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Solo: A Star Wars Story [Blu-ray] (Bilingual)
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Genre | Action/Adventure |
Format | Subtitled, 4K, NTSC |
Contributor | Thandie Newton, Jon Favreau, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Lawrence Kasdan, Erin Kellyman, Jonathan Kasdan, John Tui, Aaron Heffernan, Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Ron Howard, Andrew Woodall, Eben Figueiredo, Ian Kenny, Warwick Davis, Anna Francolini, Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, Linda Hunt, Joonas Suotamo, Paul Bettany See more |
Language | English, Spanish, French |
Runtime | 2 hours and 15 minutes |
Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
UPC | 786936859102 |
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Solo: A Star Wars Story
Buckle up for the ride of your life aboard the Millennium Falcon!
Through a series of daring escapades, Han Solo befriends his mightly future copilot Chewbacca, forging a bond that will alter the fate of a galaxy in this epic action adventure that "makes the jump to lightspeed and doesn't slow down" (Ash Crossan, ET Online)
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Buckle up for the ride of your life aboard the MILLENNIUM FALCON! Through a series of daring escapades, Han Solo befriends his mighty future copilot Chewbacca, forging a bond that will alter the fate of a galaxy in this epic action adventure that "makes the lightspeed and doesn't slow down" (Ash Crossan, ET Online).
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.39:1
- Language : English, Spanish, French
- Parcel Dimensions : 16.8 x 13.4 x 1.4 cm; 120 g
- Canadian Home Video Rating : Parental Guidance (PG)
- Director : Ron Howard
- Media Format : Subtitled, 4K, NTSC
- Run time : 2 hours and 15 minutes
- Release date : Sept. 25 2018
- Actors : Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0), Spanish (Dolby TrueHD)
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B07CPC394P
- Writers : Jonathan Kasdan, Lawrence Kasdan
- Best Sellers Rank: #8,884 in Movies & TV Shows (See Top 100 in Movies & TV Shows)
- #1,855 in Action & Adventure
- #3,605 in Blu-ray
- Customer Reviews:
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Reviewed in Canada on June 9, 2024
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Works great on My Blu Ray player must have a multi region player.
Reviewed in Canada on June 11, 2024
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Merci pour votre service rapide.
Reviewed in Canada on April 30, 2024
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Excellent produit
Reviewed in Canada on January 5, 2021
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Han Solo lost his man balls, but an overall great movie, I wish Disney would make GI Joe 3 3/4 action figures in the same style as the 1980's action figures, even if they come out with an International action figure line and change the name of GI Joe to Trooper Force or Future Force Soldiers, An Elite Military high-tech special forces wing, who travel forward and backwards in time to fight evil forces, and can have cool tanks and vehicles all in the 1:18 action figure line, but keep the vehicles in a price range of $20 to $60, they open up portals to travel to important battles to change the out come of all past and future evens in war, this opens up a massive wide range of creative imagination and creation of vehicles and figures that can be designed, the whole point of the action figures being made just like the 1980's 1983 to 1990's G.I.Joe action figure lines is that collectors whom buy tones will add them into there collections as well as keep the action figures in the $5 to $10 range to make it affordable for new collectors, as well as current military toy collectors whom buy tones of other military 1:18 action figure 3 3/4 lines, Love Star Wars and GI Joe as well as Military toys, we need more toys priced from $10 to $60 other wise if they are too high in price not as many people will buy into the toy line, keep toys at lower prices to make more future toy collectors, thanks you all for reading my comment,
Reviewed in Canada on September 23, 2022
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Images pâle dû ajuster les couleurs de la télé pour améliorer sinon ok!
Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2023
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Perfect.
Reviewed in Canada on February 18, 2024
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What I liked about this story is that is delves into the crime syndicate storyline more indepthly.
Reviewed in Canada on August 28, 2023
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It came as described, & it works well
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RobertBond
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mejor película fan service sub valorada por el fandom
Reviewed in Mexico on September 26, 2022Verified Purchase
Si de verdad quieres saber más, esta película incluye (ademas del conocido final y la famosa y gran carrera de kessel) un sin número de referencias hacia galaxy’s edge en Disney! Un clásico para un fan de Star Wars que gusta ver más allá de lo que le han impuesto o si las historias no han cumplido sus expectativas.
