It poorly represented his backstory and didn't tie into any of the originals.

Dec 12, 2019
10:46:19pm

ToasterChive All-American

If they would not have done that, and followed the Rogue One model it would have been great.. it had serious potential.

It was racially diverse so Disney feels it could not have been better..

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Solo is the most non essential Star Wars movie.

eddog

12/12/19 10:13pm

It changed directors midway through. That's hard to overcome.

SandYFan

12/12/19 10:17pm

It helps explain how he completed the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs, which

BYUBandfan

12/12/19 10:18pm

It's a retcon. The original line makes no sense so they invented a way it does.

SandYFan

12/12/19 10:20pm

That's the whole reason Disney bought the franchise

A_blue_car

12/12/19 10:21pm

I was entertained and enjoyed it more than TLJ. Because it was a stand alone.

Turnpike Lane

12/12/19 10:22pm

I liked it. Speaking of it though, why isn’t Solo or The Last Jedi on Disney+?

Gerald-DeGroot

12/12/19 10:26pm

Too new. Still under contract with Netflix

squirrelyearl

12/12/19 10:30pm

Dumb.

Gerald-DeGroot

12/12/19 10:37pm

$$$$$

Cougar TD

12/12/19 10:46pm

I thought it was a great Star Wars movie. I loved that one.

dchandle15

12/12/19 10:27pm

Exactly. It was fun and felt like a Star Wars movie. Stayed pretty true to the

Gerald-DeGroot

12/12/19 10:37pm

Agreed. It was largely a victim of the lingering fart that

Sandstone Cougar

12/12/19 10:49pm

Yup. Never understood the hate. It was a fun movie.

Traveshamockery

12/12/19 11:33pm

I watched it. Not only did it not connect me to Star Wars but it never

777

12/12/19 10:34pm

Where did you come up with that?

Greg Kite's 'stache

12/12/19 10:46pm

Haha, I don't know, I thought the Empire guys had a dialogue to throw Han to the

777

12/12/19 10:49pm

There was apparently more back story on this in the written version

dchandle15

12/12/19 11:01pm

I think I'm right.

777

12/12/19 10:50pm

I mean Chewy was helping Yoda escape battles just a few years earlier, and then

777

12/12/19 10:58pm

Confining a "Star Wars Movie" to something more narrow than a movie in the Star Wars universe does a disservice to the

shimmy

12/12/19 10:38pm

No the whole Disney trilogy is non-essential

Coug Man in Florida

12/12/19 10:42pm

It poorly represented his backstory and didn't tie into any of the originals.

ToasterChive

12/12/19 10:46pm

although racially diverse, I felt it unfairly portrayed the Wookie People and

carcoug

12/13/19 12:36am

I feel like the hairy part was fair.

DirtyWater

12/13/19 1:34am

RE: I feel like the hairy part was fair.

carcoug

12/13/19 1:09pm

There were supposed to be two more Solo sequels

2FarGone

12/13/19 7:38am

Too bad they didn't do a better job with the first one then. I would love a good

BYUtka

12/13/19 7:43am

I loved it. It felt more Star Wars than FA orTLJ.

IrishBlue

12/12/19 11:09pm

Solo is the only one of the new SW movies that I liked

D.T. Survivor

12/13/19 7:23am

Forgettable in every way. It was a generic movie that they applied a default

BYUtka

12/13/19 7:33am

It was fine. You're taking Star Wars too seriously.

SJS

12/13/19 8:16am

Much better TFA or TLJ but not as good as it should have been. Still good though

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