Ten years before New Hope. They planned on a sequel but it didn't do well enough so questions remain. Heist movies usually have tons of double crosses. I like how they did it. The fact he says I have a good feeling about this was supposed to be ironically humorous. It wasn't supposed to add to the whole saga, just Han's origins. In that, it did a good job
I'm late to the conversation but, one of my favorite things about this movie is knowing L3 is the Falcon's computer personality. It really ads depth to R2 learning the hyper drive was disabled from her in Empire. A lot of people didn't like her but she's one of my favorite droids.
I see that your inner Jar Jar is slowly overtaking you with that opening joke. Pretty soon you'll be introducing your videos in Binkspeak: "Meesa muy muy excited to watch deesa next movie!"
Considering how tumultuous this movie's production was, it's a damn achievement this movie is as watchable as it is, really. And yeah, while the whole Crimson Dawn/Maul stuff does get explored in canon books and TV shows, it's never explored in the actual movies.
"...so far" ;) Being the second most-recent film, we can still hope that these plot threads will get picked up in something else produced in the coming years, even if it's not in a proper "Solo 2" film. Star Wars circles back around to most things eventually.
@@stalefurset9444 They kinda already are with some of the seeds planted in Mando. But it'll probably be some time for other shows and films to fill that era since it's a few decades and they probably don't want to rush it. Probably see something post-Episode IX first and that'll likely provide opportunities for them to follow-up on facets from that trilogy.
@@The2ndQuest The Crimson Reign comic has already followed up quite a bit of it - whilst Rebels handled Maul. Eh, are you on the Jedi Council Forum....?
This film was very entertaining, honestly, not great and certainly flawed, but enjoyable. I personally believe it faced a lot of the backlash it did because of the fallout caused by The Last Jedi, not due to its own merit.
Not sure if it's by design or not, but the funny thing is when I watched this movie it reminded me of Indiana Jones as much as Han Solo, specifically the Last Crusade. Had a ton of the same story beats: Love interest that is a double agent who seems to side with the protagonist in the end but it still flawed. An ally that tells him not to trust anyone who later betrays him and even makes reference to his earlier advice when doing so. A mysterious faction that is hostile early in the movie who becomes friendly later. Train scene. We learn where they each got their name ("first name" for Indy, last name for Han). We see where they each got their main weapon as well as just about everything else about their backstories.
@Verowak Reacts Oh no! Sorry I thought you already saw those. Must be thinking of someone else. I hope that didn't spoil too much for you. My apologies. 😬
@@VerowakReacts Lyrics from the song by Supernova .. titled Chewbacca Song... Give it a listen i think u would like it... 😉 ua-cam.com/video/kM9nTWzWvNw/v-deo.html
I LOVE your band/solo joke! And to carry it further, you wonder what pre-Chewie Solo would be like. I would say it is hard to swallow! Hehe! (Always chew your food thoroughly!)
@@VerowakReacts All of my jokes are the corny kind. They are the funniest! I am a Jehovah's Witness, so I never tell dirty jokes, but I am also 47, so even though my job has me around kids (I am a youth sports photographer), a lot of times, my jokes are over their head (as a Gen Xer, my references don't make since to the Gen Z crowd-and sometimes, not even the Millennial crowd)
I'm such a nerd 🤣. I know the exact movie and place in the movie that quote was from and the context. Anakin was talking about how senators should be made to agree on something, what he said sounded like a dictatorship said Padme, and that's when he said "well, if it works". This movie I feel is underrated. I pretty much understand everything now.
This movie has a lot of elements - like Maul being alive - that are confusing to people who haven't watched The Clone Wars animated series. Overall, I thought the movie was fine. It just doesn't feel particularly necessary.
Solo didn't deserve the hate it got when it came out. You're right that it's definitely on the weaker side, and has issues, but it's still fun enough. A whole heap of production issues and problematic fandom issues kind of converged on this one. I will say that I don't think everything has to be connected, though. I think that's one of the problems in this one, actually. They spent too much time trying to connect Han to the bigger story instead of just letting him be Han. It's a whole universe out there. Not every adventure has to involve the Empire, Rebellion, Hutts, etc etc. They also spent too much time trying to explain every bit of his background (this is where the dice came from, this is where he got his blaster, this is how he got involved with Jabba, this is how he made the Kessel run, this is how he met Chewbacca). Just too much for one movie and too many little coincidences happening all at once. If you're looking for more bite-sized Star Wars content, there's also Star Wars: Visions. It's an anthology series and none of it is canon, so everything is stand alone and can get pretty wild, but it's really fun, and there are some really interesting episodes. Season 2 was also recently greenlit (though will focus less on Japanese creators).
Agreed. It didn't deserve all the hate. I thought it was a weird choice to recast Han Solo and do a prequel story and nothing against the actor but I didn't think he looked or sounded enough like Harrison Ford. But given they made those choices, the movie didn't turn out to be too bad. My 2nd favorite Disney Star Wars movie after Rogue One. And despite being a prequel there were some loose ends so I'd have been fine with either a sequel to Solo, or a spinoff with Maul and Keira (yeah I know it's spelled with a Q or something).
@@JackQSmith the actor is the biggest problem for me. He's not bad, he's just not in any way Han. Plus I'd rather they have made something based on A.C. Crispin's Han Solo Trilogy or even Brian Daley's Han Solo Adventures, instead of declaring all Expanded Universe novels non-cannon and rebranding them as Legends.
I think it got a lot of spill over hate from the highly controversial The Last Jedi, released some months before. I know I was still reeling from the experience, so when Solo came out I had zero interest in watching it.
I agree with this too, I understand that easter eggs and things that connect to the larger story are fun for the viewers, but I think they overdid it a little in this one. It would've been enough to focus one a few things. I'm gonna have to check Visions out, haven't seen that one yet!
@@dylandenney3980 I somewhat agree. Mind you, if they did the A.C. Crispin route, they couldn't do a checklist of things Han did, in one movie, and would have to split it in two or three!
Hey, Veronique! I enjoy "Solo" and feel it's a bit underrated. It's supposed to be a madcap hustle through the galaxy's seedier side. Originally, it was meant to be a trilogy but it suffered a negative backlash mostly from being released shortly after the controversy surrounding "The Last Jedi" and from reports of production difficulties like changing directors well into filming. Veteran Ron Howard completed the movie. I do hope they follow it up because it gets really interesting there at the end and I felt the cast had great chemistry! "Solo" is set 13-10 years before Episode IV. This is the early Imperial period and the Empire is still pacifying resistant worlds. This was Darth Maul's return to live-action played again by Ray Park! During this period, Maul is no longer associated with the Emperor. Darth Vader is the current apprentice. Maul runs the Crimson Dawn criminal syndicate. His return to galactic affairs after surviving being cut in half by Obi-Wan is chronicled extensively in the animated "Clone Wars". There's a deleted scene that should have stayed in the film which shows Han getting drummed out of Imperial flight school and reassigned to the infantry because he refused to comply with orders that put fellow pilots at risk. The Imperial officers felt obedience was more important than the acceptable losses they would have incurred. The Imperial checkpoint woman didn't double-cross Han and Qira as most reactors believe. Those were Proxima's goons who snatched Qira. The checkpoint lady honored the deal but called for Imperial security to break up the fracas! The positive attributes of "Solo" are: -- a busload of talent including Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover and Paul Bettany -- a brash, swaggering turn by Alden Ehrenreich that captures Harrison Ford's spirit -- the first meetings of Han, Lando and Chewie -- an excitingly vertiginous mountain railway heist -- the wildly imaginative Kessel Run sequence in which young Solo achieves his claim to fame of making it in 12 parsecs while tangling with a space-borne leviathan -- a glimpse into the early Empire's pacification of resistant worlds -- the twist that Enfys Nest is actually leader of a resistance cell and not a pirate -- the flurry of double- and triple-crosses at the climax -- the re-integration of Darth Maul into live-action with Ray Park reprising the role after the character's incredible return in the animated "Clone Wars" -- the revelations that the 'Millennium Falcon' was designed with a lifeboat that filled the gap at the front and has a top-tier navigational database from the L3 upload -- Han learns to fire first Han firing at Becket pre-emptively cutting him off mid-sentence was meant to rectify the digital alteration of having Greedo fire first upon Han in the cantina in Episode IV. That change made by Lucas to the Special Editions of the Classic trilogy still angers fans! Lol. Han is supposed to live a rough, dangerous existence and gallantly waiting to be fired upon first not only dilutes his character but is insanely reckless! The only negative plot point is that the menacing Enfys Nest is unmasked as a petite young girl! It's too much of a leap and beggars belief leading to eye rolls. An adult woman would have been fine and equally unexpected because of Nest's gravelly modulated voice. A cool-looking alien would have been even better. Surprise stunt-casting of an unexpected celebrity would have been the best of all! Erin Kellyman was grossly miscast. The bald, gray alien with the breathing apparatus and eye lenses among Nest's entourage is Benthic Two-Tubes, a Tognath. His eggmate was seen as a partisan in the future in "Rogue One". Clint Howard, Ron Howard's brother who is cast in every movie he directs, ran the droid fighting pen in the gambling den where we meet Lando. Warwick Davis, the star of "Willow", formerly Wicket the Ewok and Star Wars' lucky penny, played one of Nest's gang out of prosthetics. As a fan of Favreau, you've got a lot to look forward to! Jon Favreau, who voiced the Ardennian Rio Durant, is the showrunner of "The Mandalorian" and basically runs Lucasfilm with animation head Dave Filoni. You may know him as the director of "Iron Man" and "Iron Man 2" as well as for playing Harold "Happy" Hogan in the MCU. Those golden dice were the focus of the last shot. Keep them in mind for later on.