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Doc Culbard
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delivers most of what you would want
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2023Verified Purchase
The Blu-ray 3D DVD of Solo: A Star Wars Story was the second in the spin-off (standalone) movie productions from the mainstream Star Wars franchise. It was released in 2018 in its 3D Blu-ray and 2D Blu-ray DVD versions. The package under review contains single discs for both 3D and 2D versions, as well as a third disc containing bonus material. At the current purchase price, the package, which comes in an attractive single plastic box with movable inserts for each of the three discs, is good value.
The movie itself is a story with a series of episodes depicting the adventures of a young Han Solo (played creditably by Alden Ehrenreich), joined at various stages of the movie by characters, notably Chewbacca (his future co-pilot on board the Millenium Falcon spacecraft) and the notorious gambler, Lando Calrissian, who share his desire to fight against the dangerous criminal underworld. Some of the other characters in the movie are played by well-known actors, e.g., Woody Harrelson, Emelia Clarke, Paul Bettany, and Thandi Newton.
The movie does not have the gravitas, nor the excitement or relevance, of the mainstream Star Wars movies. However, it has its own entertainment value and helps to fill in some of the background gaps to the main series of films, as well as provide a different, but inclusive, narrative. So, the movie has distinctive value, and its production was overseen by some of those persons who oversighted the nine mainstream Star Wars productions.
The 3D image was most realistic and, with the addition of Dolby Digital sound, the movie’s production and entertainment values were most acceptable. This would also be true of the 2D version. The bonus material, though of varying interest, will appeal to some. One newspaper critic’s comments, viz., that the movie 'Delivers exactly what you want', may not be entirely true, but Solo: A Star Wars Story delivers enough to justify its purchase.
The movie itself is a story with a series of episodes depicting the adventures of a young Han Solo (played creditably by Alden Ehrenreich), joined at various stages of the movie by characters, notably Chewbacca (his future co-pilot on board the Millenium Falcon spacecraft) and the notorious gambler, Lando Calrissian, who share his desire to fight against the dangerous criminal underworld. Some of the other characters in the movie are played by well-known actors, e.g., Woody Harrelson, Emelia Clarke, Paul Bettany, and Thandi Newton.
The movie does not have the gravitas, nor the excitement or relevance, of the mainstream Star Wars movies. However, it has its own entertainment value and helps to fill in some of the background gaps to the main series of films, as well as provide a different, but inclusive, narrative. So, the movie has distinctive value, and its production was overseen by some of those persons who oversighted the nine mainstream Star Wars productions.
The 3D image was most realistic and, with the addition of Dolby Digital sound, the movie’s production and entertainment values were most acceptable. This would also be true of the 2D version. The bonus material, though of varying interest, will appeal to some. One newspaper critic’s comments, viz., that the movie 'Delivers exactly what you want', may not be entirely true, but Solo: A Star Wars Story delivers enough to justify its purchase.
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Aristotele
5.0 out of 5 stars
il film è bello, qualità video e audio mediocre
Reviewed in Italy on November 25, 2023Verified Purchase
Ho acquistato la versione 3D perchè appassionato di 3D (possiedo un proiettore con matrice nativa 4K d'alta qualità e luminosità, adoro i prodotti 3D).
Catena Audio con pre e finali Krell.
Purtroppo l'audio italiano non è disponibile.
C'è la traccia inglese, polacca e tedesca. L'inglese in DTS ( fondamentalmente mediocre, purtroppo, piatto e ben poco dinamico) che è l'unica che ho usato per via del fatto che conosco bene questa sola lingua delle tre.
Da quanto ne so non esiste una versione italiana in 3D (come sempre più spesso accade da anni) e questo è davvero triste, perchè se è vero che la lingua inglese per me non rappresenta un problema è anche vero che andrà a finire che godrò della visione di questo disco sempre da solo (...)
il 3D non è molto evidente. Alcuni passaggi sono lievemente più riusciti della media in termini qualitativi (definitivamente piuttosto bassi).
La maggior parte delle scene è scura. Il mio proiettore è di fascia top, con una profondità nelle ombre "proverbiale" (per essere un digitale, beninteso) per cui alla fine riesco a godere l'intero film, ma immagino che con proiettori meno "generosi" in apertura delle ombre questo film si possa godere ben poco.
Per quanto riguarda la qualità video direi in definitiva che si tratti d'un bluray mediocre (naturalmente ho visionato anche la versione 2D, scarsa in termini di contrasto e dettaglio come la versione 3D).
Il contenuto filmico invece è del tutto piacevole e pienamente godibile: uno spin-off riuscito sotto ogni punto di vista.
