I hated how Han got his name at first. But after I rewatched the movie, I kind of see it as he kept the name to remind himself that he's alone in the galaxy, with no friends and no family. And the reason he kept it was also for identity's sake and because he was already associated with that name.
@@tylermendelson7266 i think your mistaken hes not underused hes broken kind of watered down older and also HIS BEST FRIEND DIED RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM ! so id he a tad distraught too
Garrett Hooks Yes, he is in the story less because Han isn't in it, he's the second fiddle to a fiddle that no longer exists. But to say that its for story reasons is reaching. He should have had more interaction with Rey and became her sidekick more or less. Instead we got a few minutes of Chewie hanging out with f'ing porgs. And he flew the falcon in like 2 scenes. Thats about it.
Actually, there were moments in Solo where I kind of felt bad for Chewbacca as everybody focussed so much on Solo it felt like it downplayed Chewbacca's importance. Like when Qi'ra automatically sat on the co-pilot seat without taking heed of Chewie. I was surprised there wasn't more reason for Chewbacca to stay with han. I believe in the EU he was saved by Han, which meant Chewbacca was under a life debt. Gradually it evolved into friendship instead. I didn't really feel like they went for this in the movie
I didn't get a chance to see it in theaters but after seeing all the shit talking on the internet my expectations were pretty rock bottom. Good thing I don't really believe people on the internet. The movie was pretty damn good. Was it amazing? No. Could it have been better? Obviously. But it was a solid fun movie nontheless to me. Easily the best bit was seeing Maul and just getting validation that he was alive in the movies and not just in the show. It was an awesome moment.
Supreme ReyBen It is better than Ep.II, Ep.I was basically a movie for kids if you take away Jar Jar and Politics, so I try not to compare both. Solo is definitely better than Rogue One, you have a good time and that’s it.
I was going to keyboard warrior my way into these comments to say this exact thing haha. *Thought we were in a trouble for a second.. But it's fine. We're fine.*
There were a lot of people who said "I hated The Last Jedi, so I won't see Solo." As Spock would say: "That's most illogical." Any Star Trek fan knows that just because one movie is bad doesn't mean the one that follows it will be bad. I wish the Star Wars fans weren't so whiny.
I mean, how else will Disney listen? Money is the only language they speak, thus, if we want something to change in a product, we must not purchase it. And before you get started on the people who hated TLJ, I swear the people who hate those people are just as bad, and sometimes worse. Like Patrick. Fucking racist towards whites. Like jesus.
Even on trailers that movie looked so boring I didn't even need to convince myself not to go. And if at the same time it can maybe help to get the Cunt out of Lucasfilm, well, then I'm all for it.
R2 D2 and C3p0 are at their weakest in TPM and AOTC and coincidentally, they are generally agreed to be the 2 weakest movies. Just a coincidence I thought I'd mention.
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@jakob k It really doesn't mean much that this is the best Disney Star Wars movie. Trying to find the best movie out of the four is like trying to find the shiniest shit out of four piles of shit lol.
@@garretthooks167 Tricky. I think it's a good film, but there are many elements that don't feel like Star Wars to me. I am very conflicted about it, I love the Luke on Crait scene for example, but at the same time I feel as if Luke's character was the complete antithesis of everything he stood for and how he acts in the books, comics, movies, even Battlefront 2. I think just as a film fan, you can make the argument TLJ is better than many other of the Star Wars movies, but I weigh Star Wars storytelling first over what I thought of it strictly as a film. TLJ falls somewhere around the middle of the pack of my favorite Star Wars films.
I find it a bit odd that Han and Leia would give their son the last name “Solo,” knowing it was something a random dude came up with, rather than “Organa,” a name of the Alderaan royalty and one of the most influential people in the formation of the Rebel alliance.
Why should casual fans have to watch 100 episodes of a star wars cartoon and 40 books? I just want to watch a good movie and understand what the fuck is going on
Because star wars movies are for the fans, both casual and hardcore, but the hardcore fans feel rewarded and validated when you do something like this. I mean you could just look up online how maul is alive and your set. I mean you dont have to watch 1-6 to wacth 7 but it helps, and I now thats different its just depends on how much effort you are willing to give, versus how much you want too enjoy the movie. Sorry Im rambeling, hopefully you got at least a little bit of what I meant, and I meant it in a non aggressive manner hopefully.
I get where you're coming from. But aside from the "Solo" origin...the checklist aspect you describe doesn't feel as egregious to me. At least, not as much as Rogue One. The winks and nods felt mostly well integrated pretty well into the narrative.
