Multiple sources are now reporting that Alden Ehrenreich has now offically been cast to play Han Solo in the young Han Solo movie directed by Miller/Lord.

Alden Ehrenreich was of course last seen in the Coens Hail Caesar, I quite liked him in that movie though we'll so he does playing a role that is that iconic.

At least he's a relative unknown, so won't have much baggage to distract us

Well they clearly didn't limit their search to only include actors that have an even passing resemblance to Harrison Ford

I'm not sure I am interested in that movie at all. I don't expect anyone to be able to do Harrison Fords work justice, it just isn't possible.

Hope I am proven wrong, though. Tell me if it ends up being good.

He looks better suited to play a young Tom hanks.

I guess in case anyone wanted to make a prequel to 'The Burbs' ...or 'Splash'.

Well they clearly didn't limit their search to only include actors that have an even passing resemblance to Harrison Ford

Why didn't they just get this guy?

Seriously though, I've said it in the past and I'll say it until this movie proves me wrong .. Han Solo is a more interesting character without a back story. Leave him be.

Same applies to Boba Fett who is rumoured to get his own flick. It's a big universe yet seems like there's only 5-6 people in it.

He looks better suited to play a young Tom hanks.

I guess in case anyone wanted to make a prequel to 'The Burbs' ...or 'Splash'.

Or the Joker!

Seriously though, I've said it in the past and I'll say it until this movie proves me wrong .. Han Solo is a more interesting character without a back story. Leave him be.

Same applies to Boba Fett who is rumoured to get his own flick. It's a big universe yet seems like there's only 5-6 people in it.

I dunno... I wanna see how Han met Chewie. (Wich could possibly star Bossk, and I know he's very popular to...)

And Fett went out like a punk in ROTJ. Time to get him out of the sarlacc and back to being badass!

I do not envy anyone who got the role.

Why didn't they just get this guy?

Because he's dead.

Why didn't they just get this guy?

Because he's dead.

Well yeah, that was one of the layers to this silly joke. He's played a young Indiana (who was also Harrison), he'd probably be about the same age Harrison Ford was when he made SW now - meaning he wouldn't be a young Han and .. as you pointed out .. he's dead.

We really don't need to know Han solos past he wasn't a hero till hope.

We really don't need to know Han solos past he wasn't a hero till hope.

He was a smuggler with a Wookie! That's still cool enough.

Now if it was about the youth of Luke Skywalker...

Here are some highlights:

Findin out you're adopted, cleaning your room, helping out on the moisture farm, Uncle Owne not comming to your baseball game, more moisture farming, Going to Toche station, meeting up with Biggs, more moisture farming, etc...

We really don't need to know Han solos past he wasn't a hero till hope.

I dunno, I don't need to see Solo and Chewie meeting, but the adventures from Han Solo at Star's End, and Revenge (Lost Legacy less so) provide enough source material to build the character and the universe. It'll allow for the introduction of CorSec for instance.

Chewbacca didn't become indebted to a complete dirtbag. Isn't this the movie that the Lego Movie guys are doing?

Young Chewbacca has been cast too!

Seriously though, I've said it in the past and I'll say it until this movie proves me wrong .. Han Solo is a more interesting character without a back story. Leave him be.

Same applies to Boba Fett who is rumoured to get his own flick. It's a big universe yet seems like there's only 5-6 people in it.

I dunno... I wanna see how Han met Chewie. (Wich could possibly star Bossk, and I know he's very popular to...)

And Fett went out like a punk in ROTJ. Time to get him out of the sarlacc and back to being badass!

Well we already know that he rescued Chewie from Imperial slavers.

Seriously though, I've said it in the past and I'll say it until this movie proves me wrong .. Han Solo is a more interesting character without a back story. Leave him be.

Same applies to Boba Fett who is rumoured to get his own flick. It's a big universe yet seems like there's only 5-6 people in it.

We already have plenty of back story on Fett from the Prequels and from TCW. The Fett film will (hopefully) be more about after RotJ.

Well we already know that he rescued Chewie from Imperial slavers.

That's just from Legends though, isn't it?

Seriously though, I've said it in the past and I'll say it until this movie proves me wrong .. Han Solo is a more interesting character without a back story. Leave him be.

Same applies to Boba Fett who is rumoured to get his own flick. It's a big universe yet seems like there's only 5-6 people in it.

I dunno... I wanna see how Han met Chewie. (Wich could possibly star Bossk, and I know he's very popular to...)

And Fett went out like a punk in ROTJ. Time to get him out of the sarlacc and back to being badass!

Well we already know that he rescued Chewie from Imperial slavers.

Seriously though, I've said it in the past and I'll say it until this movie proves me wrong .. Han Solo is a more interesting character without a back story. Leave him be.

Same applies to Boba Fett who is rumoured to get his own flick. It's a big universe yet seems like there's only 5-6 people in it.

We already have plenty of back story on Fett from the Prequels and from TCW. The Fett film will (hopefully) be more about after RotJ.

One of the things that made the OT great was all of the references to the uiiverse that were never on screen. The Battle of Tanaab, the bounty hunter in Ord Mandell, the development of Han and Chewie's relationship, Han and Lando's history, the spice mines on Kessel, why Darth says "No disintegrations" to Boba Fett, etc.

When we are fed a piece of the larger universe we fill those gaps ourselves. We create our own story to explain it and that story is of interest to us - the same reasons why horror films are scarier when we can't see the villian, monster, alien, etc. We are emotionally invested in the universe because a)we subconsciously created a small part of it, b) that part is exactly what we like and find interesting, terrifying, funny,etc. I don't think the Prequel Trilogy gave us the opportunity to emotionally invest in the Eps I, II and III.

Therefore, I personallly hope they do NOT do a Han and/or Boba Fett movie as the characters are much more interesting off-screen. Boba is a chump in the OT. He does absolutely nothing bad ass (he gets defeated by a blind guy with a pointy stick who doesn't even really know he's there) but we know he's a bad ass. Why/How is he a badass .. leave that story to the Audience.

Additionally, the SW universe is very, very large place. Let's open up and explore some more stories and characters instead of focusing on existing ones.

Boba was supposed to be the main villain after ESB though, with the final confrontation between Luke and Emperor left for another trilogy.

That got dumped, along with Boba, in the great pit of Carkoon though.

Groan... not massively looking forward to this and it could possibly be the only star wars film that I won't watch.

We all know what happens to sequal/prequals that are made which nobody asks for.

Prequels for anything suck 99 times out of 100, when you know who's alive in the original film it utterly destroys all suspense.

You know young Han is in zero danger of even getting a deep cut, you know any love story they bolt on is going no where.

You can skip this film and miss nothing important.

I dunno, a love story pre-Leia could then come back later, with Son of Han²

My name is Chewie MonSolo, you killed my father, prepare to die!

I dunno, a love story pre-Leia could then come back later, with Son of Han²

My name is Chewie MonSolo, you killed my father, prepare to die!

No. I AM your father.