Un minimo di spoiler (parziale): a parte gli elementi Han Solo, Chewbecca, Lando e Millenium Falcon si potrebbe considerare un film del tutto autonomo, pienamente godibile al di fuori del ciclo di Star Wars.
La storia è consistente, gli effetti speciali spettacolari, i colpi di scena non mancano, la storia sentimentale del protagonista è sviluppata degnamente e gli attori sono all'altezza della situazione, sempre.
Il film lo considero da otto pieno, uno dei migliori acquisti di quest'anno, indubbiamente.
Catena Audio con pre e finali Krell.
Purtroppo l'audio italiano non è disponibile.
C'è la traccia inglese, polacca e tedesca. L'inglese in DTS ( fondamentalmente mediocre, purtroppo, piatto e ben poco dinamico) che è l'unica che ho usato per via del fatto che conosco bene questa sola lingua delle tre.
Da quanto ne so non esiste una versione italiana in 3D (come sempre più spesso accade da anni) e questo è davvero triste, perchè se è vero che la lingua inglese per me non rappresenta un problema è anche vero che andrà a finire che godrò della visione di questo disco sempre da solo (...)
il 3D non è molto evidente. Alcuni passaggi sono lievemente più riusciti della media in termini qualitativi (definitivamente piuttosto bassi).
La maggior parte delle scene è scura. Il mio proiettore è di fascia top, con una profondità nelle ombre "proverbiale" (per essere un digitale, beninteso) per cui alla fine riesco a godere l'intero film, ma immagino che con proiettori meno "generosi" in apertura delle ombre questo film si possa godere ben poco.
Per quanto riguarda la qualità video direi in definitiva che si tratti d'un bluray mediocre (naturalmente ho visionato anche la versione 2D, scarsa in termini di contrasto e dettaglio come la versione 3D).
Il contenuto filmico invece è del tutto piacevole e pienamente godibile: uno spin-off riuscito sotto ogni punto di vista.
Un minimo di spoiler (parziale): a parte gli elementi Han Solo, Chewbecca, Lando e Millenium Falcon si potrebbe considerare un film del tutto autonomo, pienamente godibile al di fuori del ciclo di Star Wars.
La storia è consistente, gli effetti speciali spettacolari, i colpi di scena non mancano, la storia sentimentale del protagonista è sviluppata degnamente e gli attori sono all'altezza della situazione, sempre.
Il film lo considero da otto pieno, uno dei migliori acquisti di quest'anno, indubbiamente.
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Happy Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Bonus Features Add to My Enjoyment of This Action Comedic Prequel!
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2018Verified Purchase
I very much enjoyed this movie, though I'll admit I'm the only one in the family who gives it five stars – most hover around 4. But how can I not like a Ron Howard movie, not to mention: 1) an action movie, 2) how Solo got his last name, 3) why Solo wasn't sure Lando would greet him with friendliness, 4) how Solo and Chewie met, 5) what is a Kessel Run, 6) Lando's capes! Not to mention scenes that harken back to the original film trio, such as: "This is a thermal detonator."
In Bonus Feature E, Ron Howard says, "One of the things that really interested me about this story is that it's about a person choosing an outlaw's life. And it's really important for this young guy to quickly understand that this life of thievery is not romantic."
If you buy it on disc, you have many options for languages and subtitles:
Languages – English, English Descriptive Audio, French
Subtitles – English, French, Dutch, Danish, Suomi, Norwegian, Syenska
I LOVE Bonus Features, especially if they give me insights into the director's plan for the movie and "making of" scenes. With BluRay, you get a whole 2nd disc of Bonus Features, which have even more subtitle options – English, CESKE, Nederlands, French, German, Magyar, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and two more (I cannot, unfortunately, read the characters).
BONUS FEATURES:
....A... "Solo: The Director & Art Roundtable" (22 minutes) After filming, Ron Howard (director) asks 8 actors to join him at a roundtable (actually an octagon) to discuss the movie. Commentators include Alden Ehrenreich (plays Han), Donald Glover (plays Lando Calrissian), Joonas Suotamo (plays Chewbacca), Emilia Clarke (plays Qi'ra), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (plays L3-37), Thandie Newton (plays Val), Woody Harrelson (plays Tobias Beckett) and Paul Bettany (plays Dryden Vos). Everybody was over the moon, including Howard, when George Lucas visited the set, and challenged Ron to a game of dejarik = holo-chess.