@GamingPro1003 Both films have a TON load of fan service. But given this is a HAN SOLO stand alone movie, I kinda already expect to see a lot of fan service. As for R1 there's quite a lot of stuff that could have been removed in order to develop more the main characters.
I think the way Han got his last name is a homage to the Godfather in a way. It’s exaxtly the way Vito got the name Corleone. And when you think about it, in many parts of the world last names were originated by where a person is from or what they look like or what someone’s proffesion is. But I can see it was bit cheesy to many people including myself, till I started thinking about it.
Maybe they should've gone with a trilogy, Imagine if each of the three parts of this film were it's own film. The first would be, as Hello Greedo puts it, about Han's early years as a teenager, then ends with the escape and Han joining the military and gaining his name. The second is about his years in the Imperial Military, the first third as a pilot, then the crash and demoted to the infantry, where he meets Chewbacca and joins Beckett. The climax is the job, which of course goes wrong. Then the final movie is about the big Kessel Run and the aftermath, where we finally see Han become the scoundrel we all know and love.
You should read the Han Solo trilogy bc A.C. Crispin. I’m in the middle of it and it follows Han in his young years. It’s not canon anymore but god damn it’s fun as hell to read.
I agree. I really liked Alden’s portrayal of Solo. But I didn’t see a checklist as well as you do. But all in all, you summarize my opinions about this movie. I overall loved it.
Solo was probably my favourite of the Disney star wars movies. Took my moody 13 year old to see it expecting him to hate it but absolutely loved it. Raved about it the whole way home.
@@treknobabble1701 mine too lol I can't get either my eighth grade daughter or son to enjoy ANYTHING with me and their mom nowadays, but they both had a blast at Solo!
I quite like how they gave him the name Solo. I thought it gave a nuance to his insecurities about belonging and believing in something, to say the name wasn’t even his idea, in my opinion, makes the idea that Han tries to find belonging but can’t, even more prominent.
I love that transition from the recruiting officer saying “we’ll have you flying in no time.” And in the immediate next scene Han (as an infantry man) is literally flying through the air before he crashes on the ground. That’s a good gag 👍
Honestly, I fell more in love with this film when I bought it. There is something so good about the in camera work and all the puppet madness. I know I'm biased being a filmmaker so I look for those specific aesthetic things. But it's really so fun to watch. My biggest criticism: the film was graded way too dark for my taste. Everything almost seems backlit, but then again, the attention to detail in every set is ridiculous.
I have a similar opinion on the re tread of things we already know making it into a plot or film, but it just didn’t bother me at all for this film, like at all, this has quickly become my favorite SW film to rewatch with RotJ holding that title since I was like 6, I don’t know something about it just feels great to me. Maybe it’s because I also watch a lot of comic book films and an inevitable thing that’s understood by the audience is that a comic book or few is partially adapted for a film. And sometimes a large part or even majority of excitement for said film is seeing how well those moments are executed in film, seeing the visualization of what we know, but as I said, I get it, heck I agree with it. But this film really just works for me.
I went to see the film in the cinema and personally I loved it. I saw it again when it came out on Blu Ray and I still love it I think it's great adventure. I would like more sequels to explore his past.
The getting stuck with the speeder at the beggining of the movie is a foreshadow of the Millenium Falcon passing through the walls in the asteroid while chased by the tie fighters
Honestly, despite the dirt that got kicked up because of Solo and the whole Last Jedi debacle, I honestly enjoyed Solo. It was fun, entertaining, well cast and acted, the effects were awesome and I loved the characters (especially L3) to name a few things. I've watched it several times on Blu-Ray and still get excited every time I see it.
The reason why the 'checklist' in Solo worked for me is that it was all in the context of story/narrative and didn't just get randomly thrown in there by coincidence. Han/Chewy showing up in TFA and just happening to find the Falcon after so many years, is a perfect example of a random checklist that was done because it had to be. Every 'checklist' item with Han progressed the movie and was part of the story. He doesn't just randomly find the Falcon, but he meets Lando for the first time, he loses a bet (which we all thought he would win), develops a friendship (from a certain point of view) goes on a mission as a passenger on the Falcon, and THEN finally flies it when Lando is injured. The Kessel Run is not something he stumbled into but it was part of the story again, and a big part of the mission that he shows off his flying skills for the first time. Meeting Chewy and Han shooting first all have significance in the story, as falling into the pit with Chewy is part of him escaping the Empire, and shooting Beckett is his eventual descent into being a lone wolf (until he changes at the end of ANH). I thought the movie did a good job of avoiding 'fan service' for the sake of fan service, as Rogue One had the 2 Cantina guys from ANH just happen to bump into Jyn and Casian. That is random fan service at it's worse. Solo really is it's own entity and that is why I really liked it, as it's a Heist movie that just happens to contain one of our beloved characters from a GFFA.
