Buckle up for some moreSolofootage. Disney and Lucasfilm have just revealed a German trailer for the upcomingStar Warsstandalone movie, which offers new shots, including a good amount of Paul Bettany’s villain, Dryden Vos. As of right now, there is no real indication thatDryden Voshas any relation to the Jedi Quinlan Vos, but given that we see Bettany’s character wielding some bladed weapons, don’t be surprised if we get some sort of canon connection in the actual movie.
While thisSolo: A Star Wars Storytrailer is entirely in German, the lines spoken by Dryden Vos translate to, “Give me a reason not to kill you” and “You will have to be careful for the rest of your life,” according to the fan site Star Wars News Net. Beyond that, there are afew select action shotsand landscape shots that are new. Nothing mind-blowingly significant, but the footage all looks great.
There are still a lot of questions about this movie and whether or not it can actually please fans of the franchise, but it does look like aStar Warsmovie. If it feels like aStar Warsmovie when it comes out, Lucasfilm may have bailed themselves out of an impressively bad situation.Ron Howard earned himself a sole directing creditfor his work, which began shortly after Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired. The duo finished shooting almost the entirety of the movie when Lucasfilm let them go. Howard had to come in and, instead of just doing some reshoots to patch it up, he wound up reshooting the majority of it.
A great many fans still have hesitation, understandably so, about Alden Ehrenreich’s Han Solo. For one, we haven’t seen a ton of him speaking and interacting with other characters in the trailers forSolo: A Star Wars Story. Beyond that, it’s hard to imagine anyone else taking up the mantle of Harrison Ford’s iconic character. But if the young actor can pull it off, this movie could be just what Lucasfilm needs right now after the divisive movie thatThe Last Jedibecame. It also recently came to light thatEhrenreich has a three-picture dealwith Lucasfilm. So if this goes well, we could be seeing more young Han Solo in the future.
Solo: A Star Wars Storyarrives in theaters on May 25, which means it will have only been five months since the release ofThe Last Jedi. That’s by far theshortest gap between moviesin the franchise ever. It also diverts from Disney’s strategy of releasing the movies in December, which has paid off handsomely. Will this strategy pay off? We won’t have to wait much longer to find out. Be sure to check out the newSolo: A Star Wars Storytrailer, courtesy of the Star Wars Deutschland YouTube channel, for yourself below.
