandalore where he was defeated by Ahsoka Tano but once again escaped and apparently rebuilt his criminal syndicate between then and the Rebels TV series.
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Not true. Han is 10 years older than Luke and Leia. Luke and Leia were born at the end of Revenge of the Sith, which means that Han Solo was born somewhere between Phantom Menace and Clone Wars.
Actually yeah, you're right. He would have been born in 29 BBY, so 3 years after TPM.
The four-armed guy, L3 and Beckett. It was just missing Clarke, but I guess they laid out the grounds for a sequel.
I sure was. I thought she was really great, compared to her other roles in the last few years
EDIT: also Teräs Käsi being canon is hilarious. The scene got a couple of good laughts here in Finland when they said it out loud, it was so out of place hearing it but cool at the same time
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So I've been wondering, is Dryden Vos any relation to Quinlan Vos? And does Crimson Dawn have anything to do with Black Sun?
They burried four armed guy, they even made the effort to show how shaken Han was by his death with a seconds lasting close up.
Lando tried to rescue L3, even let Han fly the Falcon to be able to stay with her, he was devestated when L3 shut down heavily feeding into the ambiguity in their android-human relationship.
Beckett died in Han's arms after everything that went down between them.
I don't see where you're coming from with this. Not that I have to but yeah, it's not like they didn't give grieve enough space imho.
My bad, I meant us viewers. They tried to drama up some of those deaths, but the characters were too minor for me to give a shit :b Harrelson was a bigger character, but so one dimensional that I was glad he's dead and not appearing in any of the sequels.
Ah okay sorry for the misunderstanding too, haha. I was about to say, that it was a bit "too much caring about them" for my part, lol.
So I don't really engage in other fandoms, but are they as filled with stupid cunts? Looking up L3 on YouTube gets you dozens of man babies crying about an "SJW droid"
No relation. Kasdan probably doesn't even know who Quinlan is and just coincidentally thought it was a cool last name.
Dammit, I fell asleep in the cinema and only caught glimpses and piece of it, maybe half of it. Didn't fall asleep because of the movie but rather because I have had no sleep for a day and was exhausted starting yesterday.
Anyway I caught the twist of Darth Maul. Holy shit, that was a twist similar to another one in another movie this season.
I loved all of the set design, production values and character designs. Probably some of my favorites in a Star Wars movie. And the cinematography was stunning.
Unfortunately I didn't catch up on any of the story beats so I will have to rewatch it someday.
So many cool designs in this movie.
Anyway I caught the twist of Darth Maul. Holy shit, that was a twist similar to another one in another movie this season.
I loved all of the set design, production values and character designs. Probably some of my favorites in a Star Wars movie. And the cinematography was stunning.
Unfortunately I didn't catch up on any of the story beats so I will have to rewatch it someday.
So many cool designs in this movie.
It was enjoyable up until the last 1/3rd which dragged it down. The music was really soppy and lame and inappropriate. Maul turning his lightsaber on was as eyerolly as you can get, made worse with that Duel of the Fates cue. I must say it was great seeing one of these films with a clear, likeable main character!
I generally wait at least half a year before updating my favourite Star Wars movie list, but I just wanted to write down my general feelings right now and see how/if my opinions have changed by next year. My Star Wars movies ranked from first to last:
The Last Jedi
Empire Strikes Back
The Force Awakens
Return of the Jedi
Revenge of the Sith
Solo
Rogue One
A New Hope
The Phantom Menace
The Clone Wars
The Last Jedi
Empire Strikes Back
The Force Awakens
Return of the Jedi
Revenge of the Sith
Solo
Rogue One
A New Hope
The Phantom Menace
The Clone Wars
I'm still so happy for the undeniable reference to the TV shows
"Cartoons Don't count, stop bringing them up"
Maul: *Laughs*
"Cartoons Don't count, stop bringing them up"
Maul: *Laughs*
As a fan of Phantom Menace who finds Rebels unwatchable, I found Maul's voice very, very jarring.
His performance in both shows is amazing, but I guess it's because you're not used to him.
KENOOOOOOOOOBIAAAAAAAGGGG
Saw it yesterday, and was pleasantly surprised by it. First act is slow, but it definitely picks up after a while.
As for the new characters, none of them stood out to me in any particular way, except for L3, who I thought was pretty bad. She felt really flat to me and I didn't care for her at all. I did like the fact that they tried to use non-human characters, which is a huge plus since that is something the other Disney-SW has lacked. And I absolutely love the prequel-references in Solo; The Pykes and the Syndicate, Aurra Sing (and kind of Bossk, as well) and of course Maul. During my viewing, people were surprised and I did hear some whispering when he was introduced. Also, the reaction for Solo was pretty positive considering people clapped at the end, which is unusual where I'm from.
If I were to rank all the Disney-SW films, it would be: TLJ > Solo > Rogue One >>> TFA.
As for the new characters, none of them stood out to me in any particular way, except for L3, who I thought was pretty bad. She felt really flat to me and I didn't care for her at all. I did like the fact that they tried to use non-human characters, which is a huge plus since that is something the other Disney-SW has lacked. And I absolutely love the prequel-references in Solo; The Pykes and the Syndicate, Aurra Sing (and kind of Bossk, as well) and of course Maul. During my viewing, people were surprised and I did hear some whispering when he was introduced. Also, the reaction for Solo was pretty positive considering people clapped at the end, which is unusual where I'm from.
If I were to rank all the Disney-SW films, it would be: TLJ > Solo > Rogue One >>> TFA.
I was pretty relieved when L3 died. All of her lines were very cringey. Her death seemed unintentionally funny, too.
This kinda sucked. Just boring, some weird jarring cuts, and over reliance on nods to the other movies. Don't bother imo.
That guy being Han Solo was awful. Wouldn't matter that he looks nothing like Ford, but they should have picked someone with some charisma.
That guy being Han Solo was awful. Wouldn't matter that he looks nothing like Ford, but they should have picked someone with some charisma.
I full on spat my drink out at the Gonk droid stamping on top of the computer console after the droid uprising. Fucking hilarious.
If Thrawn were to make it to live action, couldn't they just get Lars Mikkelson to play him again?
I really liked it, some decisions will rub people the wrong way, and I would not call all of it safe.
The only thing I really didn't like was the use of the imperial March as an in universe piece of music.
I liked the WW1 vibe in the battle at the beginning and loved the train heist.
The only thing I really didn't like was the use of the imperial March as an in universe piece of music.
I liked the WW1 vibe in the battle at the beginning and loved the train heist.
I just watched this. I loved it. Fucking hilarious. Some new characters got off-ed fast. But I really like Tobias and L3. Han and Lando are great too. Absolutely loved the dialogue.
The Last Jedi
Empire Strikes Back
The Force Awakens
Rogue One
Return of the Jedi
Solo
A New Hope
The Phantom Menace
Revenge of the Sith
Attack of the Clones
the film was okay, an enjoyable romp with too little time spent on some of the characters for them to have much weight.
rolled my eyes at maul, yikes.
rolled my eyes at maul, yikes.
One of the funniest bits of the film by far.
I'm not sure how to feel about the Maul cameo so far. I was so surprised to see him I took in about 10% of what Qi'ra and he discussed. Qi'ra was a pleasant surprise overall. Clarke's performance was stronger than I expected.
I'm talking more in a broader sense, not only his appearance. Everything about that scene was awful
I loved it, especially that
mother f'in Darth maul reveal making the cartoons more Canon than ever
It felt like Star Wars again..
mother f'in Darth maul reveal making the cartoons more Canon than ever
It felt like Star Wars again..