Joonas Suotamo already played Chewie in certain scenes of Episode VII, because Peter Mayhew had a hard time walking. But Joonas would never tell, which scenes he is in, because he has a high regard for Peter. Although Peter was about 10 cm taller than Joonas, this probably was one of the best recasting, since Joonas copies Chewies mannerisms very well, and like Peter he seems the have the right energy to embody the role. But it‘s true that this is the first time that Joonas plays Chewie without any involvement of Peter.
Another great reaction Vero! I agree, there were bits I liked in this movie but overall it's my least favourite of the Star Wars movies you've seen so far on the channel but it sounds like there was a lot of other potential issues with directors etc from what other comments have said. It does make me laugh the amount of retconning that went into correcting Han's "Less than 12 parsecs" comment in Episode 4 because I guess the script writer didn't realise that a parsec is a unit of distance, not time. A bit like me saying I ran the 100m race in only 75m 😂
Yeah I wasn't aware of all the production issues for this movie :D Sometimes I wonder if I should research a bit more about the movie before saying my thoughts. 100m race in 75m would be VERY impressive... just need a way to teleport
This is an ok movie. I was disappointed when I saw it for the first time because I was expecting something alot better. I did enjoy watching this with your jokes & stuff. I'm glad that you got this uploaded this morning. I hope that you're feeling better or at least better than you did yesterday. Hopefully it won't take long for you to get completely better.
Feeling slightly better every day yeah. I think I was expecting to be amazed like Rogue One, which is not great to go into this movie with that expectation :D
@@VerowakReacts Yea, I know what you mean. I remember being 3 years old sitting between my mom and dad at a drive-in movie theater watching Star Wars for the very first time back in 1977 when it first came out. So you can literally say that I grew up with George Lucas's Star Wars movies. I just have to remember that there's a line between the George Lucas's stuff and the Disney stuff. I can't go watching any of the Disney Stuff with the expectations of it being another one of George Lucas's movies or I'll be very disappointed
I just found your channel and have been marathoning your Star Wars reactions. If you want to know more about Maul I highly suggest you watch The Clone Wars tv show. It explains a lot plus it's just an awesome show period!
I'm watching the Clone Wars, slowly but surely!! So far, I'm loving the extra character development and new characters they're introducing, especially the clones. And also, welcome to the channel!
I guess Luke really hit Han in the gut when he said: I guess that is what you are really good at, taking care of yourself. Now that rings even truer when you see Han dash through without grabbing her, or making sure she went through first. In a way, you could say that he had a similar story to Anakin, even if not as dramatic.
This will out me as a huge Star Wars geek but I have to correct that line (from Episode IV: A New Hope -- known simply as "Star Wars" when first released in 1977: "Well, take care of yourself, Han. But I guess that's what you're best at, isn't it?"
@@VerowakReacts Here's a challenge, where is this quote from? "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."
35:06 "Did he do that just to show off?" Yeah. It's one of those 4th wall things. The showing off isn't for Qi-Ra, it's for the audience watching the movie. Just in case we all forgot Darth Maul in Phantom Menace 19 years earlier, they show his face and then his famous lightsaber to remind us. And for those of us who do remember, we all have to wonder how he survived being sliced in half AND falling into a ginormous pit. And for those of us who do remember and know a little Star Wars lore, we know he has a brother, Savage Opress, who looks just like him and also uses a double lightsaber. I thought this was Savage Opress until I saw the credits. And for those of us with a ton of Star Wars lore (including me after I googled it), we know how he survived being sliced in half AND falling into a ginormous pit.
Two things I saw here that there was no twisting of who was with who. Beckett saying how it doesn't work with Q'ira and her saying that Han wouldn't look at her the same way he was if she told him everything that happened after Corellia. I was surprised to see Darth Maul but not what Q'ira did at the end.
I'm kinda easy to make happy in movies, so I loved this one🙂Rogue One..Much Gucci er😊Think I watched Rogue One about 6 times so i can understand where you're coming from. Great reaction and thanks for your honest opinion of the movie, Vero! Have a great weekend🙃
I came to say the same. I think the movie’s main purpose is to show how he met Chewbacca, got the Falcon, and all the twists give us reasons for his ongoing cynicism and standoffishness.
"Droid don't pull people's arms out of their sockets when they lose; Wookiees are known to do that." - Han Solo Ep4. This is why you got to see Chewie rip someones arms off.
It's the first 2 mins of the video and I'm already dissapointed! WATER!!! Really?! Where is the lemonade? Just kidding. Love you, love your work and reactions. Now on with the rest of the video.
I find the most endearing quality to this film is that it isn't a galactic-scale threat being dealt with. It's a more ground-level story about a train heist and a bank robbery, which taps into the Western influence in Star Wars nicely. Also probably the closest analogous, on-screen experience to reading a one-shot Star Wars novel. But it's one of those situations where it is probably much more effective when viewed for the first time in chronological order. Because, when viewed in release order, there's a much heavier sense of "seeing backstory things you already know happening" that removes some of the suspense.
The moment in the film where Han gets his last name is an homage to The Godfather Part II when Vito obtains his last name while being processed at Ellis Island. Francis Ford Coppola, who directed The Godfather films, was George Lucas's inspiration for when he originally wrote the character of Han Solo.
It's interesting that you say you don't like this humor but you laughed a lot more during this movie than I did and I enjoy this movie. I don't really find Star Wars humor that funny but enjoy the adventure.
There are different kinds of laughter. For this movie it was more of a "this is ridiculous" laughter. I can still laugh if I dislike things. The movie had too much humor in it for me, and I prefer my Star Wars movies with a sprinkle of comedy or sarcastic humor
I saw this movie in an almost completely empty theater... A very different experience from past Star Wars films. I think it's a decent bit of fun. Lando completely steals the show for me. If you want to dive in deeper to the Star Wars universe and learn more about Han Solo in particular. I highly recommend the Han Solo trilogy of books. The Paradise Snare, The Hutt Gambit and Rebel Dawn. Those are set in the Legends EU timeline and tells a different origin story for Han Solo among others.
I keep learning that there is way more Star Wars content than I ever expected. I'll need to figure out what books I want to read when I get to that point :D
@@VerowakReacts Yeah there's a LOT of Star Wars! My favorite Star Wars books are in the Legends Expanded Universe. Most of them don't really fit within the Disney era continuity though. In my opinion you can't really go wrong with books written by Timothy Zahn. My favorite books are the Thrawn trilogy. Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command. Then also the Hand of Thrawn books. Specter of the Past and Vision of The Future. I also love the book Kenobi by John Jackson Millar.
17:32 "Oh my god I don't know what's going on." Simple: Dryden Vos wanted Tobias Beckett to steal unrefined coaxial cable from a space train. He sent Tobias so there would be no connection back to him. Smart. Then he sent Qi'Ra, his top lieutenant, so there would be a connection back to him. Smarter. I truly can't see why this confuses you... :)
A fun movie that unfortunately didn't do well at the box office which unfortunately means we won't see any more Solo adventures. I am enjoying your Star Wars journey.
It's weird, I feel like this movie should have been liked by a lot of Star Wars fans, but the release of the movie may have just been at the wrong time, with the Disney sequels being made then too.
@@VerowakReacts I agree.It was released far too soon after the sequel movie.I think the Star Wars fans were feeling burnt out or like they were being spoon fed something they didn't want.
They were planning to make, either, another Solo movie, or a t.v. series. However, being, like you said, not the best of movies, that's the end of it. Anyways, to know Crimson Dawn you need to be in touch with some of the books, comics, and other products to know the history.
