# Han Solo prequel planned **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607 "2015-07-08T19:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/181 "2018-04-10T08:11:05Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Ron Howard has done a lot of movies but none of them were big budget CGI Sci Fi movies. So that makes it interesting to see what he did with this. Not a lot of outright modern post _LOTR_-CGI, but a _lot_ of FX work (and “big budget” is subjective) - _Willow_? _Cocoon_? _The Grinch_? That should give you an indication he can at least _handle_ sciffy movies and action. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/182 "2018-04-10T13:00:33Z")
[I guess Kessel Run it is](http://comicbook.com/starwars/2018/04/09/hasbro-star-wars-kessel-run-millennium-falcon/). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/183 "2018-04-10T13:16:50Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Not a lot of outright modern post _LOTR_-CGI, but a _lot_ of FX work (and “big budget” is subjective) - _Willow_? _Cocoon_? _The Grinch_? That should give you an indication he can at least _handle_ sciffy movies and action. _Apollo 13_ wasn’t done with cardboard models and a camcorder. > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [I guess Kessel Run it is](http://comicbook.com/starwars/2018/04/09/hasbro-star-wars-kessel-run-millennium-falcon/). Interesting - and I guess there used to be an escape craft between the _Falcon_’s bow “forks.” ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/184 "2018-04-10T13:30:28Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [I guess Kessel Run it is](http://comicbook.com/starwars/2018/04/09/hasbro-star-wars-kessel-run-millennium-falcon/). There’s also the Lego [Kessel Run Millennium Falcon](https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Kessel-Run-Millennium-Falcon-75212), complete with “Kessel Operations Droid”. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/185 "2018-04-10T13:46:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Interesting - and I guess there used to be an escape craft between the _Falcon_’s bow “forks.” That idea has been around since at least 1982, as a [proposed-but-unsold](http://theswca.com/images-conce/falcon-minirig.html) [Mini Rig](http://www.starwars.com/news/offscreen-but-not-forgotten-mini-rigs-body-rigs-and-other-kenner-vehicles). I see that it even has a [Wookieepidia backstory](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Freight-loading_external_rover). (And so does the [CAP-2](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/CAP-2_Captivator)–that was one of my favorite SW toys as a child.) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/186 "2018-04-10T14:00:04Z")
I’ve generally figured that the front forks were supposed to hold a standard shipping container between them (whatever shape and size the galaxy-far-far-away standard shipping container was). ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/187 "2018-04-10T14:14:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Interesting - and I guess there used to be an escape craft between the _Falcon_’s bow “forks.” I thought that was where the kessel ran… ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/188 "2018-04-10T14:15:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Apollo 13_ wasn’t done with cardboard models and a camcorder. That one, too. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/189 "2018-04-10T14:47:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’ve generally figured that the front forks were supposed to hold a standard shipping container between them (whatever shape and size the galaxy-far-far-away standard shipping container was). Yeah, that’s [a standard explanation for it](http://furiousfanboys.com/2016/05/19/the-millennium-falcons-front-fork-explained/). Of course, the real story is that the Tantive IV design was originally supposed to be the Millennium Falcon. That design had plenty of internal space for carrying cargo (and escape pods, as mentioned when the MF was captured by the Death Star) but they switched the design with something that would have to be a Tardis to have as much space inside as the Falcon is supposed to have, and even then you can’t realistically imagine it to have much cargo room, so they have to kludge the cargo to the outside. (ETA: The Tantive IV type ship was able to travel at a blazing maximum speed of [950 kilometers per hour](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/CR90_corvette)!) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/190 "2018-04-10T15:20:40Z")
I always assumed that most of the disk was originally cargo space, before Han’s and Chewie’s modifications. The YT-1300 was basically the SW version of the DC-3/C-47 Dakota - small, simple, and could carry a few tons of cargo to wherever you want. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/191 "2018-04-10T15:35:48Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > That idea has been around since at least 1982, as a [proposed-but-unsold](http://theswca.com/images-conce/falcon-minirig.html) [Mini Rig](http://www.starwars.com/news/offscreen-but-not-forgotten-mini-rigs-body-rigs-and-other-kenner-vehicles)… > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Yeah, that’s [a standard explanation for it](http://furiousfanboys.com/2016/05/19/the-millennium-falcons-front-fork-explained/)… Huh. Didn’t know that before. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/192 "2018-04-10T16:55:14Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I dunno, the more I see his picture, the more I think the guy playing Han looks like a cheesy 1980’s low budget version of Han. Like this would be a 1984 movie named **Space Pirates** or something equally basic. There actually _was_ just such a movie released in 1984: [The Ice Pirates](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087451/?ref_=nv_sr_1) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/193 "2018-04-10T17:36:11Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I was coming to post that I’m both surprised and pleased to see that it _doesn’t_ seem to be about the Kessel Run. > > However, it _does_ seem to be _The Train Job._ Yeah, because no-one had ever done a train robbery in a film before that TV show.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/194 "2018-04-11T22:11:51Z")
I think this looks like fun. My big fear is that they are going to try to work in fan service to appease the whiny “true fans” and make Boba Fett and/or Jabba appear. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/195 "2018-04-11T23:20:58Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > I think this looks like fun. > > My big fear is that they are going to try to work in fan service to appease the whiny “true fans” and make Boba Fett and/or Jabba appear. I hear Jar Jar has a major role. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/196 "2018-04-12T01:59:14Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > I think this looks like fun. > > My big fear is that they are going to try to work in fan service to appease the whiny “true fans” and make Boba Fett and/or Jabba appear. Probably not in this one (though maybe), but if they ever make a second (which I guess might be possible) I expect Jabba to appear in it. Or if they make a Kenobi movie, I think as it would be largely restricted to Tattooine that they would include Jabba appearing in it. There are a LOT of new Star Wars episodes yet to come, and that’s only what’s been officially announced. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/197 "2018-04-29T21:38:05Z")
a new video with clips and comments from the actors and Ron Howard [Solo: A Star Wars Story | Becoming Solo Featurette - YouTube](https://youtu.be/fS37K3Lcf6g) ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/198 "2018-04-30T14:21:27Z")
I still can’t believe nobody’s referred to Ron Howard as “Opie-wan” yet. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/199 "2018-04-30T14:32:53Z")
I’m hoping there’ll be a scene where Woody Harrelson’s mentor character casually blows away a bad guy who has them cornered, and then tells Han “if you get the shot, take it… never give the other guy a chance to shoot first.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607/200 "2018-04-30T15:22:39Z")
especially if the other guy has a big curved sword . 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-prequel-planned/724607.md?page=11)