Disney planning many, *many* solo Solo films.

Alternate title: Film Studio Plans to Lovingly Cultivate Money Tree.

In a move that should come as no surprise to anyone, The New York Daily News reports that Lucasfilm and Disney are in talks to produce more Han Solo movies. In what has become the norm in Hollywood, Alden Ehrenreich, the recently confirmed casting choice for young Han Solo, has been quietly signed on for a three film contract, which if it comes to fruition will no doubt make many fans giddy with happiness.

If Alden Ehrenreich is smart, or has a good agent, he’s going to be on this gravy train for a long, long, long time. I’m not saying that it’s going to be impossible for Disney to produce a Star Wars flick that will be a commercial flop – just that it’s not something that they’re going to likely manage to do on the first try. They could show two hours of a icicle melting and call it Star Wars: Han Solo – Carbonite Dreams, and it’ll still break box office records.  That is, as they say, how Disney and Star Wars do.

6 thoughts on “Disney planning many, *many* solo Solo films.”

  1. Young Mr. Ehrenreich was definitely the ensemble darkhorse in “Hail, Caesar!”; I think he will do well as a young Han Solo.

  3. I am happy that both Disney is really interested in making Star Wars work. I am also happy that most of the commentators here think the actor choice is solid.
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    My question is: Does heroic cool obey the laws of supply and demand? If we get 3 Han Solo movies, will the character still be as fun? One of the things that makes anti-heroes so much fun is that they are closed off and mysterious. I have seen numerous times in popular shows and books that when you find out too much about characters, they have a tendency to lose some of their attraction.
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    Now I hope they manage to do this in such a way that you can have multiple serializations of the same character, and he is still great.
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    (Side note: sorry if I come off too much as a debbie downer on these pop culture threads. I really do like what Disney is doing with both Marvel and Disney. However, by both training and temperament, my first reaction to something new is to try to look for the unintended consequences.)

    1. I don’t think so.
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      But first let me object to Han being called an anti-hero.
      The Jack, a lovable scoundrel who lives by his wits, is one of the major archetypes of hero, existing in many of humanity’s oldest surviving tales.
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      As to it outliving is welcome, isn’t the main character of both Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man being changed to this archetype an argument against?

  4. George Lucas reads above column, lets out a long sigh, and then pours himself a stiff drink.

    1. Mr. Lucas already has enough money to buy the Rock of Gibraltar and have it carved into a likeness of himself. I doubt he’s losing sleep over it.

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