A Han Solo Star Wars movie has been confirmed for the summer of 2018 with Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who wrote and directed The Lego Movie, confirmed to helm. Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and the upcoming The Force Awakens, will script the new movie.
Lord and Miller, who are also behind the 21 Jump Street movies, released a statement through Deadline:
“This is the first film we’ve worked on that seems like a good idea to begin with,”
“We promise to take risks, to give the audience a fresh experience, and we pledge ourselves to be faithful stewards of these characters who mean so much to us. This is a dream come true for us. And not the kind of dream where you’re late for work and all your clothes are made of pudding, but the kind of dream where you get to make a film with some of the greatest characters ever, in a film franchise you’ve loved since before you can remember having dreams at all.”
StarWars.com followed up the news with an official outline of the story for the film:
The story focuses on how young Han Solo became the smuggler, thief, and scoundrel whom Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi first encountered in the cantina at Mos Eisley.
Oh gosh. How awesome is this?
No other news other than this, but we’ll keep you updated!