My favorite moments in solo was maul at the end since he is my favorite assassin next to Quinlan vos, and then starkiller from the force unleashed games, the kessel run, and Han and lando while they were playing cards and talking
I would settle for a whole film about the battle of Mimban, that sequence at the beginning with the officer trying to instill some patriotic fervour in Han and then immediately gets poleaxed by a missile was awesome
I think the film making him Solo is an Easter egg to the Brian Daley novels in the 80s. In that other characters speculated Han had named himself Solo as he operated alone.
Solo is incredibly underrated, and it is by far my favourite Star Wars movie since the original trilogy. I don't care about the boxes being ticked, because that only really matters the first time you watch it to learn new stuff... But we watch Star Wars films hundreds of times. So, instead of these things being "new", they'll end up just being things that we know, understand and accept. I just feel like this film is so enjoyable and reminds me so much of A New Hope. I'd love to see a second instalment of Solo, because Alden as Han is incredible.
For some reason when they said about needles getting into the crash I thought of the end of back to the future part 3 when he crashes into the rolls royce.
Apart from the name thing I actually think most of the call backs are fine and are swift like the trading of the blaster. Just a quick call back that worked
"there, your free, now move." beep-beep-bop? "I don't know. go free your brethren, or something. just get out of my way." one of my favorite droids. love how she just screams "REBELION" during the chaos.
Favorite Star Wars films from favorite to least favorite: 1. A New Hope 2. The Empire Strikes Back 3. Return of the Jedi 4. The Force Awakens 5. Revenge of the Sith 6. Solo 7. The Last Jedi 8. Rogue One 9. The Phantom Menace 10. Attack of the Clones
I would love to see another shot at Solo with the same team and takes more chances. I wanna see this Han, Chewie, and Lando blast across the galaxy conning people and taking on heists. There's been some rumours and speculation that this could happen with a miniseries on Disney's streaming thing and I'd totally be down with that.
Yeah I think I pretty much agree with you on most points. I liked the Maul reveal, though I thought it was a little bit overdone, like there was no need for him to wave his lightsaber around in such a dramatic fashion. But I'm glad he was in there. Overall I think it was a fun movie, a safe movie but one that will bear repeated viewings in the future.
If you really want to explore the beginning of Han on Corellia i highly recommend the canon book "Most Wanted", it deals exactly with that and is very well written
I too enjoyed it more second time round at home. I think you pick up on things more in the comfort of your own home rather than at the cinema. Han was played brilliantly and Donald Glover did great with Lando too!
You are my favorite star wars reviewer. You seem to know it so well and it's not like you're just a star wars fanboy but a movie fan. You like good movies and fun. But you also understand star wars better than many other TH-cam critics
The part after chewie and Han's shower scene, when chewie and han are chilling on the bridge on the outside and Chewie's hair is just blowing everywhere, man that had me laughing pretty good in the theaters, but only me so it was kinda weird. But yeah, enjoyed alot of goofy grinning during this movie too. Hope you, the wife and they baby are doing well Greedo.
I personally liked a lot of the checklist aspects, but I definitely hope that if they do make a Solo 2, it would do more of the unexpected fun moments from the first film which "strung the checklist together."
This was the first movie I’ve seen in the theater twice, I thought it was so good! I’d recommend the book Star Wars: Most Wanted for more Corellia street life. It’s a direct prequel to the Solo movie and shows how Qi’ra and Han became a thing, as well as a pretty cool adventure
It make me wonder if these anthology movies would be better is the movie was made of, an event, & not a person. Not sure. But, having said that, I would like to see an Obi Wan movie. So...I don’t know.
There's actually a novel that explores Han's early years on Corellia. It's called "Most Wanted". I liked it a lot more than "Last Shot" to be honest. It felt more... old school.
I think it's funny that the recruiter said "well have you flying in no time" then it goes to a shot of Han flying through the air after a big explosion on the battlefield
I totally agree with you. The beginning was my favorite part. Qi’ra was fantastic too, and while I do kinda feel that the movie kinda slows down after that, it picks up at the end when he “shoots first” and then the parallel to TLJ happened. The way I see it, this movie shows Han as a man of contradictions. He has problems with his dad, and yet flies a ship his father was known for making that would carry all that emotional pain. Han returns to Lando even after he’s betrayed him before and loves despite being turned away before. He was turned away from his son, and yet is willing to give his life for him. Why does Han consistently put himself in situations where he only causes himself pain? As Qui’ra says, He’s the good guy.
Loved Solo. I hope the potential for sequels isn’t off the table. I’d love to see these actors play them again. They could give us all the Bounty Hunters, Maul, a puppet Jabba!
