Solo: A Star Wars Story [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Ron Howard Ron Howard

Overview

Flight school flunkie and petty criminal Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) gets recruited by Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) for an intergalactic mission backed by gangster Dryden Vos (Paul Bettany). He teams up with his future Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo), his childhood friend Qi'Ra (Emilia Clarke) and suave smuggler Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover), owner of the Millenium Falcon. Thandie Newton, Jon Favreau, Warwick Davis and Phoebe Waller-Bridge co-star. Directed by Ron Howard. Written by Jonathan and Lawrence Kasdan.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/22/2019
UPC:	0786936866087
Original Release:	2018
Source:	Walt Disney Video
Language:	English
Sales rank:	487

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Alden Ehrenreich	Han Solo
Joonas Suotamo	Chewbacca
Woody Harrelson	Beckett
Emilia Clarke	Qi'ra
Thandie Newton	Val
Donald Glover	Lando Calrissian
Phoebe Waller-Bridge	L3-37,Voices
Paul Bettany	Dryden Vos
Ian Kenny	Rebolt
John Tui	Korso
Anna Francolini	Imperial Immigration Officer
Andrew Woodall	Imperial Recruitment Officer
Warwick Davis	Weazel
Shaquille Ali	Yebuah-Imperial Mudtroopers
Eben Figueiredo	Imperial Mudtrooper
Aaron Heffernan	Imperial Mudtrooper
Hal Fowler	Mimban Lieutenant
Damian Farrell	Mimban Guard
Charlotte Louise	Margo
Sema Tawi Smart	Chanteuse
Clint Howard	Ralakili
Dee Tails	Quay Tolsite
Attila Vajda	Sagwa
Anthony Daniels	Tak
Kiran Shah	Karjj
Fraser Kelly	Eager Scrumrat
Lily Newmark	Lexi
Jason Wong	Weapons Check Enforcer
Alice Hewkin	Female Guest
Samantha Colley	Ottilie
Robert Morgan	Imperial Guest
Miles Richardson	Regional Governor
Sammy Hayman	Spaceport Father
Rona Morison	Spaceport Father
Dempsey Bovell	Imperial Clerk
Joseph Charles McIntosh	Savareen Air Traffic Controller
Dave Chapman	Lead Performance
Erin Kellyman	Enfys Nest
Jon Favreau	Rio Durant
Linda Hunt	Lady Proxima
Sam Witwer	Voices
Andrew Jack	Moloch
Joseph Charles	Savareen Air Traffic Controller
Yelena Katysheva	Rio Durant Performance
Harley Durst	Moloch Performance
John Powell	Composer

Technical Credits

Lawrence Kasdan

George Lucas

Ron Howard	Director
Kathleen Kennedy	Producer
Allison Shearmur	Producer
Timmy Broderick	Producer
Simon Emanuel	Producer
Lawrence Kasdan	Screenwriter,Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Jason McGatlin	Executive Producer
Phil Lord	Executive Producer
Christopher Miller	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Tim Nielsen	Sound/Sound Designer
Nicole Abellera	Casting
Nina Gold	Casting
Jeanne McCarthy	Casting
Nick Fulton	Production Manager
Karl Caffrey	Production Manager
Ben Dixon	Production Manager
Mark Ginther	Stunts
Steve Griffin	Stunts
Roy Taylor	Stunts
George Lucas	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

The latest expansion of the Star Wars franchise, Solo: A Star Wars Story, is worthy of its predecessors and only suffers from a few small imperfections which it overcomes to produce a high quality Star Wars installment. Most importantly, Solo is just plain fun to watch. We see the origin story of a beloved character as mile-a-minute heists, battles, and escapes unfold one after another, while also meeting fascinating new personalities, and being captivated by first-class effects and cinematography. As Han escapes the terrible planet of Corellia, leaving behind his first love Qi'ra, a customs agent asks him for his last name. When Han takes on a confused expression, the agent asks "Who are your people?" Han replies he has no one, and the agent bestows on him the name Solo. Han wants to be a pilot and makes it into the Imperial Academy but, of course, his independent streak gets him kicked out and transferred to the Imperial infantry. In the aftermath of a fierce battle, Han discovers his Captain, Tobias Beckett, is actually a smuggler. Han joins Beckett's band of outlaw misfits and, after dealing with our villain, Dryden Vos, and encountering Qi'ra in surprising circumstances, he and his new smuggler compatriots chase after a quantity of rare valuable weapons material and meet the beginnings of the rebellion. While all of these events combine to build a perfectly serviceable plot, the occasionally relentless pace of the action becomes tedious at times. The film also takes on a rather bleak palette throughout. There is the flat brown of the mud and muck, the sandy brown of ubiquitous dust storms, the stout gray of star ship hulls, and the dirty white of the perpetually dim sky. These color combos might begin to wear on some viewers because, while it's a perfectly reasonable set of hues for the story being told, it's also a bit depressing. Without doubt, Woody Harrelson's work as Tobias Beckett is the best of this movie followed closely by Paul Bettany's spot-on bad guy turn playing Dryden Vos. The lead role of Han Solo, taken on by Alden Ehrenreich, is not the compelling character the movie deserves. Frankly, Ehrenreich's performance can be fairly called out as amateurish. He has a somewhat plastic sheen to his acting, such that he seems to be trying too hard, and audiences will clearly see him "acting" like Han Solo rather than "being" Han Solo. Opposite Ehrenreich as Qi'ra is Emilia Clarke, who surfaces with a more authentic portrayal of a survivor transforming into a sophisticated intergalactic femme fatale. Solo: A Star Wars Story holds its own in the company of its excellent companion Rogue One, but leaves the latter the superior film. Hardcore Star Wars fans will be satisfied with the story of how Han became Solo and wider audiences can enjoy keeping up with the hijinks and triumphs of Beckett's team of smuggling renegades. While frequently looking a touch dismal and a bearing a sometimes dizzying whirlwind of exploits, Solo stands tall in the final appraisal as a well executed and captivating addition to the cherished Star Wars World. It's true that some demanding fans will find a few minor flaws, but every class of audience will have a blast in the theater with Solo: A Star Wars Story.