Alden Ehrenreich is doing more Young Dennis Quaid, not Young Harrison Ford, which kinda makes me wish Episode IV had come out ten years later because Quaid would have been a great Han Solo.
That definitely doesn't help the finished product at all. It sucks when things like that happen since it usually greatly affects everything about the movie
This one occurs a decade before ROGUE ONE. It also happens immediately before the OBI-WAN KENOBI series. You should watch that one, too! #MakeSolo2Happen
Hey just wanted to say I've really enjoyed all of ur reaction content and was wondering if you plan on uploading the final season of clone wars with ur reaction to it on UA-cam? Either way hope your having a good day and continue to enjoy star wars :)
I have no idea since I don't know what the final season of Clone Wars is. I'm hoping to eventually have time to edit each Clone Wars season into a video for UA-cam at the very minimum
This is my favorite "Star Wars" movie of the Disney era, and one of my favorites overall. It's very much in the spirit of the original movie as it was in 1977 (a fast-paced, fun adventure), and probably the closest we'll get to a movie version of the still-beloved Han Solo books by Brian Daley. Well, I suppose there's always TV...
I'll definitely need to read the book. I feel like they won't do a tv series about Han since they tried a movie. I love seeing that people really like this movie
I think a lot of people misinterpret the ending with Quira. Its not that she wanted to take over, she's doing it to protect Han. She knows that if Crimson Dawn were to investigate what happened themselves, that Han and herself would be on the run forever. Just like at the beginning of the movie, when she tells Han to run, she chooses to stay behind to give Han the chance to escape and be free. She knows how to survive in the world of Crimson Dawn, she already feels like she's done too much to escape that world, so she makes the choice to stay behind and let Han go.
I liked SOLO as a fun Star Wars movie. Personally, I love A.C. Crispin's "Han Solo Trilogy" of books as a Han Solo backstory. However, I understand how that wouldn't fit in the current canon whilst the SOLO movie does for certain reasons. I still think a movie trilogy of those books would be cool though.
Maybe they could make it an animated movie or series. Unless they go with the actor from this movie, since I don't think having 3 actors for the same role would be great
It's always enjoyable watching you react to these movies and sharing your passion and insightful comments. I agree with you that "Solo" didn't really hit the mark compared to the other Star Wars movies. I can't really explain exactly what it was that didn't feel right about this. It just kind of seemed to me that it was largely "fan service", dealing with these events from Han's past (ie, how he and Chewie met, how he won the Falcon from Lando, the Kessel run, etc.), as if they just loosely tied them together with this story, which felt rather weak and forced to me. The character of Han somehow seemed "off" and didn't really match the OT Han I loved so much in the previous films. I've tried to accept that this is a younger version of Han but it almost felt like a caricature. Kind of like someone pretending to be Han, saying his iconic lines without actually being him. Like I said, hard to explain. Anyway, as always, thanks so much for sharing your reaction. Great stuff. 🤗
Definitely felt like more fan service than anything to me (also I kept forgetting what it was called and wanted to say fan pandering, but fan service is what it is!!) It's not that it's a bad movie, it just didn't feel up to par with the other Star Wars movies :D
The company underestimated the marketing need to inform the public WHY 😂😂 Han Solo deserves his own spinoff movie(s). As a Star Wars fan born in 1978, there would have been no question that Han Solo deserved his own movie. But, part of that is/was the ephemeral chemistry between Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher.
@@VerowakReacts that would have been the correct timing for it. Or, as one critic whose name escapes me now, suggested, employ Harrison on this movie as a present or absent narrator of his character’s past adventures.
another top flight reaction. You are fun to watch. This wasnt really my favorite either - not NEAR as good as Rogue One. Thanks so much for doing this!
@@VerowakReacts Hi Verowak. I’m new to your channel and enjoyed your SW reactions. Also just finished all of your HOD reactions this morning. I’m considering joining your patreon solely for Clone wars. SW and GOT are my 2 favorite franchises. CW starts a little slow and the animation isn’t great in the early seasons but like most people I know you’ll be a fan at the end of it.
@@absher2241 WElcome to the channel!! I'm quite enjoying Clone Wars so far even though I'm not that far into it! The animation doesn't bother me at all, I'm in it for the story and characters 🤩
Han is an eternal optimist. That’s why he says he has a good feeling. Why does it have to lead anywhere? It’s a fun character development flick for Han. It’s simply a side story. It’s not part of the “Skywalker saga” and didn’t need to be. Going in I had my reservations but I always keep my expectations low. I had a great time and that’s all that matters to me. ✌🏻 I wonder if trying to predict the outcome of the movie contributes to your disappointment.
I personally prefer it lead to somewhere, that's why I say this :) it's personal preference. I try to predict things in every movie and there are lots of movies I found amazing 🙃
@VerowakReacts Maul is such a good character, random bit of trivia for you, in one of the graphic novels he didn't actually die at the end of episode 1
I thought the movie was better than it should have been. I don't think there needed to be a Solo film, but they did a good job telling the story and actually making one hope for a sequel. And that was the plan, which would have connected more to the original trilogy while also serving as a bridge between it and the prequels. I also think I liked it more my second time around, once I understood what it was trying to do.
I actually love this movie, it's a fun ride, I wish they continued so we could see more of how Han became the man he was in New Hope, and what they could have done with Qira afterward with freaken Mual! It's unfortunate the movie suffered because of many factors leading to the end of spin off movies when honestly I think they were the better stories being told atm.
I'm glad you loved the movie! It was definitely fun at times. It's quite possible that the movie just wasn't made at the right time for it to be better received. I'm hoping in a TV series there is more explanation about Qi'ra working with Darth Maul :D
@@VerowakReacts it was released just 6 months after Episode VIII and amidst some backlash over that movie. Most of that backlash was unwarranted or reactionary, but it made this the only Star Wars movie to flop, despite it definitely not being the worst movie overall.
Joke‘s on you, because the film made a similar Solo pun as you did in the beginning. Overall, I have a similar feeling about the movie. It‘s not as bad as some people see it, but it‘s also not exceptionally good. It might be interesting what the movie would have been like if Lord and Miller wouldn‘t have been fired as the directors. But apparently the screenwriters and Kathleen Kennedy weren‘t happy with their interpretation, so they were replaced by Ron Howard. I think Qira is leaving in the end to protect Han, because otherwise Maul might come after him. Crimson Dawn was also new to me (as are the Pykes on Kessel). Apart from the Hut cartel, the biggest criminal organization in the old Expanded Universe was Black Sun. Talking of Kessel, the Kessel Run was retconned several times (mostly as a lot of black holes around the planet), because George Lucas screwed up in Episode IV. He probably thought that parsec was a measurement of speed, when it is actually a measurement of distance. So other authors try to explain why the shorter distance is so important here. The most common explanation is that you can cut the distance shorter by having to fly closer to a black hole, where you can only escape the gravitational pull if the ship is fast enough. Not sure if that makes astrophysical sense, but that‘s what they came up with to explain the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs line. Fun facts: The helmet that Backett is wearing on Kessel is the same one that Lando wears in Jabba‘s palace in Episode VI. Thandie Newton (Val) is the mother of Nico Parker, who plays Joel‘s daughter in The Last of Us. The second „w“ in Warwick Davis‘s name is actually silent (it sounds more like Warrick). I believe Chewie had bodyguards, because everyone wanted to hug him, which took its toll on the fur.
It is definitely not the worst of the newer Star Wars, but I forget about it more than you'd think for a fan. It has entertainment value for sure, but it is odd.
The reason you feel like it wasn't part of the saga is that it wasn't - and it wasn't supposed to be. The Skywalker Saga is episodes 1-9 and it is over/finished. Rogue One fits into the overall arc of the Skywalker Saga because it makes certain things possible (death star plans etc). But Solo is the only movie so far that is meant to branch out from that arc and be its own story. As such, it's best to just enjoy it like a heist movie in the SW universe. All SW from now on will be something new and different like Solo was. Mandalorian is great but it too is not part of the Skywalker saga. Once you look at it that way I think you'll enjoy it more on its own terms.
Wookies can live up to 400. Chewie is barely out of his prime. Story takes place or at least ends about 10 years before Ep4. The Star Wars Rebels CGI series is set between the two and lasts four years. If you want to see the return of Maul, watch The Clone Wars, all is explained there.
33:00 Yeaaaaaah. Too many "twists" in this movie for my liking. There are fun parts of this film and I hear alot of People really enjoyed this one. But this was the first Disney era SW film that really underwhelmed me. But atleast it did not outright infuriate me the way the NEXT film that Disney released did... *cough ep 8 cough* The Production troubles of Solo were more interesting to me than the film was. In the end, I dont think it was necessary to learn "How Solo got his name". I think I actually rolled my eyes when Maul suddenly showed up. Glad the Mandalorian came along to renew my faith in Disney and not a minute too late at the time.
