Solo: A Star Wars Story is a 2018 American space Western film centering on the Star Wars character Han Solo. Alden Ehrenreich stars in the title role, with Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo and Paul Bettany co-starring. The film explores the early adventures of Han Solo and Chewbacca, who join a heist within the criminal underworld 10 years prior to the events of Star Wars. With an estimated production budget of at least USD 275 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made.
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Solo: A Star Wars Story is a 2018 American space Western film centering on the Star Wars character Han Solo. Alden Ehrenreich stars in the title role, with Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo and Paul Bettany co-starring. The film explores the early adventures of Han Solo and Chewbacca, who join a heist within the criminal underworld 10 years prior to the events of Star Wars. With an estimated production budget of at least USD 275 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made. It is the first Star Wars film to be considered a box office bomb, grossing USD 393. 2 million worldwide, making it the lowest-grossing live-action film in the franchise. It received a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 91st Academy Awards. It was released in the U.S. on May 25, 2018, and received generally favorable reviews from critics who praised the film’s cast, visuals, musical score, and action sequences, while some criticized its storyline and screenplay. The movie was directed by Ron Howard, who replaced Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who were fired in June 2017 following ‘creative differences’ with Lucasfilm. The screenplay was written by Lawrence Kasdan, who was hired to write Star Wars: The Force Awakens, leaving his son Jonathan to complete the Solo script.
In the film, Han is serving as an infantryman on Mimban following his expulsion from the Imperial Flight Academy for insubordination. He encounters a group of criminals posing as Imperial soldiers, led by Tobias Beckett. Beckett enlists them in the gang to steal a shipment of coaxium on Vandor-1. The plan fails when the Cloud Riders, a band of marauders led by Enfys Nest, arrive to hijack the shipment. The resulting chaos leads to the destruction of the coaxium and the deaths of Beckett’s wife Val and another crewman, Rio. Han vows to return for her and joins the Imperial Navy as a flight cadet, being given the surname \”Solo\”. Three years later, Han finds Qi’ra, who has joined Crimson Dawn as Vos’s top lieutenant. She leads them to Lando Calrissian, a smuggler and pilot, who she hopes will lend them his ship, the Millennium Falcon. After reaching Kessel, the team infiltrates the mine and infiltrates a slave revolt. Lando agrees to join the mission in exchange for a share of the profits, but is fatally wounded during the revolt. The Falcon, badly damaged, lands on the planet Savareen, having tracked the team from Vandor to the process to the planet of Savaree. The team leaves the desert in the process of having tracked everyone else in the rebels’ deserting everyone else, including Lando.
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