Great review! It was ok in the movies, but I loved it on the small screen. FYI, I hated how he got his last name. Especially because his good friend who died in the novels name was So'ulo. He was his Rodian friend!.... So'ulo - Solo that to me was a missed opportunity.
This movie was destined to be divisive from the beginning. Inarguably, they COULD have selected a better/more interesting premise or subject to make a Star Wars Story film about, as opposed to a character that we didn’t really need to see an origin story for to appreciate him more. But does that make this movie bad? No, not at all. It’s pretty good. But still, perhaps unnecessary.
I loved it. It is up there as one of the tops for me. I think we all thought Han would win the card game the first time around. It leaves you wondering what was coming up next because the boxes have been checked. Great review, the second time around..... Donald Glover Nailed it also and their interaction was awesome. I hate you, I know..... classic.
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I hated how Han got his name at first. But after I rewatched the movie, I kind of see it as he kept the name to remind himself that he's alone in the galaxy, with no friends and no family. And the reason he kept it was also for identity's sake and because he was already associated with that name.
It makes his reaction to Finn calling him Solo in TFA even cooler too.
I love how Chewie became more of a character in this movie
same, it was the first movie where Chewie did not feel like just an extension of Han.
much better than the empty underused shell that Chewie is in TLJ
@@tylermendelson7266 i think your mistaken hes not underused hes broken kind of watered down older and also HIS BEST FRIEND DIED RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM ! so id he a tad distraught too
Garrett Hooks Yes, he is in the story less because Han isn't in it, he's the second fiddle to a fiddle that no longer exists. But to say that its for story reasons is reaching. He should have had more interaction with Rey and became her sidekick more or less. Instead we got a few minutes of Chewie hanging out with f'ing porgs. And he flew the falcon in like 2 scenes. Thats about it.
Actually, there were moments in Solo where I kind of felt bad for Chewbacca as everybody focussed so much on Solo it felt like it downplayed Chewbacca's importance. Like when Qi'ra automatically sat on the co-pilot seat without taking heed of Chewie. I was surprised there wasn't more reason for Chewbacca to stay with han. I believe in the EU he was saved by Han, which meant Chewbacca was under a life debt. Gradually it evolved into friendship instead. I didn't really feel like they went for this in the movie
I didn't get a chance to see it in theaters but after seeing all the shit talking on the internet my expectations were pretty rock bottom. Good thing I don't really believe people on the internet. The movie was pretty damn good. Was it amazing? No. Could it have been better? Obviously. But it was a solid fun movie nontheless to me.
Easily the best bit was seeing Maul and just getting validation that he was alive in the movies and not just in the show. It was an awesome moment.
Word!
I liked it better than Rogue One.
Solo is pretty much the underdog of the franchise
You mean "underrated".
I mean, I hear many people say Revenge of the Sith is underrated, so I don't know which one to believe lol
Supreme ReyBen It is better than Ep.II, Ep.I was basically a movie for kids if you take away Jar Jar and Politics, so I try not to compare both. Solo is definitely better than Rogue One, you have a good time and that’s it.
The Cambot "Objectively bad" to you guy
Watch maulers review
Actually The Imperial March was first introduced into canon in Rebels.
Ugh
It's the, "Actually...." guy.
I was going to keyboard warrior my way into these comments to say this exact thing haha.
*Thought we were in a trouble for a second.. But it's fine. We're fine.*
The Blackarrow um excuse me. It wasn’t imperial March in rebels. It was lighter
Cosita Creations he hasn’t watched rebels yet
Metroplext1123 It definitely sounded lighter in tone in Rebels but it was 100% the Imperial March.
There were a lot of people who said "I hated The Last Jedi, so I won't see Solo." As Spock would say: "That's most illogical." Any Star Trek fan knows that just because one movie is bad doesn't mean the one that follows it will be bad. I wish the Star Wars fans weren't so whiny.
I mean, how else will Disney listen? Money is the only language they speak, thus, if we want something to change in a product, we must not purchase it.
And before you get started on the people who hated TLJ, I swear the people who hate those people are just as bad, and sometimes worse. Like Patrick. Fucking racist towards whites. Like jesus.
‘Star Wars’ fans get their whiny attitude from Anakin and Luke Skywalker.
@The Joker I made this joke on the star wars subreddit and got banned lol
Even on trailers that movie looked so boring I didn't even need to convince myself not to go. And if at the same time it can maybe help to get the Cunt out of Lucasfilm, well, then I'm all for it.
CNVideos that’s not why people didn’t see solo
I also don’t think that every single Star Wars movie and cartoon needs a quirky droid.