@@stalefurset9444 Ah, Ok. I remember it was 8 or 9 after Solo. Either Way, they both sucked Hard unfortunately due to Ego of the directors and higherups.
That's good! That's one thing I really like about Star Wars movies, is that there are always some people who are going to enjoy a moviewhile others don't. I really just like it when people can enjoy movies (even if I'm not a huge fan of those movies). 😊
In my personal opinion this movie was good. But I believe it could have been so much greater if they had not stuffed all the key events in Han' life into the period of one week! This should have been two movies, perhaps even a trilogy, with Han's acquisition of the Falcon happening in the second film and the Kessel Run in the third, each separated by several years in-universe time. Solo was a lost opportunity.
I don't know about a trilogy of movies for Han but his origin story would certainly have been good material as a series. If they can make two seasons worth of episodes for the back story of Cassian Andor, they certainly could have for Han Solo.
@@thegorn68 The big problem was Disney+ was only being developed at the time this film was made, and the idea of Star Wars live action as a TV series wasn't proven until the success of The Mandalorian. It was the box-office failure of this movie that caused the planned Obi-Wan Star Wars Story movie to be re-developed as the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series. I agree, this would have been much better developed as a series (and some of the plot points may still be addressed if they make the Lando series that was announced last year). The big problem is no one in charge of the studios is willing to take risks. Andor was planned as a 5-season series with each season encompassing a year in the Star Wars universe leading into Rogue-One. The Suits were not willing to take the risk and allow a full five-year series which is what is causing Andor season 2 to encompass four years of the timeline, which I feel is going make things feel rushed - again, exactly what they did with Solo.
Unfortunately this movie flopped at the box office, the original directors were fired and Ron Howard stepped in. They planned sequel stories to this movie but after the under performance Disney re-evaluated there strategy. This movie came out 6 months after ‘The last Jedi’ (episode 8 in the sequel trilogy), which was quite divisive, plus people just found it hard acquainting the new actor with Han Solo. Harrison Ford embodied Han Solo for so many generations of Star Wars fans, seeing another actor playing that role was a tough pill to swallow for many fans.
@@VerowakReacts It really was. It also didn't help that the marketing for it at the time was pretty minimal. I want to say the first trailer for it premiered in mid-Feb for a May release.
@@TheAmazingLee01 Strange that MCU put out 2 or 3 movies yearly at the same time, and fans had no fatigue. If Lucasfilm put out 1 or 2 good Star Wars movies yearly, the fans would have been there. Sadly, a lot of fans are apathetic now and have walked away. They are never coming back. So now it is unfixable.
This movie really isn’t *that* bad! The cinematography is dimly lit most of the time, sure, and the double-triple-crossing at the end is a bit tiresome, but it’s still an entertaining movie.
Entertaining yeah for sure. It doesn't have any rewatchability to me though. Looking at images for thumbnails made me realize just how dimly lit the majority of the movie was 😂
Solo isn't great.... isn't horrible..... it just kind of is. I enjoyed it but understand everyone's criticisms. The switching of directors mid film and the ensuing bad press made it hard for me to get excited for it and made this the first Star Wars film since The Empire Strikes Back that I didn't see in theaters, I was 3 years old for ESB, but after seeing I wished that I had. Great reaction as always!!!!!
It's not a horrible movie, just not as epic or interesting as the other Star Wars movies for me. The fact that it had production issues really doesn't help either. Seeing Star Wars movies in theatres just seems like such an epic event!
It was planned to be a trilogy, but as usual for Disney, they stuffed it up. Seeing Maul at the end made me keen for a sequel to see where it went. Lost opportunity
Solo Is set before Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries and Rebels and After the Bad Batch. When they will made the sequel of Solo, we will see How Qi'ra and IG-88 Met Eleven years Old Sabine Wren and we will see the reason. I Hope that Qi'ra and Sabine will learn that Obi-Wan killed Maul. I Wish that Qi'ra, Reva, Mando, Cal, Merrin, Cere, Geez and BD-1 will here in Rebels until Dave Filoni will made the fifth and finale season of Rebels set during the original Trilogy of star wars where Mando, Qi'ra and Bad Batch helps Ezra and Ahsoka to defeat Thrawn, Moff Gideon, Morgan Elsbeth, Barriss Offee and the Knights of Ren on Naboo during the Battle of Endor. I Wish too that Ezra, Sabine, Ahsoka, Jacen Syndulla, Qi'ra, Reva, Grogu and Mando where here in the Sequel Trilogy of star wars until Dave Filoni will made too star wars resistence season three set in the movie rise of Skywalker where they explain at Ben about his family before the Battle of Exegol
Lando: "I hate you" - Han: "I know", how did I miss that before?
It's a really neat throwback/flash forward lol
Ten years before New Hope. They planned on a sequel but it didn't do well enough so questions remain. Heist movies usually have tons of double crosses. I like how they did it. The fact he says I have a good feeling about this was supposed to be ironically humorous. It wasn't supposed to add to the whole saga, just Han's origins. In that, it did a good job
I'm late to the conversation but, one of my favorite things about this movie is knowing L3 is the Falcon's computer personality. It really ads depth to R2 learning the hyper drive was disabled from her in Empire. A lot of people didn't like her but she's one of my favorite droids.
I see that your inner Jar Jar is slowly overtaking you with that opening joke. Pretty soon you'll be introducing your videos in Binkspeak:
"Meesa muy muy excited to watch deesa next movie!"
Oh hell no!
“Sir, I don't know where your ship learned to communicate, but it has the most peculiar dialect."
The "dialect" is L3 :)
Chewbacca : *beating the crap out of Han
Han : *Fighting back
Vero : "Don't be mean to Chewie !"
Yes! Chewie is so awesome 🤩
@@VerowakReacts i was gonna say tho a choice has been made !
Considering how tumultuous this movie's production was, it's a damn achievement this movie is as watchable as it is, really.
And yeah, while the whole Crimson Dawn/Maul stuff does get explored in canon books and TV shows, it's never explored in the actual movies.
Star Wars has a lucky streak when it comes to horridly tight production time. Just look at Knights of the Old Republic II. 😅
"...so far" ;)
Being the second most-recent film, we can still hope that these plot threads will get picked up in something else produced in the coming years, even if it's not in a proper "Solo 2" film. Star Wars circles back around to most things eventually.
@@The2ndQuest Can't wait for them to circle back to the sequel trilogy 😂
@@stalefurset9444 They kinda already are with some of the seeds planted in Mando. But it'll probably be some time for other shows and films to fill that era since it's a few decades and they probably don't want to rush it.
Probably see something post-Episode IX first and that'll likely provide opportunities for them to follow-up on facets from that trilogy.
@@The2ndQuest The Crimson Reign comic has already followed up quite a bit of it - whilst Rebels handled Maul.
Eh, are you on the Jedi Council Forum....?
This is supposed to be 10 years BEFORE Episode 4: A New Hope. Han is 33 years old in A New hope so he's roughly 22-23 in this origin story.
This film was very entertaining, honestly, not great and certainly flawed, but enjoyable.
I personally believe it faced a lot of the backlash it did because of the fallout caused by The Last Jedi, not due to its own merit.
all sw movies "i have a bad feeling about this"
this movie "i have a good feeling about this"
Varowak "I don't know how I feel about that"
Not sure if it's by design or not, but the funny thing is when I watched this movie it reminded me of Indiana Jones as much as Han Solo, specifically the Last Crusade. Had a ton of the same story beats:
Love interest that is a double agent who seems to side with the protagonist in the end but it still flawed.
An ally that tells him not to trust anyone who later betrays him and even makes reference to his earlier advice when doing so.
A mysterious faction that is hostile early in the movie who becomes friendly later.
Train scene.
We learn where they each got their name ("first name" for Indy, last name for Han).
We see where they each got their main weapon as well as just about everything else about their backstories.
Once I watch Indiana Jones, I'll have to come back and reread this to see the similarities better!
@Verowak Reacts Oh no! Sorry I thought you already saw those. Must be thinking of someone else. I hope that didn't spoil too much for you. My apologies. 😬
@@JackQSmith no worries at all!! :D
@@JackQSmith I suspect Lawrence Kasdan had a hand in both movies...
Chewbacca! 🎶 Chewie!! 🎶 Whatta Wookie!!! 🎶 Lol... 🤘🏼
Chewie is amazing 😍
@@VerowakReacts
Lyrics from the song by Supernova .. titled Chewbacca Song... Give it a listen i think u would like it... 😉
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That coaxium was used to start the rebellion that went through Episode 6
I LOVE your band/solo joke! And to carry it further, you wonder what pre-Chewie Solo would be like. I would say it is hard to swallow! Hehe! (Always chew your food thoroughly!)
