Han didn't want the yacht for reasons I noted previously. Han wanted to save Chewie and get the Coaxium back, necessitating his departure from the yacht. While he's doing that, Qi'ra is sweeping the yacht for valuables that can be used to buy a clean ship.
Right, plus she is able to use a cover story to aid her ascension within the gang. Gave her an excuse to off her boss and blame it on a dead guy, so now she has a lot more power.
Why is the large space creature always dumb enough to go after the small escape pod and ignore the Larger Falcon? who was watching Chewie when Becket went back to the Yacht ?
Han couldn't easily steal the yacht. It have numerous levels no doubt filled with armed thugs. Like the ones we see on the ground level as people enter. Fact is there are very few true plot-holes in SW. One genuine plot-hole is the infamous goof where Padme inexplicably knows about "That hangar". Most of the others are just examples of dramatic convenience, or things that aren't explained. Which is different from something that can't be explained. As for Solo, I can't think of anything significant to raise. I did think it was a bit lazy of the Enfys Nest crew to sit back & allow Beckett to walk all that way with the hyperfuel. If it was so valuable they should've confronted him & taken it. Perhaps he slipped out without their knowledge, or they were watching him & would've intervened if Han had not. Not even close to a plot-hole.
Honestly, I think that Solo is the most flawless Star Wars film ever made when it comes to plot holes. Pretty amazing really. Man I love this film. The only plot hole I can think of, is how did Han & Chewie get off the planet after Lando took off with the Falcon near the end of the film? They had no ship.
To me that would only be an issue if there was a time constraint. Since there wasn't we can say it took them as long as necessary to get off. Maybe days, maybe weeks. That can be part of the reason Han was so annoyed at Lando when they meet again at the end of the movie. As a separate though possibly related point, where was Beckett taking the hyperfuel? Must've been to a ship right?
Some things that people (not necessarily me) might argue are contrived and/or plot holes: Qi'ra remains behind on Corellia. She not only survives Lady Proxima's vengeance, but also rises to be number 3 in one of the Galaxy's largest criminal organization in just three years. Han, meanwhile, is stuck as either a student in Flight Academy or cannon fodder in the Imperial Army for that same time frame. This might break suspension of disbelief for some people. Does Dryden Vos really love his knives so much that he doesn't bother to keep a personal sidearm on his body at all times? Seems like an important piece of protection for a crime lord. The way Han runs into Chewbacca, then right into his first big gig, then into Lando and the Falcon, seems a bit contrived. The movie does a good job of making it seem natural, but when you stop and think about it, it seems strange that all these tentpole moments would happen in such a short time span. Han had to leave anyway in order to save Chewbacca, so it doesn't really matter.
I don't think she's number 3 so much as she is tier 3. I imagine there are a lot of people at the same level as Vos and each of them has some number of people at the same level as Qi'ra.
He had armed guards in his office. Until Beckett killed them. They only seem like contrived tentpole moments bcs this is a prequel & we identify them going in as big moments. They're not outrageous developments in & of themselves. If this had been a first up original story you wouldn't bat an eyelid at them.
Enfys is the "good guy." Beckett and his crew (including Han) were the bad guys, robbing that train for gangsters. There's no reason Enfys would tell them "hey I'm good, don't shoot at me." That makes no sense.
Yes, she reveals her intentions when her dozen warriors have Han and them surprised and outgunned. The situation is completely different from the train robbery. She has the upper hand at the end 100%. If she was the villain they'd have just slaughtered Beckett's crew, but Enfys has good intentions, so she chooses not to "shoot first" and appeals to Han to give them the Coaxium freely in exchange for their lives. Not hard to understand.
She alludes to having done all kinds of terrible, unredeemable things in order to have survived. I don't think we really need to speculate on exactly WHAT she has done. I think it is safe to say that it hasn't been an easy 3 years for her, despite the fact that she seems to be reasonably well placed within the organization. As Beckett says, "she's a survivor."
Maybe the Cloud Riders stuck around for a while, and gave Han and Chewie a lift. Or, Han and Chewie spent some time on Savareen, and then Weazel and Benthic returned with a ship, serving as an additional gift for Han and Chewie. Perhaps there's a film's worth of activity that takes place between then and the time we see Lando at the end of Solo. That might be a strange time-jump, though. It would be cool to have Weazel and Benthic be part of their crew, though.
One plot hole or certainly preposterous thing was the train heist. There is no way 3 people could pull it off. Beckett by himself couldn't possibly have done what needed to be done. They needed at least two more. Really probably at 3, 4 or 5 more to actually have the best chance of success. I wonder if there were others on the crew that got lost in the edit? Maybe a couple of "red shirts" were in an earlier cut who get killed so they then rescue Han and Chewbacca. Well then the original version you saw and the one I saw are different again then. Greedo is clearly distracted by Han's gabbing. If he wasn't then he would have just shot him because that is what he wanted to do. Whatever version exists Han was always acting in self-defence because Greedo was going to kill him. As he says give me your ship and I might forget I saw you and Han says over my dead body and Greedo says that is the idea. I don't know what is unexpected about it as Han is Greedo with the gun out and ready to fire. Beckett is Han who is talking to distraction so that he can somehow in this case get a shot off in the complete open. Don't know how that was supposed to work in the staging. Tewwwwible things!