Jonathan Roe exactly
R2 D2 and C3p0 are at their weakest in TPM and AOTC and coincidentally, they are generally agreed to be the 2 weakest movies. Just a coincidence I thought I'd mention.
liftlash98 they seem weaker in Revenge of the Sith and The Last Jedi to me. I guess it’s a matter of opinion and what you mean by weakest.
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I personally liked this movie a lot and I think it's the best Disney Star Wars movie just my opinion.
@jakob k It really doesn't mean much that this is the best Disney Star Wars movie. Trying to find the best movie out of the four is like trying to find the shiniest shit out of four piles of shit lol.
Actually that does mean a lot because 3/4 of the movies are good.
TFA for me.
R1 and Solo are very neck and neck. Love them both
@@An_NBA_Enjoyer what about TLJ ?
@@garretthooks167
Tricky. I think it's a good film, but there are many elements that don't feel like Star Wars to me. I am very conflicted about it, I love the Luke on Crait scene for example, but at the same time I feel as if Luke's character was the complete antithesis of everything he stood for and how he acts in the books, comics, movies, even Battlefront 2. I think just as a film fan, you can make the argument TLJ is better than many other of the Star Wars movies, but I weigh Star Wars storytelling first over what I thought of it strictly as a film.
TLJ falls somewhere around the middle of the pack of my favorite Star Wars films.
I kind of liked the way Han gets his surname. And I fucking loved this movie from beginning to end.
it is really good and i was surprise , all the latest hate wagon for star wars really doesnt make any sense to me,
I find it a bit odd that Han and Leia would give their son the last name “Solo,” knowing it was something a random dude came up with, rather than “Organa,” a name of the Alderaan royalty and one of the most influential people in the formation of the Rebel alliance.
Evolved Turtle Productions why does Leia keep her last name Organa? Why didn’t she become a skywalker?
I actually really enjoy how solo got his name. It just seems right to me
I loved solo and I saw it again on Saturday and I thought it was even better☺
I'm glad they didnt make a big whoop about han getting the DL-44
I wasn't a fan of how han got his name either to be honest but other than that I thought it was really good
This movie just made me want an imperial infantry war movie because of that mud trooper scene
Yessss
Watch the rest of 'The Clone Wars' and you'll understand the Maul point
Why should casual fans have to watch 100 episodes of a star wars cartoon and 40 books? I just want to watch a good movie and understand what the fuck is going on
I only made that comment because Greedo is watching and making weekly videos about 'The Clone Wats' series.
Because star wars movies are for the fans, both casual and hardcore, but the hardcore fans feel rewarded and validated when you do something like this. I mean you could just look up online how maul is alive and your set. I mean you dont have to watch 1-6 to wacth 7 but it helps, and I now thats different its just depends on how much effort you are willing to give, versus how much you want too enjoy the movie. Sorry Im rambeling, hopefully you got at least a little bit of what I meant, and I meant it in a non aggressive manner hopefully.
Jordan you could literally just watch a 5 minute video on youtube if you’re confused lol
You don't need to, all you need to know is that he was found alive on a junk planet and spends all the episodes he's in killing people.
If he and Q'ira would go through together the Officer be like:
"Got no name? Hmm...Han...duo"
I get where you're coming from. But aside from the "Solo" origin...the checklist aspect you describe doesn't feel as egregious to me. At least, not as much as Rogue One.
The winks and nods felt mostly well integrated pretty well into the narrative.
@GamingPro1003 Both films have a TON load of fan service. But given this is a HAN SOLO stand alone movie, I kinda already expect to see a lot of fan service. As for R1 there's quite a lot of stuff that could have been removed in order to develop more the main characters.
@GamingPro1003 Vader, Tarkin, Leia, Evazan...
I think the way Han got his last name is a homage to the Godfather in a way. It’s exaxtly the way Vito got the name Corleone. And when you think about it, in many parts of the world last names were originated by where a person is from or what they look like or what someone’s proffesion is. But I can see it was bit cheesy to many people including myself, till I started thinking about it.
Greedo Kenobi ahhhhhhhh yesssss!!!!
I’m in the minority but I liked how Han got his last name
Me too, it never bugged me
Ssh... before anyone finds out we like the "solo" bit.
I agree
Same
I don't like it
The “checking the box” theory is interesting. That idea alone is why I often have issues with prequels in general. Especially the PT.
Maybe they should've gone with a trilogy, Imagine if each of the three parts of this film were it's own film.
The first would be, as Hello Greedo puts it, about Han's early years as a teenager, then ends with the escape and Han joining the military and gaining his name.