I'm glad you do!! Sometimes I'm proud of the jokes I can come up with. I wish I was better at it though lol
@@VerowakReacts All of my jokes are the corny kind. They are the funniest! I am a Jehovah's Witness, so I never tell dirty jokes, but I am also 47, so even though my job has me around kids (I am a youth sports photographer), a lot of times, my jokes are over their head (as a Gen Xer, my references don't make since to the Gen Z crowd-and sometimes, not even the Millennial crowd)
"Freedom" sounded like Anthony Daniels voice
The Falcon taking the shortcut uses the music from "Empire" when fleeing them in the asteroid field
I'm such a nerd 🤣. I know the exact movie and place in the movie that quote was from and the context. Anakin was talking about how senators should be made to agree on something, what he said sounded like a dictatorship said Padme, and that's when he said "well, if it works".
This movie I feel is underrated. I pretty much understand everything now.
Yes!! That's exactly the scene lol.
This movie has a lot of elements - like Maul being alive - that are confusing to people who haven't watched The Clone Wars animated series.
Overall, I thought the movie was fine. It just doesn't feel particularly necessary.
Definitely doesn't feel necessary, but it makes me excited to get further into Clone Wars to see Darth Maul!!
Solo didn't deserve the hate it got when it came out. You're right that it's definitely on the weaker side, and has issues, but it's still fun enough. A whole heap of production issues and problematic fandom issues kind of converged on this one.
I will say that I don't think everything has to be connected, though. I think that's one of the problems in this one, actually. They spent too much time trying to connect Han to the bigger story instead of just letting him be Han. It's a whole universe out there. Not every adventure has to involve the Empire, Rebellion, Hutts, etc etc. They also spent too much time trying to explain every bit of his background (this is where the dice came from, this is where he got his blaster, this is how he got involved with Jabba, this is how he made the Kessel run, this is how he met Chewbacca). Just too much for one movie and too many little coincidences happening all at once.
If you're looking for more bite-sized Star Wars content, there's also Star Wars: Visions. It's an anthology series and none of it is canon, so everything is stand alone and can get pretty wild, but it's really fun, and there are some really interesting episodes. Season 2 was also recently greenlit (though will focus less on Japanese creators).
Agreed. It didn't deserve all the hate. I thought it was a weird choice to recast Han Solo and do a prequel story and nothing against the actor but I didn't think he looked or sounded enough like Harrison Ford. But given they made those choices, the movie didn't turn out to be too bad. My 2nd favorite Disney Star Wars movie after Rogue One. And despite being a prequel there were some loose ends so I'd have been fine with either a sequel to Solo, or a spinoff with Maul and Keira (yeah I know it's spelled with a Q or something).
@@JackQSmith the actor is the biggest problem for me. He's not bad, he's just not in any way Han. Plus I'd rather they have made something based on A.C. Crispin's Han Solo Trilogy or even Brian Daley's Han Solo Adventures, instead of declaring all Expanded Universe novels non-cannon and rebranding them as Legends.
I think it got a lot of spill over hate from the highly controversial The Last Jedi, released some months before. I know I was still reeling from the experience, so when Solo came out I had zero interest in watching it.
I agree with this too, I understand that easter eggs and things that connect to the larger story are fun for the viewers, but I think they overdid it a little in this one. It would've been enough to focus one a few things.
I'm gonna have to check Visions out, haven't seen that one yet!
@@dylandenney3980 I somewhat agree. Mind you, if they did the A.C. Crispin route, they couldn't do a checklist of things Han did, in one movie, and would have to split it in two or three!
Crimson Dawn is in the Comics & Qi'Ra is wild in it
Well now I'll need to read the comics it seems 🤩
I think K2 from Rogue One and L3 from this movie would have made such a power couple. ;)
I would love to have a movie of just droids hanging out together
Movie quote: Anakin Skywalker to Padme while in the field on Naboo talking about dictatorships in Episode II: Attack of the Clones.
It is yes!! For the memes!
Hey, Veronique! I enjoy "Solo" and feel it's a bit underrated. It's supposed to be a madcap hustle through the galaxy's seedier side. Originally, it was meant to be a trilogy but it suffered a negative backlash mostly from being released shortly after the controversy surrounding "The Last Jedi" and from reports of production difficulties like changing directors well into filming. Veteran Ron Howard completed the movie. I do hope they follow it up because it gets really interesting there at the end and I felt the cast had great chemistry!
"Solo" is set 13-10 years before Episode IV. This is the early Imperial period and the Empire is still pacifying resistant worlds.
This was Darth Maul's return to live-action played again by Ray Park! During this period, Maul is no longer associated with the Emperor. Darth Vader is the current apprentice. Maul runs the Crimson Dawn criminal syndicate. His return to galactic affairs after surviving being cut in half by Obi-Wan is chronicled extensively in the animated "Clone Wars".
There's a deleted scene that should have stayed in the film which shows Han getting drummed out of Imperial flight school and reassigned to the infantry because he refused to comply with orders that put fellow pilots at risk. The Imperial officers felt obedience was more important than the acceptable losses they would have incurred.
The Imperial checkpoint woman didn't double-cross Han and Qira as most reactors believe. Those were Proxima's goons who snatched Qira. The checkpoint lady honored the deal but called for Imperial security to break up the fracas!
The positive attributes of "Solo" are:
-- a busload of talent including Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover and Paul Bettany
-- a brash, swaggering turn by Alden Ehrenreich that captures Harrison Ford's spirit
-- the first meetings of Han, Lando and Chewie
-- an excitingly vertiginous mountain railway heist
-- the wildly imaginative Kessel Run sequence in which young Solo achieves his claim to fame of making it in 12 parsecs while tangling with a space-borne leviathan
-- a glimpse into the early Empire's pacification of resistant worlds
-- the twist that Enfys Nest is actually leader of a resistance cell and not a pirate
-- the flurry of double- and triple-crosses at the climax
-- the re-integration of Darth Maul into live-action with Ray Park reprising the role after the character's incredible return in the animated "Clone Wars"
-- the revelations that the 'Millennium Falcon' was designed with a lifeboat that filled the gap at the front and has a top-tier navigational database from the L3 upload
-- Han learns to fire first
Han firing at Becket pre-emptively cutting him off mid-sentence was meant to rectify the digital alteration of having Greedo fire first upon Han in the cantina in Episode IV. That change made by Lucas to the Special Editions of the Classic trilogy still angers fans! Lol. Han is supposed to live a rough, dangerous existence and gallantly waiting to be fired upon first not only dilutes his character but is insanely reckless!
The only negative plot point is that the menacing Enfys Nest is unmasked as a petite young girl! It's too much of a leap and beggars belief leading to eye rolls. An adult woman would have been fine and equally unexpected because of Nest's gravelly modulated voice. A cool-looking alien would have been even better. Surprise stunt-casting of an unexpected celebrity would have been the best of all! Erin Kellyman was grossly miscast.
The bald, gray alien with the breathing apparatus and eye lenses among Nest's entourage is Benthic Two-Tubes, a Tognath. His eggmate was seen as a partisan in the future in "Rogue One".
Clint Howard, Ron Howard's brother who is cast in every movie he directs, ran the droid fighting pen in the gambling den where we meet Lando.
Warwick Davis, the star of "Willow", formerly Wicket the Ewok and Star Wars' lucky penny, played one of Nest's gang out of prosthetics.
As a fan of Favreau, you've got a lot to look forward to! Jon Favreau, who voiced the Ardennian Rio Durant, is the showrunner of "The Mandalorian" and basically runs Lucasfilm with animation head Dave Filoni. You may know him as the director of "Iron Man" and "Iron Man 2" as well as for playing Harold "Happy" Hogan in the MCU.
Those golden dice were the focus of the last shot. Keep them in mind for later on.
This movie is the debut of Joonas Suotamo in the role of Chewbacca. The character had, from the 1977 original movie, been played by Peter Mayhew.
Joonas Suotamo already played Chewie in certain scenes of Episode VII, because Peter Mayhew had a hard time walking. But Joonas would never tell, which scenes he is in, because he has a high regard for Peter.
Although Peter was about 10 cm taller than Joonas, this probably was one of the best recasting, since Joonas copies Chewies mannerisms very well, and like Peter he seems the have the right energy to embody the role.
But it‘s true that this is the first time that Joonas plays Chewie without any involvement of Peter.