??? Greedo is the one who starts the entire conversation "Going somewhere Solo?" and does more talking than Solo. If he just wanted to shoot him, then why didn't he just shoot him? Does Han have some magical power that keeps him from shooting? He clearly thinks Han is not currently a threat and never sees him pull the blaster under the table. Anyway this is pointless to argue over. People can just watch the clip.
He was going to but had to get his talking in first. The point in Solo is that Han didn't get distracted and engage in talking like Greedo did. Again if there was some different point they were trying to make then they shouldn't have put Han in the Greedo position. Have Beckett with the gun out. Han waiting then Beckett is talking while Han draws and "shoots first". Better yet have him waiting in a chair with his feet up and just recreate the original version.
I feel like you are putting way too much thought into this. The only point of that scene in Solo was, "Han shot first".
They didn't damage my experience of the film. So I guess it's fair not to call them plot-holes per se. They were a bit implausible that's my point. The film was not perfectly free of some implausible developments even if a plot-hole is too strong a word. Besides I don't think there is anything wrong with Han starting to use random blaster as his life-long weapon of choice- he used it and it seemed to work fine- why to change it if it does it's job well? Unlike Lando Han is not really interested in being elegant and stylish- he seems more interested in pragmatism. He may have tried other weapons but sticked with DL-44 because they weren't better. While Chewie, a wookiee, get a wookiee weapon from all possible weapons there is seems a bit implausible- it can be explained in many ways. Maybe visual guide says something about it. Movie doesn't tell when and how Chewie was caged on Mimban- Maybe that bowcaster is his own weapon even, if for example the Empire confiscated it when they placed him in the cage and Beckett stole those confiscated weapons for his job or something. Or maybe Rio had Bowcaster since he seems to have some experience of wookiees.
But it's not a Wookiee weapon. According to The Official Guide, it's a Merr-Sonn Munitions SX-21 pump-action scatter blaster rifle, which the Databank tells us was carried by mudtroopers on Mimban.
you must realize that being "good" is not a simple thing in-universe- they cannot check the script who is good guy and who is bad. As viewers we identify Enfy's as "good guy" because she roots for the rebellion, fights the Empire and syndicates, which are clearly bad and we know that rebellion were ultimately the good guys (some of them were still terrorists and even murderers as seen in Rogue One), but she is still a criminal who kills people and steals from them. Even though she steals from the thieves and the Empire it is still stealing. Sure she is somewhat honorable unlike Dryden Vos or Beckett, but those who have no prior experience have no reason to trust her even if she tells she is "a good guy". Most people at that era are not even interested in doing good, there are no options for many to do good even if they would like to, many join the Empire thinking it is good because it is lawful, then they realize it isn't and turn to criminal life because it is the only option when lawful government seems clearly evil. I also think that Enfys is trying to build a notorious reputation as the bad guy- because it is effective. If they fear her and her cloud-riders it often makes their stealing easier. Then if they use the money and resources to do good, false reputation as villain is worth it- she can take off the mask whenever she wants to be herself- but if Enfy's Nest is to be feared, it makes their job easier when villains they are opposing either run away or are demoralized by fear. At some point I'm sure he had a bowcaster though- I don't mean that gun- my mistake, I thought it was that scene but it wasn't. Chewie got that gun from Beckett and it makes perfect sense. I didn't remember the exact scene where bowcaster was shown, but at some point he had one and that seems to be the issue- where did that came from? I may even be wrong, but it was someone else who complained about Chewie getting bowcaster in the middle of the film. I also think he had one because I recall seeing it... maybe I imagined the whole thing after someone claimed there is a problem and there really isn't... If Chewie doesn't have bowcaster in the film (which is completely possible) in any scene then there is no problem at all. He seems to get suitable bandolier(s) from somewhere though- he is big but pretty skinny for a wookiee so I guess that doesn't require much explanation that he can use bandoliers not made specifically for wookiees.
Not really a full-on plothole, but it seemed a little odd that Val, as an experienced hand who had scouted the bridge ahead of time and seen the number of viper droids, would be surprised at being caught out by them. What was she expecting to happen there? Did she think she could avoid being detected by them, or overestimate her ability to shoot them down? Either is a fine explanation, but it seemed like something of a rookie mistake for someone who was so insistent the day before on not taking on any more hands. Another possible plothole could be Enfys's plan in the train robbery. Surely those little flying bikes can't carry one of those train cars on their own. Why didnt their whole gang just concentrate on capturing the heavy lifter from the start?
