This idea is being played out in the comic strip Heart Of The City
starting 4-21-06 and going forward
Since Han was the surprise hero of the first movie, Spielberg didn’t deal with his side of the prequel time period.
I’ve always thought one of reasons the prequels were less satisfying was because of a lack of the sarcastic rogue-like Han Solo type character. Of course, if he had one, Lucas would have been accused of repeating himself, so he really couldn’t win.
Thanks, Iris Rings! You just made me throw up on my keyboard!
The Doctor
I read one way back when – talking about the early 80s. It was called Han Solo at Star’s End, by someone named Brian Daley. It starred a pre-Star Wars but adult Han and his faithful Wookiee Chewbacca. I bought it at the 4th grade Book Fair for like $1.25, and eagerly devoured it.
I found it in a box of my old stuff last summer and tried to read it for nostalgia’s sake. I couldn’t. It was too bloody awful. I don’t know how that 150 pages of glorified fan fiction ever got officially santioned by Lucas, but it was.
Incredibly, it’s still in print.
:dubious:
My only concern towards anything Star Wars related is Lucas’ involvement. If he’s not involved it might not suck.
Episode I I/II: A Bad Feeling– Growing up on rural Corellia, young Hannie Solo chafes at the boring life on his father Don’s nerf farm, and yearns for adventure among the stars. One night Hannie discovers a box containing an abandoned Wookie cub, lost off the back of a passing landspeeder. Despite his family’s misgivings, Hannie resolves to raise the drooling infant primate, who he names “Chewbacca” in honor of his father’s favorite smokeless tobacco product. The irrepressibly mischievous Chewie gets into all sorts of wacky scrapes around the farm, and is befriended by a lovable wisecracking Mynock named Floop. But when the Solo farm is threatened by foreclosure, Hannie hits on a plan to enter Chewie in the Interplanetary Nerf Herding Championship.
I had the exact same experience, except “4th grade” was 6th grade, and “last summer” was “a week ago.” Man, that thing reeks.
But a Han Solo movie? Add my name to the Hell Yeah! column.
Three words: “Young Indiana Jones”
well I liked youg Indiana Jones. The Verdun and gas warfare (horses in gasmasks!) were particularly powerful IMHO.
Brian
I enjoyed the Star Wars movies and everytime I see them I’m six years old again. As with most works of art there comes a point where the fans just have to let it go. Sure, you might want another season but then you get stuck with a crappy 5th season. You might want another series but then you get stuck with two dud series that started out with an awesome premise but just couldn’t deliver. At some point us fans just have to accept that series has run its course and there’s not much else to say.
Marc
I enjoyed the Star Wars movies and everytime I see them I’m six years old again. As with most works of art there comes a point where the fans just have to let it go. Sure, you might want another season but then you get stuck with a crappy 5th season. You might want another series but then you get stuck with two dud series that started out with an awesome premise but just couldn’t deliver. At some point us fans just have to accept that series has run its course and there’s not much else to say.
Marc
What I wonder is at what point they will do a complete remake of the original.
Maybe, like The Producers, it will have to be made first as a bradway musical then that put to film. Only I hope they do it before Matthew Broderick is too old to play Obi Wan and has to play Yoda 
“Luke, be a jedi toniiiight!”
The Star Wars horse (should I call it a Bantha or something?) has long since been beaten to death. Having seen the prequels, I’d say it was killed before 1999. At this point I don’t think Lucas would tell any story properly, and I’m not crazy about prequels in general.