Another great reaction Vero! I agree, there were bits I liked in this movie but overall it's my least favourite of the Star Wars movies you've seen so far on the channel but it sounds like there was a lot of other potential issues with directors etc from what other comments have said.
It does make me laugh the amount of retconning that went into correcting Han's "Less than 12 parsecs" comment in Episode 4 because I guess the script writer didn't realise that a parsec is a unit of distance, not time. A bit like me saying I ran the 100m race in only 75m 😂
Yeah I wasn't aware of all the production issues for this movie :D Sometimes I wonder if I should research a bit more about the movie before saying my thoughts.
100m race in 75m would be VERY impressive... just need a way to teleport
"What the hell is an 'Aluminum Falcon'?"
- Emperor Palpatine
This is an ok movie. I was disappointed when I saw it for the first time because I was expecting something alot better. I did enjoy watching this with your jokes & stuff. I'm glad that you got this uploaded this morning. I hope that you're feeling better or at least better than you did yesterday. Hopefully it won't take long for you to get completely better.
Feeling slightly better every day yeah. I think I was expecting to be amazed like Rogue One, which is not great to go into this movie with that expectation :D
@@VerowakReacts Yea, I know what you mean. I remember being 3 years old sitting between my mom and dad at a drive-in movie theater watching Star Wars for the very first time back in 1977 when it first came out. So you can literally say that I grew up with George Lucas's Star Wars movies. I just have to remember that there's a line between the George Lucas's stuff and the Disney stuff. I can't go watching any of the Disney Stuff with the expectations of it being another one of George Lucas's movies or I'll be very disappointed
I just found your channel and have been marathoning your Star Wars reactions. If you want to know more about Maul I highly suggest you watch The Clone Wars tv show. It explains a lot plus it's just an awesome show period!
I'm watching the Clone Wars, slowly but surely!! So far, I'm loving the extra character development and new characters they're introducing, especially the clones. And also, welcome to the channel!
"What a Wookie": The band Supernova has a song called "Chewbacca" with the line "what a Wookie".
I'm going to have to look it up! I need to find more Star Ward songs like The Saga Begins by Weird Al
@@VerowakReacts It's a really short song, only one minute or so. It was used in the movie Clerks.
I guess Luke really hit Han in the gut when he said: I guess that is what you are really good at, taking care of yourself. Now that rings even truer when you see Han dash through without grabbing her, or making sure she went through first. In a way, you could say that he had a similar story to Anakin, even if not as dramatic.
This will out me as a huge Star Wars geek but I have to correct that line (from Episode IV: A New Hope -- known simply as "Star Wars" when first released in 1977: "Well, take care of yourself, Han. But I guess that's what you're best at, isn't it?"
"Well, if it works..."
Attack of the Clones, Anakin to Padme when discussing government that "sounds like a dictatorship".
Exactly it! I really like that scene
@@VerowakReacts Here's a challenge, where is this quote from? "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."
@@tofersiefken Sounds like a line from Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail. But I'll resist the temptation to confirm it online.
35:06 "Did he do that just to show off?"
Yeah.
It's one of those 4th wall things.
The showing off isn't for Qi-Ra, it's for the audience watching the movie.
Just in case we all forgot Darth Maul in Phantom Menace 19 years earlier, they show his face and then his famous lightsaber to remind us.
And for those of us who do remember, we all have to wonder how he survived being sliced in half AND falling into a ginormous pit.
And for those of us who do remember and know a little Star Wars lore, we know he has a brother, Savage Opress, who looks just like him and also uses a double lightsaber.
I thought this was Savage Opress until I saw the credits.
And for those of us with a ton of Star Wars lore (including me after I googled it), we know how he survived being sliced in half AND falling into a ginormous pit.
IDK how you guessed it, but man that grin when you knew it was Chewy!😅
I love chewy!!! As soon as Han Solo was there, I kept hoping we would see how he met Chewie :D
Two things I saw here that there was no twisting of who was with who. Beckett saying how it doesn't work with Q'ira and her saying that Han wouldn't look at her the same way he was if she told him everything that happened after Corellia. I was surprised to see Darth Maul but not what Q'ira did at the end.
It feels like the end was setting us up for a sequel of some kind, but we never got it, sadly
I'm kinda easy to make happy in movies, so I loved this one🙂Rogue One..Much Gucci er😊Think I watched Rogue One about 6 times so i can understand where you're coming from.
Great reaction and thanks for your honest opinion of the movie, Vero! Have a great weekend🙃
At the end, I got it why the scoundrel we meet in Episode IV can trust no one in the Galaxy, save Chewbacca. I cry over that every time.
I came to say the same. I think the movie’s main purpose is to show how he met Chewbacca, got the Falcon, and all the twists give us reasons for his ongoing cynicism and standoffishness.
"Droid don't pull people's arms out of their sockets when they lose; Wookiees are known to do that." - Han Solo Ep4. This is why you got to see Chewie rip someones arms off.
It's the first 2 mins of the video and I'm already dissapointed! WATER!!! Really?! Where is the lemonade? Just kidding. Love you, love your work and reactions. Now on with the rest of the video.
I know!!! That's what happens with too much procrastination 🤣
I find the most endearing quality to this film is that it isn't a galactic-scale threat being dealt with. It's a more ground-level story about a train heist and a bank robbery, which taps into the Western influence in Star Wars nicely. Also probably the closest analogous, on-screen experience to reading a one-shot Star Wars novel.
But it's one of those situations where it is probably much more effective when viewed for the first time in chronological order. Because, when viewed in release order, there's a much heavier sense of "seeing backstory things you already know happening" that removes some of the suspense.
Im sorry im late to this party, got the notification while driving and rushed home to watch my girls journey into the Star Wars Universe.
The moment in the film where Han gets his last name is an homage to The Godfather Part II when Vito obtains his last name while being processed at Ellis Island. Francis Ford Coppola, who directed The Godfather films, was George Lucas's inspiration for when he originally wrote the character of Han Solo.
Oh neat! I haven't seen Godfather yet
Watch this!
And I've got a good feeling about this!
Love it!!!
Enfys Nest is the coolest new Star Wars character in a long time and I want more of her in some show or movie!
I loved the fight on the train with Enfys Nest!
L3 is the one of the reasons the Falcon randomly breaks down...her rebellious nature
That's amazing and I love it :D
In A New Hope, C3PO says "Oh my, your ship speaks with unusual dialect". As in the ship likely swore at him about human oppression or something.
@@5353Jumper ...yep spot on....L3 and C3PO would definitely have different opinions about that topic
It's interesting that you say you don't like this humor but you laughed a lot more during this movie than I did and I enjoy this movie. I don't really find Star Wars humor that funny but enjoy the adventure.
There are different kinds of laughter. For this movie it was more of a "this is ridiculous" laughter. I can still laugh if I dislike things. The movie had too much humor in it for me, and I prefer my Star Wars movies with a sprinkle of comedy or sarcastic humor
I saw this movie in an almost completely empty theater... A very different experience from past Star Wars films. I think it's a decent bit of fun. Lando completely steals the show for me.
If you want to dive in deeper to the Star Wars universe and learn more about Han Solo in particular. I highly recommend the Han Solo trilogy of books. The Paradise Snare, The Hutt Gambit and Rebel Dawn. Those are set in the Legends EU timeline and tells a different origin story for Han Solo among others.
I keep learning that there is way more Star Wars content than I ever expected. I'll need to figure out what books I want to read when I get to that point :D
@@VerowakReacts Yeah there's a LOT of Star Wars! My favorite Star Wars books are in the Legends Expanded Universe. Most of them don't really fit within the Disney era continuity though. In my opinion you can't really go wrong with books written by Timothy Zahn. My favorite books are the Thrawn trilogy. Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command. Then also the Hand of Thrawn books. Specter of the Past and Vision of The Future. I also love the book Kenobi by John Jackson Millar.
17:32 "Oh my god I don't know what's going on."
Simple:
Dryden Vos wanted Tobias Beckett to steal unrefined coaxial cable from a space train.
He sent Tobias so there would be no connection back to him.
Smart.
Then he sent Qi'Ra, his top lieutenant, so there would be a connection back to him.
Smarter.
I truly can't see why this confuses you... :)
'Well, if it works.' I _just_ finished watching _Danielle Reacts_ reaction to that one.
A fun movie that unfortunately didn't do well at the box office which unfortunately means we won't see any more Solo adventures.
I am enjoying your Star Wars journey.
It's weird, I feel like this movie should have been liked by a lot of Star Wars fans, but the release of the movie may have just been at the wrong time, with the Disney sequels being made then too.
@@VerowakReacts I agree.It was released far too soon after the sequel movie.I think the Star Wars fans were feeling burnt out or like they were being spoon fed something they didn't want.