The second is about his years in the Imperial Military, the first third as a pilot, then the crash and demoted to the infantry, where he meets Chewbacca and joins Beckett. The climax is the job, which of course goes wrong.
Then the final movie is about the big Kessel Run and the aftermath, where we finally see Han become the scoundrel we all know and love.
I hear it is supposed to have sequels. The ending sure seems that way.
@@Fletch55 And Qi'ra and Maul leading Crimson Dawn
I was thinking that as I was watching this video.
The check boxes thing would've been way more okay if they had spaced them out into three movies.
You should read the Han Solo trilogy bc A.C. Crispin. I’m in the middle of it and it follows Han in his young years. It’s not canon anymore but god damn it’s fun as hell to read.
There will be 3 Solo movies: www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a19991800/solo-a-star-wars-story-han-solo-movie-sequels-alden-ehrenreich/
Underrated and better than rogue one imo
Scott Reynolds there was a lightsabre, at the end with Darth maul
Maul pulled out his saber super briefly
Oh yeah I forgot
Where was Anthony Daniels
Scott Reynolds Too right!
I agree. I really liked Alden’s portrayal of Solo. But I didn’t see a checklist as well as you do. But all in all, you summarize my opinions about this movie. I overall loved it.
The “happy march” was Made for star wars rebels
Solo was great
My kids especially loved it.
And, you know, they ARE the target demographic, so....
TWSTF 8 you forgot one small detail kids don't have money to purchase tickets
Solo was probably my favourite of the Disney star wars movies. Took my moody 13 year old to see it expecting him to hate it but absolutely loved it. Raved about it the whole way home.
@@treknobabble1701 mine too lol I can't get either my eighth grade daughter or son to enjoy ANYTHING with me and their mom nowadays, but they both had a blast at Solo!
@@GustafMedF yeah parents who would say what is this shit what have they done to Luke I'm not seeing this crap anymore
I quite like how they gave him the name Solo. I thought it gave a nuance to his insecurities about belonging and believing in something, to say the name wasn’t even his idea, in my opinion, makes the idea that Han tries to find belonging but can’t, even more prominent.
I got chills when dryden vos said: I never ask for something twice, han.
Dude you'd love the new Star Wars novel Most Wanted. It's about Han and Qi'ra surviving on the streets of Corellia before Solo. It's really good.
I love that transition from the recruiting officer saying “we’ll have you flying in no time.” And in the immediate next scene Han (as an infantry man) is literally flying through the air before he crashes on the ground. That’s a good gag 👍
Every fan of every franchise has a “head canon”. That moment made me laugh. Love your videos HelloGreedo!
Honestly, I fell more in love with this film when I bought it. There is something so good about the in camera work and all the puppet madness. I know I'm biased being a filmmaker so I look for those specific aesthetic things. But it's really so fun to watch. My biggest criticism: the film was graded way too dark for my taste. Everything almost seems backlit, but then again, the attention to detail in every set is ridiculous.
The Imperial March actually also appeared in Rebels Season 1, too!
I have a similar opinion on the re tread of things we already know making it into a plot or film, but it just didn’t bother me at all for this film, like at all, this has quickly become my favorite SW film to rewatch with RotJ holding that title since I was like 6, I don’t know something about it just feels great to me. Maybe it’s because I also watch a lot of comic book films and an inevitable thing that’s understood by the audience is that a comic book or few is partially adapted for a film. And sometimes a large part or even majority of excitement for said film is seeing how well those moments are executed in film, seeing the visualization of what we know, but as I said, I get it, heck I agree with it. But this film really just works for me.
I loved the imperial march being in a Major Key instead of minor.
I went to see the film in the cinema and personally I loved it. I saw it again when it came out on Blu Ray and I still love it I think it's great adventure. I would like more sequels to explore his past.
The getting stuck with the speeder at the beggining of the movie is a foreshadow of the Millenium Falcon passing through the walls in the asteroid while chased by the tie fighters
Black Series needs to make an Enfys Nest helmet, ASAP
Honestly, despite the dirt that got kicked up because of Solo and the whole Last Jedi debacle, I honestly enjoyed Solo. It was fun, entertaining, well cast and acted, the effects were awesome and I loved the characters (especially L3) to name a few things. I've watched it several times on Blu-Ray and still get excited every time I see it.
I think this is the most underrated Star Wars movie... It's just way too much fun.
Totally agree the Corellia stuff was so good in Solo. His outfit in that segment was dope too
The reason why the 'checklist' in Solo worked for me is that it was all in the context of story/narrative and didn't just get randomly thrown in there by coincidence. Han/Chewy showing up in TFA and just happening to find the Falcon after so many years, is a perfect example of a random checklist that was done because it had to be.
