Solo 2: Ron Howard Says Sequel Prospects: ‘I Don’t Think It’s a Lucasfilm Priority’

It wasn’t very well reviewed and was disappointing at the box office, but even in the Star Wars fanboy universe it Solo: A Star Wars History has its supporters (disclosure: I am one of them). When NME took the director on a tour of Ron Howard’s work, the obligatory question of a sequel had to be asked.

“The only discussion I know of about a sequel solo coming straight from the fans,” Howard said diplomatically. “As I understand it, I don’t think it’s a Lucasfilm priority.”

Lucasfilm CEO Kathleen Kennedy told Vanity Fair that she kept learning solo that the only thing you can’t do in the Star Wars universe is remake a main character.

“There should be moments along the way where you learn things,” Kennedy said. “Now it seems so obvious that we can’t.”

Kennedy acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 with the goal of injecting new energy into the film war of stars Franchise. solo was one such effort with Alden Ehrenreich in the iconic role of Han Solo, developed by Harrison Ford. It didn’t work.

However, Howard has some hope.

“Some great characters have been introduced, and the people at Lucasfilm love the fans and really listen, so I’ll never say never – but I’m not aware of any specific plans at this point to expand the story or anything special to add. the character sets to go.”

Howard took over solo Less than a year before release and about five months after directorial duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller began principal production in London. At the time, Lord and Miller said they had split due to creative differences.

“Unfortunately, our vision and process did not align with that of our partners on this project,” the duo said in a statement. “We don’t usually like the term ‘creative differences’, but for now this cliché is true. “

Not long after, Deadline reported that Howard would step down and resume filming in July.