{"id":226,"date":"2021-02-19T19:29:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T19:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dantejspado.com\/?p=226"},"modified":"2021-03-23T21:39:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T21:39:13","slug":"what-happens-when-you-combine-han-solo-childish-gambino-and-daenerys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dantejspado.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/19\/what-happens-when-you-combine-han-solo-childish-gambino-and-daenerys\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when you combine Han Solo, Childish Gambino and Daenerys?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Dante Spado<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have mixed feelings about Solo<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t think it deserves all the hate it gets, not by a longshot. It also definitely shouldn\u2019t have been a box office flop. There were a lot of external factors that influenced Solo<\/em><\/a>, like its release date being moved, the fan backlash to The Last Jedi <\/em>and the directors being fired halfway through filming, resulting in reshoots. But I\u2019m not here to talk about any of that. I just want to talk about the actual plot and characters in the movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For starters, Solo<\/em> is a fun movie! It\u2019s a heist movie set in the Star Wars<\/em> universe, similar to how Rogue One<\/a><\/em> is a World War II film with a Star Wars<\/em> spin. It feels like a Star Wars<\/em> movie because there are familiar planets, spacecraft and characters<\/a>, but it also has its own unique identity. I have friends who are hardcore Star Wars<\/em> fans who still haven\u2019t seen the movie, and that just baffles me. It\u2019s a good time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, there are a few things about Solo<\/em> that irk me, like the dialogue and writing. A prime example is when Han and Chewbacca escape off Mimban together after they were imprisoned. Han asks Chewbacca his name, and Chewbacca roars back. Han replies, \u201cChewbacca? Alright well, you\u2019re gonna need a nickname \u2018cause I ain\u2019t saying that every time.\u201d I\u2019m sorry, what? That has to be one of the worst lines I\u2019ve ever heard. It\u2019s cringey and it\u2019s so on the nose. It also falls victim to a problem all prequels have where they feel the need to explain everything<\/em>. It would have been way more effective, and probably funnier, if Han struggled with Chewbacca\u2019s name a few times before naturally calling him by his nickname, Chewie. Every time I hear that line I roll my eyes, and I don\u2019t think that\u2019ll ever change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Han and Chewie after they’ve gotten to know one another a bit more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One thing Solo<\/em> nailed was the characters, new and old alike. I think Alden Ehrenreich did a fine job as Han, while Donald Glover stole the show as Lando. But, there were a plethora of new characters I\u2019m equally interested in, such as Dryden Vos, Tobias Beckett and Qi\u2019ra. It frustrates me that Solo<\/em> probably won\u2019t get a sequel due to the fact that it wasn\u2019t a commercial success, because I really want to know what happened to Qi\u2019ra and her relationship with Maul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of Qi\u2019ra and Maul, that has to be one of the best cameos in Star Wars<\/em>. Maul was resurrected<\/a> in the animated Clone Wars<\/em> and Rebels<\/em> shows, but seeing him on the big screen was jaw-dropping. Maul is my favorite character because of how well he was developed in the two animated shows, and to see Lucasfilm and Disney recognize he is still an important character by tying him to the events of Solo<\/em> deserves a round of applause. The cameo asks so many questions and opens so many doors to keep him involved in the Star Wars<\/em> universe. If Lando and Han don\u2019t get any more prequels or spinoffs, that\u2019s fine with me, but please, for the love of God, let us know how Maul went from being the leader of the Crimson Dawn to a hermit on Malachor by the time he appears in Rebels<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maul as he appears in Solo (left) and Clone Wars (right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The bottom line is, there were a lot of good ideas in Solo<\/em>, they just weren\u2019t all implemented correctly. It\u2019s hard to recast an iconic character like Han Solo and tell a compelling prequel story about him, but I think Disney did a good job overall. The frustrating thing is that there is a lot of future story potential that came from this movie and these characters, but sadly I think Solo<\/em> is gonna stay, well, solo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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