Every 'checklist' item with Han progressed the movie and was part of the story. He doesn't just randomly find the Falcon, but he meets Lando for the first time, he loses a bet (which we all thought he would win), develops a friendship (from a certain point of view) goes on a mission as a passenger on the Falcon, and THEN finally flies it when Lando is injured. The Kessel Run is not something he stumbled into but it was part of the story again, and a big part of the mission that he shows off his flying skills for the first time. Meeting Chewy and Han shooting first all have significance in the story, as falling into the pit with Chewy is part of him escaping the Empire, and shooting Beckett is his eventual descent into being a lone wolf (until he changes at the end of ANH).
I thought the movie did a good job of avoiding 'fan service' for the sake of fan service, as Rogue One had the 2 Cantina guys from ANH just happen to bump into Jyn and Casian. That is random fan service at it's worse. Solo really is it's own entity and that is why I really liked it, as it's a Heist movie that just happens to contain one of our beloved characters from a GFFA.
The Imperial March actually appears in canon in Rebels. The episode is called "Empire Day" and is again in a more jolly way.
I mean Han was not given his last name do to Impirial protocol or something like that, it was because the waiter thought that it suited him
My favorite moments in solo was maul at the end since he is my favorite assassin next to Quinlan vos, and then starkiller from the force unleashed games, the kessel run, and Han and lando while they were playing cards and talking
That cut scene about his court-marshal was awesome. Wish they spent more time with Han and Qi'ra in the beginning, and a bit more in the Empire.
I would settle for a whole film about the battle of Mimban, that sequence at the beginning with the officer trying to instill some patriotic fervour in Han and then immediately gets poleaxed by a missile was awesome
I really dig the ‘Solo’ naming scene. If for no other reason than it’s an Aussie dubbing him.
I think the film making him Solo is an Easter egg to the Brian Daley novels in the 80s. In that other characters speculated Han had named himself Solo as he operated alone.
The thing about the big maw monster is that, it's kind of tradition to have a big monster in Star Wars
Rebels had the imperial march as an upbeat tune in universe too- it plays on Empire Day
I really like the '' he's dealing with a regional governor'' line
Solo is incredibly underrated, and it is by far my favourite Star Wars movie since the original trilogy. I don't care about the boxes being ticked, because that only really matters the first time you watch it to learn new stuff... But we watch Star Wars films hundreds of times. So, instead of these things being "new", they'll end up just being things that we know, understand and accept.
I just feel like this film is so enjoyable and reminds me so much of A New Hope. I'd love to see a second instalment of Solo, because Alden as Han is incredible.
For some reason when they said about needles getting into the crash I thought of the end of back to the future part 3 when he crashes into the rolls royce.
Read Most Wanted! It's exactly what you're looking for and I really enjoyed it
Apart from the name thing I actually think most of the call backs are fine and are swift like the trading of the blaster. Just a quick call back that worked
maul was one of my favorite part of the movie (probably because he's my second favorite character)
The creature in the Maw was a nod to Abeloth.
"there, your free, now move." beep-beep-bop? "I don't know. go free your brethren, or something. just get out of my way." one of my favorite droids. love how she just screams "REBELION" during the chaos.
Favorite Star Wars films from favorite to least favorite:
1. A New Hope
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Return of the Jedi
4. The Force Awakens
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. Solo
7. The Last Jedi
8. Rogue One
9. The Phantom Menace
10. Attack of the Clones
I would love to see another shot at Solo with the same team and takes more chances. I wanna see this Han, Chewie, and Lando blast across the galaxy conning people and taking on heists. There's been some rumours and speculation that this could happen with a miniseries on Disney's streaming thing and I'd totally be down with that.
Yeah I think I pretty much agree with you on most points. I liked the Maul reveal, though I thought it was a little bit overdone, like there was no need for him to wave his lightsaber around in such a dramatic fashion. But I'm glad he was in there. Overall I think it was a fun movie, a safe movie but one that will bear repeated viewings in the future.
If you really want to explore the beginning of Han on Corellia i highly recommend the canon book "Most Wanted", it deals exactly with that and is very well written
The L3 scene where there was droids fighting was a reference from Clone Wars.
Thanks for the low key shout out in the " _________ Solo" part man
I love this flick. It's so charming and fun.
Great vid, HG. Glad you liked it more a second time. I hope they’ll make more young Han films w/Ehrenreich but not sure that’s happening now.
I too enjoyed it more second time round at home. I think you pick up on things more in the comfort of your own home rather than at the cinema. Han was played brilliantly and Donald Glover did great with Lando too!
