Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) Spoiler Thread

[IronSoldier]

They could have cut half the film and given me Maul played by Ray Park. I'd probably have wet myself if he showed up. Not some very bad looking cgi version.

[levcore]

Oh so it's just a CG Darth Maul and not Ray Park? That sucks.

[Socko]

Originally Posted by Scott in UK

He says that in Empire, not Jedi

But we know what you mean

Aargh I am the worst fan

[Lutz]

Given how this one ended it would be funny if the Solo/Kenobi movies actually turn out to be a connected Emilia Clarke series plotting her turn and downfall like Darth Vader...

[imsounoriginal]

Emilia Clarke is Snoke.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Emilia Clarke is Snoke.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

[Show spoiler]

I'm still a bit split on Snoke, but thankfully so is Snoke.

[ManBeast]

Originally Posted by levcore

Oh so it's just a CG Darth Maul and not Ray Park? That sucks.

He is actually listed in the credits as 'Maul'. There was another actor for the voice.

[RustinCohle]

Fans after seeing Solo: We NEED a Darth Maul spin-off!
Disney after seeing the latest Childish Gambino music video go viral: Sorry, but you’re getting a Lando spin-off. We need that money!

[Alhlan Ain Ajeeba]

So, is Jabba in this?

[kylor]

Originally Posted by RustinCohle

Fans after seeing Solo: We NEED a Darth Maul spin-off!
Disney after seeing the latest Childish Gambino music video go viral: Sorry, but you’re getting a Lando spin-off. We need that money!

I'm still waiting for it.

[RustinCohle]

Originally Posted by Alhlan Ain Ajeeba

So, is Jabba in this?

Nope. I was hoping that was the surprise cameo everyone kept referring to, but it wasn’t. Han mentioned Jabba (not by name) once at the very end before him and Chewie flew off and the credits rolled.

[Josep5349]

Originally Posted by levcore

Oh so it's just a CG Darth Maul and not Ray Park? That sucks.

Don’t believe everything you read. It is Ray Park. Voiced by Sam Witwer, who also voiced Maul in The Clone Wars and Rebels.

[Alhlan Ain Ajeeba]

Originally Posted by RustinCohle

Nope. I was hoping that was the surprise cameo everyone kept referring to, but it wasn’t. Han mentioned Jabba (not by name) once at the very end before him and Chewie flew off and the credits rolled.

That is highly dissapointing,I thought it was a no brainer he would be in this !

[Porco Azzurro]

Loved it.

Random thoughts in no particular order.

I think it was brilliant that they set up this whole side-story of Crimson Dawn and Maul, it's all about outsiders - It's a stand-alone film about stand-alone 'solo' characters. It's about characters outside the usual categorisations of Jedi/Sith / Empire/Rebels. It's about love and loyalty and friendship but also and betrayal and mistrust.

Would really like another couple of these films with the same core cast - maybe have it overlap with an Obi-Wan movie, and/or Boba Fett/Jabba.

Alden Ehrenreich was excellent as Solo as was Donald Glover as Lando. Joonas Suotamo captured Chewie again brilliantly too.

I can already imagine the anti-SWJ whingeing about L3. There was less of her in it than I thought there'd be. But I loved her whole thing about equality, the callback to droids being not served in the Cantina in Ep IV (so don't tell me messages about social justice don't belong in Star Wars - it's always had that). I am glad I listened to Last Shot before seeing this film for more L3 - not at all essential, but it enhanced it for me I think.

Great to see Maul back. If people are confused they should look at his legs and join the dots. You don't need to have seen The Clone Wars and Rebels. It's Maul - he's alive, so he isn't dead. He has clearly visible robotic legs, so yeah, figure it out yourselves people! It's not that hard, is it? If one had never known who he was/never seen Episode I then he's the big bad boss of Crimson Dawn. Still works either way.

I loved how Dryden Vos was like this mini-Maul. Red scars that flare up when angry, almost Sith-like eyes at some points, and twin-bladed weapon that glows red huh? Remind you of anyone?

Thought the music was great on first listen. Not quite OT/PT Williams level, but very little is, in anything(!). Some nice weaving in/introductions of classic themes. Noticed a few nice little instances of music from Rogue One in there too.

Got a bit distracted by some weird (real-world) altercation in the cinema I was in (not involving me!) during the maw bit unfortunately so that bit is a little hazy to me, but I will be seeing this again, soon. I feel like I've forgotten about 50% of the stuff I thought during the film, it had so much going on, and yet it didn't try to cram in loads of characters all the time, it placed all its chips on Han, Lando, Chewie and Qi-ra and, for me at least, won big!

Loved it.

[Himmel]

Not the best quality.

http://youtu.be/r0me_ddfrag

[StarWarsIsAwesome123]

Darth Maul's appearance is really gonna confuse people who have seen just the movies.

[Porco Azzurro]

Originally Posted by StarWarsIsAwesome123

Darth Maul's appearance is really gonna confuse people who have seen just the movies.

Originally Posted by Cliff

Which is most everyone that'll see SOLO. It's a horribly dumb decision to drop him in this story like that.

(...copy & paste is really great...)

Great to see Maul back. If people are confused they should look at his legs and join the dots. You don't need to have seen The Clone Wars and Rebels. It's Maul - he's alive, so he isn't dead. He has clearly visible robotic legs, so yeah, figure it out yourselves people! It's not that hard, is it?

[phobicsquirrel]

Originally Posted by Porco Azzurro

(...copy & paste is really great...)

Great to see Maul back. If people are confused they should look at his legs and join the dots. You don't need to have seen The Clone Wars and Rebels. It's Maul - he's alive, so he isn't dead. He has clearly visible robotic legs, so yeah, figure it out yourselves people! It's not that hard, is it?

Maybe but it's really weak that after being cut in half he's alive. I didn't know about him in rebels until recently because I don't watch TV that much. I really liked maul in tpm but it just feels cheap bringing him back. I mean he was cut in half! I'm not surprised the emperor isn't being brought back after all he was very powerful and only fell down a deep reactor like thing.

[Darkstream]

James Mangold is making Boba Fett: A Star Wars Story!

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...direct-1113273