Solo: A Star Wars Story
Solo: A Star Wars Story is a 2018 American space Western film directed by Ron Howard and written by Jonathan and Lawrence Kasdan. Produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the second Star Wars anthology film, following Rogue One (2016). The film stars Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, with Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandiwe Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo, and Paul Bettany in supporting roles. The film tells the origin story of Han Solo and Chewbacca, who join a heist within the criminal underworld ten years prior to the events of the first Star Wars film (1977).
Plot
On the planet Corellia, orphans Han and Qi'ra escape a local gang. They bribe an Imperial officer with stolen coaxium, a starship fuel, for passage on a transport, but Qi'ra is captured before she can board. Han vows to return for her and joins the Imperial Navy as a flight cadet, being given the surname "Solo".
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| author | Jon Kasdan Lawrence Kasdan |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Corellia Kessel Mimban Savareen Vandor |
| director | Ron Howard |
| editor | Chris Dickens Pietro Scalia |
| events | Han Solo |
| genre | action adventure crime fantasy science fiction western |
| keywords | arrest capture chewbacca crime boss crime lord darth maul dathomir dryden vos enfys nest falcon first time galactic empire han imperial kessel run lando calrissian maul millennium falcon qi\'ra slave rebellion slave revolt space pirate tatooine tobias beckett uncharted wookiee wound |
| musicBy | John Powell John Williams |
| producer | Allison Shearmur Kathleen Kennedy Simon Emanuel |
| productionCompany | Lucasfilm Ltd. |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| recordedAt | Dolomites Fuerteventura Jandía Pinewood Studios |
| theme | 3d anthology heist prequel science fantasy science fiction action sequel space western |