You are my favorite star wars reviewer. You seem to know it so well and it's not like you're just a star wars fanboy but a movie fan. You like good movies and fun. But you also understand star wars better than many other TH-cam critics
The Last Jedi felt like a checklist of things fans want to see as well, except they were checking off to make sure those things weren't in the movie.
Apparently in the expanded book version of Solo Nest gave the fuel to Saw Guerara.
I think you also need to keep in mind all the production issues when viewing too. Would've been interesting if Howard was there from start to finish.
The part after chewie and Han's shower scene, when chewie and han are chilling on the bridge on the outside and Chewie's hair is just blowing everywhere, man that had me laughing pretty good in the theaters, but only me so it was kinda weird. But yeah, enjoyed alot of goofy grinning during this movie too. Hope you, the wife and they baby are doing well Greedo.
I agree I would have loved to have seen more of Han in his younger years on Corellia
I personally liked a lot of the checklist aspects, but I definitely hope that if they do make a Solo 2, it would do more of the unexpected fun moments from the first film which "strung the checklist together."
This was the first movie I’ve seen in the theater twice, I thought it was so good! I’d recommend the book Star Wars: Most Wanted for more Corellia street life. It’s a direct prequel to the Solo movie and shows how Qi’ra and Han became a thing, as well as a pretty cool adventure
I loved Solo, but you are correct about the box checking aspect. The novelization, even describes how Han received the scar on his chin.
finally, someone noticed that Star Wars music was used as official music of the empire.
The mealstrom with the monster beside it is from Homer's Odyssey. In fact a large part of the movie is based on the Odyssey. There you go: mind blown
If you want more of his 'younger years', I suggest the book Most Wanted by Rae Carson.
If you want a story about Han on Corellia, read Most Wanted. It’s canon, and about Han and Qi’ra surviving and it’s great
It make me wonder if these anthology movies would be better is the movie was made of, an event, & not a person. Not sure. But, having said that, I would like to see an Obi Wan movie. So...I don’t know.
There's actually a novel that explores Han's early years on Corellia. It's called "Most Wanted". I liked it a lot more than "Last Shot" to be honest. It felt more... old school.
I think it's funny that the recruiter said "well have you flying in no time" then it goes to a shot of Han flying through the air after a big explosion on the battlefield
I totally agree with you. The beginning was my favorite part. Qi’ra was fantastic too, and while I do kinda feel that the movie kinda slows down after that, it picks up at the end when he “shoots first” and then the parallel to TLJ happened.
The way I see it, this movie shows Han as a man of contradictions. He has problems with his dad, and yet flies a ship his father was known for making that would carry all that emotional pain. Han returns to Lando even after he’s betrayed him before and loves despite being turned away before. He was turned away from his son, and yet is willing to give his life for him. Why does Han consistently put himself in situations where he only causes himself pain?
As Qui’ra says,
He’s the good guy.
I just really loved the character interactions
the imperial march in canon has actually been in universe since one of the episodes in star wars rebels
I’ve never agreed 100% with you on anything. You nailed it. Every point...nailed it.
congrats on the new baby!!
Well thought out. I liked it and didn't have a problem with the checklists.
Im not upset about these Disney movies, Im actually grateful. As a Star Wars fan, I find bits and pieces of all these movies that I enjoy and like.
Loved Solo. I hope the potential for sequels isn’t off the table. I’d love to see these actors play them again. They could give us all the Bounty Hunters, Maul, a puppet Jabba!
Great review! It was ok in the movies, but I loved it on the small screen. FYI, I hated how he got his last name. Especially because his good friend who died in the novels name was So'ulo. He was his Rodian friend!.... So'ulo - Solo that to me was a missed opportunity.
This movie was destined to be divisive from the beginning. Inarguably, they COULD have selected a better/more interesting premise or subject to make a Star Wars Story film about, as opposed to a character that we didn’t really need to see an origin story for to appreciate him more.
But does that make this movie bad?
No, not at all. It’s pretty good. But still, perhaps unnecessary.
I think the kids who grow up with this movie won’t mind how solo was named and I’m ok with that
We’ll have you flying in no time... to *Han flying though the air in* the battle!
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What about the droid attack on the Wookiees?
He’s right. Its a system we cannot afford to lose
Dew it
IDK but in my head cannon, the way they gave Han his name was pretty much how I pictured it. Maybe I'm not just very imaginative LOL
I loved it. It is up there as one of the tops for me. I think we all thought Han would win the card game the first time around. It leaves you wondering what was coming up next because the boxes have been checked. Great review, the second time around.....
Donald Glover Nailed it also and their interaction was awesome.
I hate you, I know..... classic.
I really liked this movie. Enfys Nest was by far the highlight of the film for me.