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A/V SOLO: A Star Wars Story (untagged spoilers allowed)

Discussion in 'Literature' started by CooperTFN, Jul 9, 2015.

  1. Zorkel567

    Zorkel567 Jedi Master star 4

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    I'm just going to say it. We need Tatiana Maslany to play young Han Solo. :p
     
  2. anakinfansince1983

    anakinfansince1983 Skywalker Saga/LFL/YJCC Manager star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    Am I the only one who doesn't care who plays him as long as he looks like he could potentially grow up to be Harrison Ford and speaks fluent sarcasm?
     
  3. Ulicus

    Ulicus Lapsed Moderator star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I think they should pull a Mindor and frame it as an IU holothriller with Old!Solo commenting grumpily on how they'll never be able to replicate his charm.
     
  4. The_Four_Dot_Elipsis

    The_Four_Dot_Elipsis Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    So Anthony Ingruber, then.
     
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  5. The_Forgotten_Jedi

    The_Forgotten_Jedi Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I wonder when they will announce Donald Glover is playing Lando?
     
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  6. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Brilliant!

    And the character playing him can be called "the Face." Just you know... for us. Please.
     
  7. Ulicus

    Ulicus Lapsed Moderator star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Okay, wow. Any other choice will disappoint me, now.

    We've already had the precedent, make it happen LFL.
     
  8. JoinTheSchwarz

    JoinTheSchwarz Former Head Admin star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I'd love to see small cameos by Jessa, Doc, Fiolla or Skynx.

    That's what you mean with THE Han Solo trilogy, right?
     
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  9. CooperTFN

    CooperTFN TFN EU Staff Emeritus star 7 VIP

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    That'll do, pig.
     
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  10. DigitalMessiah

    DigitalMessiah Chosen One star 6

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    thank you
     
  11. Bly

    Bly Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    With a suitably made-up and mustache-styled Sam Elliot playing Gallandro?
     
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  12. Vthuil

    Vthuil Force Ghost star 5

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    What, no love for Bollux and Blue Max? Be easier to do since they're droids.
     
  13. Kablob

    Kablob Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Seriously though, we had better have young Lando in this too.
     
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  14. Valin__Kenobi

    Valin__Kenobi Author: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Praji star 4 VIP

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    Not bad, but I'm thinking Antonio Banderas (circa 20 years ago).

    Besides, Sam Elliott is Bel Iblis.
     
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  15. anakinfansince1983

    anakinfansince1983 Skywalker Saga/LFL/YJCC Manager star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    I want to see the sabacc game in which Han won the Falcon.
     
  16. CooperTFN

    CooperTFN TFN EU Staff Emeritus star 7 VIP

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    I think we should start preparing ourselves for this not to have anything of that significance in it--like SG said at Celebration, the impetus is to figure out the most interesting story, not just explain stuff from other stories. It may not be Animal House, but it could very well just be "here's a crazy-ass thing that happened to Han Solo one time".

    On the other hand, it could start with him winning the Falcon and end with him dumping Jabba's spice. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
     
  17. BigAl6ft6

    BigAl6ft6 Chosen One star 8

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    It could start with winning the Falcon but I think from a narrative perspective, Han meeting Chewie would seem to be something that would happen in the film, sort of a buddy flick where one of them is a Wookiee (hell the guys in Jump Street are so mismatched it could be seen as a beta-version of the arc of the plot). Unless Han won the Falcon before he met Chewie, which is also possible.

    I do think the whole "Han was an Imp cadet hotshot who then lost his career because he saved a Wookie being abused" seems like a solid foundation, though. Or he could just be a guy who never flew in the Imperial Academy and met Chewie some other way.
     
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  18. CooperTFN

    CooperTFN TFN EU Staff Emeritus star 7 VIP

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    Any analogy in which Harrison Ford corresponds to Jonah Hill is an analogy I can get behind.
     
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  19. Vthuil

    Vthuil Force Ghost star 5

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    As someone said elsewhere, the sideburns he's sporting in TFA definitely suggest some Imperial history.
     
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  20. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    I hope the movie starts with Han dumping his spice and he's like "man, that was a crazy set of unforeseen events" and then the movie goes on and never explains what happened.
     
  21. JediMara77

    JediMara77 Force Ghost star 4

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    They should name it The Virtues of King Han Solo.
     
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  22. JediMatteus

    JediMatteus Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    i enjoyed the Han Solo eu Novels. Crispins novels were entertaining. there is a lot of good to borrow from these for the film.
     
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  23. CooperTFN

    CooperTFN TFN EU Staff Emeritus star 7 VIP

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    All I really want is a title card at some point that says "X months and Y bounty hunters later".
     
  24. DigitalMessiah

    DigitalMessiah Chosen One star 6

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    I want the bounty hunter on Ord Mantell that changed his mind be an old friend that convinced him over drinks that he needs to leave the Rebellion.
     
  25. Ackbar's Fishsticks

    Ackbar's Fishsticks Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I, too, would love to see Han freeing Chewie, as that's the only really major event in his backstory that the old EU never covered.
     
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