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                                                                                     Living "Solo" in a Star WArs Universe

Alden Ehrenreich tackles the empire as the last of the straight shooters

No matter what I say, Solo: A Star Wars Story is going to make tons of money at the box office. But I do have a few thoughts ….
When we first meet Han Solo(Alden Ehrenreich), the Empire is in charge of the universe and he’s a sort of rebellious “Oliver Twist” running scams for an evil crime lord. He’s also in love with a girl name Qu’ira (Emilia Clarke). As fate would have it, the two were separated as they try to escape, but Han vows to find her again. In the meantime, he figures the best way to accomplish his goals are to join the empire, so he can learn to fly,only that doesn’t work out they way he'd hoped and he becomes a foot soldier, until he finds a kindred spirit on the battlefield.
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Han decides it's better to run than fight for the Empire and he teams up with a band of smugglers that includes Thandy Newton, Woody Harrelson and a four-armed Ardennian named Rio Durant (voiced by Jon Favreau). Things get a little more complicated after Han is reunited with his long-lost love and forced to rely on a man who will become an on-again, off-again ally. We're talking about none other than the infamous Lando Calrissian, played by a very cool Donald Glover.

The script by Lawrence and Jonathan Kasdan provides some wonderful lines delivered by a feminist, freedom fighting robot named L3 (voiced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge) and some much appreciated snarky Solo one-liners.  Solo: A Star Wars story is quite dark thematically and cinematically, after all it is a troubled time in the Empire. The story is full of stunts and wonderful special effects and explains nicely Han’s life long love affair with the Millennium Falcon. Director Ron Howard was called in to play clean-up after things fell apart with the first directors. He’s a guy known for bringing heart to his projects, but this one, while satisfying, doesn’t quite deliver in the way Rogue One did. Still, Solo delivers to fans what they’ve been searching for all these years with a back story that explains why Han turned into a jaded con-man with a heart of gold.

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