If it wasn’t clear after opening weekend, it sure is nowSolo is likely to end its run in theaters as the biggest box office bust in Star Wars history.
The current weekend estimate for U.S. ticket sales is $29.3 million, representing a 65 percent drop…
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Star Wars droids will never be the same after ‘Solo’
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Spoilers for Solo: A Star Wars Story ahead.
Every Star Wars movie has its quirky droid, and Solo: A Star Wars Story is no exception. But Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s L3-37 stands out in a couple of ways.
For one thing, she’s a female droid – a rarity in Star Wars. Though not technically the first, she is the first with more than a walk-on role.
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For another, she’s obsessed with droid rights. And her crusade opens up a whole new can of worms that Star Wars may come to wish it had left untouched.
L3 is a different kind of droid
L3, droid queen of our hearts.
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Han Solo has got himself in a whole bunch of money troubles again — Earth money this time, not galactic credits.
Solo: A Star Wars Story made $101 million at the U.S. box office over the four-day Memorial Day weekend. That was far short of the $130 million Disney had projected, and the weakest opening weekend for any Star Wars live action film since 2002’s Attack of the Clones.
But if you set its stellar expectations aside, Solo has already smashed box office records … from a certain point of view.
Not only was it the strongest May movie opening since 2014, but the genre that Solo belongs in — the heist movie — has never seen numbers like this. Mega-hits like Inception, Fast Five and Ocean’s Eleven, not to mention Oscar winners like Argo, could only dream of a $100 million opening weekend. (Numbers below courtesy of Box Office Mojo.) Read more…
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‘Solo’ puts to rest one of the oldest Star Wars fan debates
If you haven’t seen Solo: A Star Wars Story yet, go no further. Spoilers ahead.
“It’s the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.”
Han Solo’s boast from the original Star Wars has been analyzed and picked apart endlessly by fans over…
‘Solo’ features two major deep cuts from the old, now-dead Star Wars canon
The Legends of Star Wars live on in Solo: A Star Wars Story.
First, a brief history lesson: Not long after Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, the new corporate parent made a controversial decision. The Star Wars Expanded Universe, a timeline of event…
Han Solo’s lucky dice still don’t mean a damn thing after ‘Solo’
There are light spoilers ahead for both Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Solo: A Star Wars Story. Proceed with caution if you haven’t seen them yet.
Disney, please stop trying to make Han Solo’s lucky gold dice a thing.
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All 11 Star Wars movies, ranked — including ‘Solo’
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With the release of Solo, Lucasfilm marks another milestone: this is the 11th Star Wars movie to land in theaters.
Yeah, that’s right — 11 movies, not 10. The eight Skywalker saga episodes and the two spin-off films were not the only one to get an official release. There’s one cinematic stepchild that Lucasfilm would rather forget.
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And don’t worry, we don’t spoil anything about Solo other than its ranking. In reverse order, then, starting with that unwanted stepchild:
11. The Clone Wars (2008)
This mess was initially created as the opening batch of episodes for the Cartoon Network series Clone Wars. Then George Lucas made the baffling last-minute decision to release this barely-hung-together content as a movie. Lucasfilm’s key merchandising licensees weren’t even notified in advance, so it’s possible Lucas himself wasn’t exactly proud of the effort. Read more…
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A ‘Solo’ sequel? We need to talk about that ending
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Spoiler alert: In case it wasn’t obvious from that headline, this article discusses the ending of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Don’t read this until you’ve seen it.
Are you ready for Solo II: The Return of Qi’ra?
Just to be clear, that’s not a Star Wars story that has been announced, and I’d lay odds it never will be — at least, not in movie form. (Then again, Solo director Ron Howard did pointedly mention that a lot depended on fan “enthusiasm” for “this corner of the galaxy and this set of characters in this time frame,” so, you know, never tell me the odds.)
But let’s be real: Solo tees up the next chapter in the life of Han’s erstwhile girlfriend too perfectly not to follow in some form of ancillary media. Read more…
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Seen ‘Solo’? Here are 13 moments that made us cheer
Major spoilers ahead for Solo. Don’t read on if you haven’t seen it.
Here’s the thing about early screenings of Solo: A Star Wars Story: the crowds spent a lot of time cheering.
And for good reason: it’s a film that practically demands your c…
Donald Glover got a very special gift from the costume department on ‘Solo’
Lando’s cape is pretty iconic, but in a pinch a pillow will do.
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The sexiest ships in Star Wars
The cornerstone of modern entertainment is ships.
Not just any old ships. I’m talking special ships. Ships that make you yearn for more than what you get on the big screen. Those sweet, sexy ships.
Star Wars is chock-full of ships that have made die …
Ron Howard: ‘Solo’ is more of a George Lucas movie than you know
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He may have retired from the galaxy far, far away after he sold his company for $4 billion in 2012. But Star Wars creator George Lucas has his fingerprints all over the latest movie in the Disney-Lucasfilm canon — according to his friend, Solo director Ron Howard.
Not only did Lucas come up with the idea for a Han Solo spin-off first — long before Rogue One was a thing — but he was there on set to offer advice on how his creation would behave. And he even tried his hand at acting: pitching one scene, “he played Han Solo,” Howard says.
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In a wide-ranging interview with Mashable, Howard also recalled how Lucas first told him about Star Wars on the set of American Graffiti in 1972, explained why the look of the film is a homage to Lucas’ signature style, and dangled the possibility that Lucas could return to direct more Star Wars films — if the fans wanted. Read more…
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