This review contains spoilers.
Solo: A Star Wars Story is a stand-alone movie that tells the story of Han Solo before Star Wars: A New Hope. The story begins with Han Solo having a criminal career at Corellia and follows his famous Kessel run in the Millenium Falcon. Along the way, familiar faces of Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian become involved in the story.
Solo: A Star Wars Story is a generic movie. The story has a great setting and interesting characters. It was great to see a Star Wars story that did not have Jedis, the Force, or lightsabers. The story here concerns criminals and the Star Wars setting. This is a refreshing take on Star Wars as the criminal setting was never explored thoroughly before. I enjoyed this part of the story. The story did feel like it was restrained by the requirement that it had to follow Han Solo. The story had to tell the history of Han that was mentioned in the Star Wars original trilogy. If the story was not about Han Solo and it was instead about new criminal characters, the story could have been more creative and unpredictable.
The story had to make callbacks to the original trilogy and it could have been better telling an all new story. For example, a reveal with Qi'ra and Darth Maul at the end was cool, but it felt hollow as it seemed nothing could be followed up. This seemed like a reveal only to make a call to the prequel trilogy rather than trying to make a new legacy. The movie also felt too dark in its cinematography which detracted from its images and scenes.
Solo: A Star Wars Story is an acceptable chapter in the Star Wars franchise. Do not go into this movie expecting something unpredictable or creative.
Grade: C.
Solo: A Star Wars Story is a stand-alone movie that tells the story of Han Solo before Star Wars: A New Hope. The story begins with Han Solo having a criminal career at Corellia and follows his famous Kessel run in the Millenium Falcon. Along the way, familiar faces of Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian become involved in the story.
Solo: A Star Wars Story is a generic movie. The story has a great setting and interesting characters. It was great to see a Star Wars story that did not have Jedis, the Force, or lightsabers. The story here concerns criminals and the Star Wars setting. This is a refreshing take on Star Wars as the criminal setting was never explored thoroughly before. I enjoyed this part of the story. The story did feel like it was restrained by the requirement that it had to follow Han Solo. The story had to tell the history of Han that was mentioned in the Star Wars original trilogy. If the story was not about Han Solo and it was instead about new criminal characters, the story could have been more creative and unpredictable.
The story had to make callbacks to the original trilogy and it could have been better telling an all new story. For example, a reveal with Qi'ra and Darth Maul at the end was cool, but it felt hollow as it seemed nothing could be followed up. This seemed like a reveal only to make a call to the prequel trilogy rather than trying to make a new legacy. The movie also felt too dark in its cinematography which detracted from its images and scenes.
Solo: A Star Wars Story is an acceptable chapter in the Star Wars franchise. Do not go into this movie expecting something unpredictable or creative.
Grade: C.