Howard asks, Who inspired you for your role? Thandie replies, "There was a woman who grew up in Zimbabwe in the Colonial Era, and, who, in the 70s ... was part of the independent struggle in Zimbabwe. She left because members of her friendship group had been assassinated because of the struggles. She found herself in England when she was in a really difficult, sometimes racist environment. She struggled through that, she raised a family. And that was my mom."
....B... "Kasdan on Kasdan" (8 minutes) New commentators include Lawrence Kasdan (producer/cowriter), Kathleen Kennedy (president Lucas Film), Jonathan Kasdan (cowriter). Larry Kasdan wrote three Star Wars franchise movies, and, as Kennedy says, "knows Han Solo better than anybody." He returned to work with his son, Jon, to write this movie.
....C... "Remaking the Millennium Falcon" (5 minutes) New commentators include Lee Sandales (set decorator), James Clyne (design supervisor), John Swartz (producer), Liam Georgensen (asst. art director), Neil Lamont (production designer) and Alistair Bullock (art director). As Donald Glover notes, "The Falcon in this movie is brand new."
....D... "Escape From Corella" (10 minutes) New commentators include Simon Emanuel (producer), Rob Bredow (special effects supervisor, producer), Gary Tomkins (art director), Ben Collins (stunt performer) and Matthew Samway (ILM). The Corella world was created new, because it is only mentioned in dialogue in Episode V. As much as possible of the car chase on Corella was done for real rather than special effects. Really enjoyed how they made and ran the stolen speeder. Tomkins says they used stuff like baguette warmers from a local supermarket and a refueling nose cone of a military jet.
.....E... "The Train Heist" (14 minutes) New commentators include Paul Marsh (senior model maker), Nick Fulton (Italy production manager), Bradford Young (director photography) and Charles Jellis (action vehicles chargehand). The background snow scenes were filmed in the Italian mountains. Fulton, "We managed to get 250 people up here, and a Wookie. Getting that amount of people on top of a mountain brings its own challenges. So we built roads as far as we an, and then operating the four helicopters bringing people in and out."
....F... "Team Chewie" (7 minutes) New commentators include Tim Nielsen (sound editor and designer) and Maria Cork (supervising animatronic designer). Per Nielsen, Chewie "is introduced as a man-eating beast with this massive roar.... The main recording of Chewbacca is a bear that Ben Burtt, the original sound designer, recorded many many years ago."
....G... "Becoming a Droid: L3-37" (5 minutes) New commentators include T J Falls (visual effects producer) and Karin Cooper (digital artist supervisor). It is marvelous how they filmed Waller-Bridge and illustrates why the robot's movements are so human-like.
....H... "Scoundrels, Droids, Creatures and Cards: Welcome to Fort Ypso" (8 minutes) New commentator Neil Scanlon (creature effects). The Lodge is the "tough seedy bar" where Han meets Lando, and joins the card game of Sabaac.
....I... "Into the Maelstrom: The Kessel Run" (7 minutes) Jonathan Kasdan quotes Han in the first Star Wars movie, "This is the ship that made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs." He continues, "That is a nonsensical statement. A parsec is a unit of distance, not a unit of speed. So, what did he mean when he said that?" The movie explains.
Tim Nielsen on his work on the Kessel Run: "Coaxium canisters are about to explode, so that was really fun trying to figure out what's the sound of these decaying metal canisters. I saw this video on youtube years ago of somebody dropping a Gummi Bear into potassium chlorate. It causes the Gummi Bear to spontaneously combust." Voila!
....J... "Delted Scenes" (6 minutes) Eight deleted scenes, including how Han got into the Imperial Infantry in the first place.
I have such a good time watching this prequel!
Happy Reader
In Bonus Feature E, Ron Howard says, "One of the things that really interested me about this story is that it's about a person choosing an outlaw's life. And it's really important for this young guy to quickly understand that this life of thievery is not romantic."
If you buy it on disc, you have many options for languages and subtitles:
Languages – English, English Descriptive Audio, French
Subtitles – English, French, Dutch, Danish, Suomi, Norwegian, Syenska
I LOVE Bonus Features, especially if they give me insights into the director's plan for the movie and "making of" scenes. With BluRay, you get a whole 2nd disc of Bonus Features, which have even more subtitle options – English, CESKE, Nederlands, French, German, Magyar, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and two more (I cannot, unfortunately, read the characters).