They were planning to make, either, another Solo movie, or a t.v. series. However, being, like you said, not the best of movies, that's the end of it. Anyways, to know Crimson Dawn you need to be in touch with some of the books, comics, and other products to know the history.
It may take me a while, but I'll get to the books and comics!
@@VerowakReacts Yeah, Maul started it, but it lives on into the Rebellion era, even post Episode V.
i am at the beginning. the quote you just asked is anikin from AOC
It is!!!
you said hello everyone and instantly pressed like
Alden Ehrenreich is doing more Young Dennis Quaid, not Young Harrison Ford, which kinda makes me wish Episode IV had come out ten years later because Quaid would have been a great Han Solo.
This movie had a different director who got fired and then Ron Howard took over. So I believe that's why it was allover the place.💜
That definitely doesn't help the finished product at all. It sucks when things like that happen since it usually greatly affects everything about the movie
This one occurs a decade before ROGUE ONE. It also happens immediately before the OBI-WAN KENOBI series. You should watch that one, too! #MakeSolo2Happen
Obi-Wan Kenobi series and Andor are the ones I'm really looking forward to!
They're both filled with gems. One is cathartic, one casts a light on a different facet of the galaxy.
@@auntvesuvi3872 They both sound awesome
Hey just wanted to say I've really enjoyed all of ur reaction content and was wondering if you plan on uploading the final season of clone wars with ur reaction to it on UA-cam? Either way hope your having a good day and continue to enjoy star wars :)
I have no idea since I don't know what the final season of Clone Wars is. I'm hoping to eventually have time to edit each Clone Wars season into a video for UA-cam at the very minimum
This is my favorite "Star Wars" movie of the Disney era, and one of my favorites overall. It's very much in the spirit of the original movie as it was in 1977 (a fast-paced, fun adventure), and probably the closest we'll get to a movie version of the still-beloved Han Solo books by Brian Daley. Well, I suppose there's always TV...
I'll definitely need to read the book. I feel like they won't do a tv series about Han since they tried a movie. I love seeing that people really like this movie
In Solo Luke and Leia are 10 years old and this is the same time as the Kenobi series is going on. This is in my top 5 of Star Wars movies.
I think a lot of people misinterpret the ending with Quira. Its not that she wanted to take over, she's doing it to protect Han. She knows that if Crimson Dawn were to investigate what happened themselves, that Han and herself would be on the run forever. Just like at the beginning of the movie, when she tells Han to run, she chooses to stay behind to give Han the chance to escape and be free. She knows how to survive in the world of Crimson Dawn, she already feels like she's done too much to escape that world, so she makes the choice to stay behind and let Han go.
I liked SOLO as a fun Star Wars movie. Personally, I love A.C. Crispin's "Han Solo Trilogy" of books as a Han Solo backstory. However, I understand how that wouldn't fit in the current canon whilst the SOLO movie does for certain reasons.
I still think a movie trilogy of those books would be cool though.
Maybe they could make it an animated movie or series. Unless they go with the actor from this movie, since I don't think having 3 actors for the same role would be great
Solo is actually really good!
I'm glad you like it! I'm not a fan of that style of comedy, sadly
The Great thing about this film, Chewy gets to show off his strength
We lost Rio too soon.😔
It's always enjoyable watching you react to these movies and sharing your passion and insightful comments. I agree with you that "Solo" didn't really hit the mark compared to the other Star Wars movies. I can't really explain exactly what it was that didn't feel right about this. It just kind of seemed to me that it was largely "fan service", dealing with these events from Han's past (ie, how he and Chewie met, how he won the Falcon from Lando, the Kessel run, etc.), as if they just loosely tied them together with this story, which felt rather weak and forced to me.
The character of Han somehow seemed "off" and didn't really match the OT Han I loved so much in the previous films. I've tried to accept that this is a younger version of Han but it almost felt like a caricature. Kind of like someone pretending to be Han, saying his iconic lines without actually being him. Like I said, hard to explain.
Anyway, as always, thanks so much for sharing your reaction. Great stuff. 🤗
Definitely felt like more fan service than anything to me (also I kept forgetting what it was called and wanted to say fan pandering, but fan service is what it is!!) It's not that it's a bad movie, it just didn't feel up to par with the other Star Wars movies :D
The company underestimated the marketing need to inform the public WHY 😂😂 Han Solo deserves his own spinoff movie(s). As a Star Wars fan born in 1978, there would have been no question that Han Solo deserved his own movie. But, part of that is/was the ephemeral chemistry between Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher.
It felt like it was made for the Han Solo fans, but I think it would have been awesome if it was made after episode 6 with Harrison Ford
@@VerowakReacts that would have been the correct timing for it. Or, as one critic whose name escapes me now, suggested, employ Harrison on this movie as a present or absent narrator of his character’s past adventures.
Late to the party but I love trivia games so: Anakin Skywalker, Attack of the Clones
Yes it is!! Trivia games can be pretty fun
another top flight reaction. You are fun to watch. This wasnt really my favorite either - not NEAR as good as Rogue One. Thanks so much for doing this!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Quote trivia was Anakin in the clone wars on Naboo
Yes! Damn that Anakin!
@@VerowakReacts Hi Verowak. I’m new to your channel and enjoyed your SW reactions. Also just finished all of your HOD reactions this morning. I’m considering joining your patreon solely for Clone wars. SW and GOT are my 2 favorite franchises. CW starts a little slow and the animation isn’t great in the early seasons but like most people I know you’ll be a fan at the end of it.
@@absher2241 WElcome to the channel!! I'm quite enjoying Clone Wars so far even though I'm not that far into it! The animation doesn't bother me at all, I'm in it for the story and characters 🤩
Han is an eternal optimist. That’s why he says he has a good feeling. Why does it have to lead anywhere? It’s a fun character development flick for Han. It’s simply a side story. It’s not part of the “Skywalker saga” and didn’t need to be. Going in I had my reservations but I always keep my expectations low. I had a great time and that’s all that matters to me. ✌🏻 I wonder if trying to predict the outcome of the movie contributes to your disappointment.
I personally prefer it lead to somewhere, that's why I say this :) it's personal preference. I try to predict things in every movie and there are lots of movies I found amazing 🙃
this movie got a lot of hate but i liked it
It's definitely not close to my favorite, but I would love to know more about Kira and Darth Maul after the events of this movie
@VerowakReacts Maul is such a good character, random bit of trivia for you, in one of the graphic novels he didn't actually die at the end of episode 1
I thought the movie was better than it should have been. I don't think there needed to be a Solo film, but they did a good job telling the story and actually making one hope for a sequel. And that was the plan, which would have connected more to the original trilogy while also serving as a bridge between it and the prequels. I also think I liked it more my second time around, once I understood what it was trying to do.
It does answer a lot of questions.
Quote trivia: That is Anakin from Attack of the Clones
It is, yeah! When he gave indication that he's fine with democracy being destroyed lol
I actually love this movie, it's a fun ride, I wish they continued so we could see more of how Han became the man he was in New Hope, and what they could have done with Qira afterward with freaken Mual! It's unfortunate the movie suffered because of many factors leading to the end of spin off movies when honestly I think they were the better stories being told atm.
I'm glad you loved the movie! It was definitely fun at times. It's quite possible that the movie just wasn't made at the right time for it to be better received. I'm hoping in a TV series there is more explanation about Qi'ra working with Darth Maul :D
@@VerowakReacts supposedly, that is the plan
I was very surprised how much I like this movie. Not as good as Rogue One, but better than the sequels (and arguably some of the prequels)
@@VerowakReacts it was released just 6 months after Episode VIII and amidst some backlash over that movie. Most of that backlash was unwarranted or reactionary, but it made this the only Star Wars movie to flop, despite it definitely not being the worst movie overall.
Fun Fact - Harrison Ford does not like to shave and he collects foam balls, not many people know that, Harrison Ford is an actual scruffy nerf hoarder
*Contrived* that's the feeling this story leaves you with.
*raises hand*
The quote was Anakin in episode 2: attack of the cringe
It is from episode 2!! Though there was cringe, there were also some really great moments!
I've never seen a bad film directed by Ron Howard
What was that beast called?
Joke‘s on you, because the film made a similar Solo pun as you did in the beginning.
Overall, I have a similar feeling about the movie. It‘s not as bad as some people see it, but it‘s also not exceptionally good.
It might be interesting what the movie would have been like if Lord and Miller wouldn‘t have been fired as the directors. But apparently the screenwriters and Kathleen Kennedy weren‘t happy with their interpretation, so they were replaced by Ron Howard.
I think Qira is leaving in the end to protect Han, because otherwise Maul might come after him.
Crimson Dawn was also new to me (as are the Pykes on Kessel). Apart from the Hut cartel, the biggest criminal organization in the old Expanded Universe was Black Sun.
Talking of Kessel, the Kessel Run was retconned several times (mostly as a lot of black holes around the planet), because George Lucas screwed up in Episode IV. He probably thought that parsec was a measurement of speed, when it is actually a measurement of distance. So other authors try to explain why the shorter distance is so important here. The most common explanation is that you can cut the distance shorter by having to fly closer to a black hole, where you can only escape the gravitational pull if the ship is fast enough.
Not sure if that makes astrophysical sense, but that‘s what they came up with to explain the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs line.
Fun facts:
The helmet that Backett is wearing on Kessel is the same one that Lando wears in Jabba‘s palace in Episode VI.
Thandie Newton (Val) is the mother of Nico Parker, who plays Joel‘s daughter in The Last of Us.
The second „w“ in Warwick Davis‘s name is actually silent (it sounds more like Warrick).
I believe Chewie had bodyguards, because everyone wanted to hug him, which took its toll on the fur.
"Well, if it works!" - A very young and naive pre-empire era Darth Vader (episode 2)
What do I win? 😉
Young and naive... oh Anakin, how far you've fallen :D
It is definitely not the worst of the newer Star Wars, but I forget about it more than you'd think for a fan. It has entertainment value for sure, but it is odd.
It's definitely very different from all other Star Wars movie.
The reason you feel like it wasn't part of the saga is that it wasn't - and it wasn't supposed to be. The Skywalker Saga is episodes 1-9 and it is over/finished. Rogue One fits into the overall arc of the Skywalker Saga because it makes certain things possible (death star plans etc). But Solo is the only movie so far that is meant to branch out from that arc and be its own story. As such, it's best to just enjoy it like a heist movie in the SW universe. All SW from now on will be something new and different like Solo was. Mandalorian is great but it too is not part of the Skywalker saga. Once you look at it that way I think you'll enjoy it more on its own terms.
Solo is not the first movie to branch out from the main arc. Have you not seen *Battle for Endor* and *Caravan of Courage* ?
My biggest dislike was the comedic style. The more I think of it, I probably would have enjoyed the movie a lot more if it didn't try to be funny lol
If only your water was in a Solo cup...
A missed opportunity, damn!
I swear I was wondering was darth maul showing off with the lightsaber. Like where is the enemy!?
Weapons can be used to intimidate, not just fight.
14:00 That’s what _she_ said!
Wookies can live up to 400. Chewie is barely out of his prime.
Story takes place or at least ends about 10 years before Ep4. The Star Wars Rebels CGI series is set between the two and lasts four years.
If you want to see the return of Maul, watch The Clone Wars, all is explained there.
33:00 Yeaaaaaah. Too many "twists" in this movie for my liking. There are fun parts of this film and I hear alot of People really enjoyed this one. But this was the first Disney era SW film that really underwhelmed me. But atleast it did not outright infuriate me the way the NEXT film that Disney released did... *cough ep 8 cough* The Production troubles of Solo were more interesting to me than the film was. In the end, I dont think it was necessary to learn "How Solo got his name". I think I actually rolled my eyes when Maul suddenly showed up. Glad the Mandalorian came along to renew my faith in Disney and not a minute too late at the time.
You got the movie order wrong, The Last Straw was released first.
@@stalefurset9444 Ah, Ok. I remember it was 8 or 9 after Solo. Either Way, they both sucked Hard unfortunately due to Ego of the directors and higherups.
I enjoyed the movie tbh, even with all the flaws.
That's good! That's one thing I really like about Star Wars movies, is that there are always some people who are going to enjoy a moviewhile others don't. I really just like it when people can enjoy movies (even if I'm not a huge fan of those movies). 😊
In my personal opinion this movie was good. But I believe it could have been so much greater if they had not stuffed all the key events in Han' life into the period of one week! This should have been two movies, perhaps even a trilogy, with Han's acquisition of the Falcon happening in the second film and the Kessel Run in the third, each separated by several years in-universe time. Solo was a lost opportunity.
You know, I never thought of it that way, but yeah it seems all the important events happened so close together. That's very strange, huh
I don't know about a trilogy of movies for Han but his origin story would certainly have been good material as a series. If they can make two seasons worth of episodes for the back story of Cassian Andor, they certainly could have for Han Solo.
@@thegorn68 The big problem was Disney+ was only being developed at the time this film was made, and the idea of Star Wars live action as a TV series wasn't proven until the success of The Mandalorian. It was the box-office failure of this movie that caused the planned Obi-Wan Star Wars Story movie to be re-developed as the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series. I agree, this would have been much better developed as a series (and some of the plot points may still be addressed if they make the Lando series that was announced last year). The big problem is no one in charge of the studios is willing to take risks. Andor was planned as a 5-season series with each season encompassing a year in the Star Wars universe leading into Rogue-One. The Suits were not willing to take the risk and allow a full five-year series which is what is causing Andor season 2 to encompass four years of the timeline, which I feel is going make things feel rushed - again, exactly what they did with Solo.
Nice to see you
Unfortunately this movie flopped at the box office, the original directors were fired and Ron Howard stepped in. They planned sequel stories to this movie but after the under performance Disney re-evaluated there strategy. This movie came out 6 months after ‘The last Jedi’ (episode 8 in the sequel trilogy), which was quite divisive, plus people just found it hard acquainting the new actor with Han Solo. Harrison Ford embodied Han Solo for so many generations of Star Wars fans, seeing another actor playing that role was a tough pill to swallow for many fans.
That seems like way too close to another Star Ward movie release. It doesn't really give much time in between, sadly.
@@VerowakReacts It really was. It also didn't help that the marketing for it at the time was pretty minimal. I want to say the first trailer for it premiered in mid-Feb for a May release.
@@TheAmazingLee01 Strange that MCU put out 2 or 3 movies yearly at the same time, and fans had no fatigue. If Lucasfilm put out 1 or 2 good Star Wars movies yearly, the fans would have been there. Sadly, a lot of fans are apathetic now and have walked away. They are never coming back. So now it is unfixable.
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Hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤️
Anakin said that too Padme clone wars
This movie really isn’t *that* bad! The cinematography is dimly lit most of the time, sure, and the double-triple-crossing at the end is a bit tiresome, but it’s still an entertaining movie.
Entertaining yeah for sure. It doesn't have any rewatchability to me though. Looking at images for thumbnails made me realize just how dimly lit the majority of the movie was 😂
Solo isn't great.... isn't horrible..... it just kind of is. I enjoyed it but understand everyone's criticisms. The switching of directors mid film and the ensuing bad press made it hard for me to get excited for it and made this the first Star Wars film since The Empire Strikes Back that I didn't see in theaters, I was 3 years old for ESB, but after seeing I wished that I had. Great reaction as always!!!!!
It's not a horrible movie, just not as epic or interesting as the other Star Wars movies for me. The fact that it had production issues really doesn't help either. Seeing Star Wars movies in theatres just seems like such an epic event!
32:48 Beckett stole that line from Walter Donovan.
It was planned to be a trilogy, but as usual for Disney, they stuffed it up. Seeing Maul at the end made me keen for a sequel to see where it went. Lost opportunity
Ah, I didn't know that. It's unfortunate they won't do the trilogy, I would love to know more about Maul and Crimson Dawn
Did you see the Raiders of the Lost Ark Easter egg?
I haven't seen Raiders of the Lost Ark so unless it's Han with a whip, or him running away from a boulder... I definitely missed it 😂
I just wish Han Solo was in this film. This wasn't the Han Solo we know.
There is a reason this movie is the only Star Wars movie to lose money.
Solo Is set before Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries and Rebels and After the Bad Batch. When they will made the sequel of Solo, we will see How Qi'ra and IG-88 Met Eleven years Old Sabine Wren and we will see the reason. I Hope that Qi'ra and Sabine will learn that Obi-Wan killed Maul. I Wish that Qi'ra, Reva, Mando, Cal, Merrin, Cere, Geez and BD-1 will here in Rebels until Dave Filoni will made the fifth and finale season of Rebels set during the original Trilogy of star wars where Mando, Qi'ra and Bad Batch helps Ezra and Ahsoka to defeat Thrawn, Moff Gideon, Morgan Elsbeth, Barriss Offee and the Knights of Ren on Naboo during the Battle of Endor. I Wish too that Ezra, Sabine, Ahsoka, Jacen Syndulla, Qi'ra, Reva, Grogu and Mando where here in the Sequel Trilogy of star wars until Dave Filoni will made too star wars resistence season three set in the movie rise of Skywalker where they explain at Ben about his family before the Battle of Exegol