BONUS FEATURES:
....A... "Solo: The Director & Art Roundtable" (22 minutes) After filming, Ron Howard (director) asks 8 actors to join him at a roundtable (actually an octagon) to discuss the movie. Commentators include Alden Ehrenreich (plays Han), Donald Glover (plays Lando Calrissian), Joonas Suotamo (plays Chewbacca), Emilia Clarke (plays Qi'ra), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (plays L3-37), Thandie Newton (plays Val), Woody Harrelson (plays Tobias Beckett) and Paul Bettany (plays Dryden Vos). Everybody was over the moon, including Howard, when George Lucas visited the set, and challenged Ron to a game of dejarik = holo-chess.
Howard asks, Who inspired you for your role? Thandie replies, "There was a woman who grew up in Zimbabwe in the Colonial Era, and, who, in the 70s ... was part of the independent struggle in Zimbabwe. She left because members of her friendship group had been assassinated because of the struggles. She found herself in England when she was in a really difficult, sometimes racist environment. She struggled through that, she raised a family. And that was my mom."
....B... "Kasdan on Kasdan" (8 minutes) New commentators include Lawrence Kasdan (producer/cowriter), Kathleen Kennedy (president Lucas Film), Jonathan Kasdan (cowriter). Larry Kasdan wrote three Star Wars franchise movies, and, as Kennedy says, "knows Han Solo better than anybody." He returned to work with his son, Jon, to write this movie.
....C... "Remaking the Millennium Falcon" (5 minutes) New commentators include Lee Sandales (set decorator), James Clyne (design supervisor), John Swartz (producer), Liam Georgensen (asst. art director), Neil Lamont (production designer) and Alistair Bullock (art director). As Donald Glover notes, "The Falcon in this movie is brand new."
....D... "Escape From Corella" (10 minutes) New commentators include Simon Emanuel (producer), Rob Bredow (special effects supervisor, producer), Gary Tomkins (art director), Ben Collins (stunt performer) and Matthew Samway (ILM). The Corella world was created new, because it is only mentioned in dialogue in Episode V. As much as possible of the car chase on Corella was done for real rather than special effects. Really enjoyed how they made and ran the stolen speeder. Tomkins says they used stuff like baguette warmers from a local supermarket and a refueling nose cone of a military jet.
.....E... "The Train Heist" (14 minutes) New commentators include Paul Marsh (senior model maker), Nick Fulton (Italy production manager), Bradford Young (director photography) and Charles Jellis (action vehicles chargehand). The background snow scenes were filmed in the Italian mountains. Fulton, "We managed to get 250 people up here, and a Wookie. Getting that amount of people on top of a mountain brings its own challenges. So we built roads as far as we an, and then operating the four helicopters bringing people in and out."
....F... "Team Chewie" (7 minutes) New commentators include Tim Nielsen (sound editor and designer) and Maria Cork (supervising animatronic designer). Per Nielsen, Chewie "is introduced as a man-eating beast with this massive roar.... The main recording of Chewbacca is a bear that Ben Burtt, the original sound designer, recorded many many years ago."
....G... "Becoming a Droid: L3-37" (5 minutes) New commentators include T J Falls (visual effects producer) and Karin Cooper (digital artist supervisor). It is marvelous how they filmed Waller-Bridge and illustrates why the robot's movements are so human-like.
....H... "Scoundrels, Droids, Creatures and Cards: Welcome to Fort Ypso" (8 minutes) New commentator Neil Scanlon (creature effects). The Lodge is the "tough seedy bar" where Han meets Lando, and joins the card game of Sabaac.
....I... "Into the Maelstrom: The Kessel Run" (7 minutes) Jonathan Kasdan quotes Han in the first Star Wars movie, "This is the ship that made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs." He continues, "That is a nonsensical statement. A parsec is a unit of distance, not a unit of speed. So, what did he mean when he said that?" The movie explains.
Tim Nielsen on his work on the Kessel Run: "Coaxium canisters are about to explode, so that was really fun trying to figure out what's the sound of these decaying metal canisters. I saw this video on youtube years ago of somebody dropping a Gummi Bear into potassium chlorate. It causes the Gummi Bear to spontaneously combust." Voila!
....J... "Delted Scenes" (6 minutes) Eight deleted scenes, including how Han got into the Imperial Infantry in the first place.
I have such a good time watching this prequel!
Happy Reader
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Happy Reader
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2018
In Bonus Feature E, Ron Howard says, "One of the things that really interested me about this story is that it's about a person choosing an outlaw's life. And it's really important for this young guy to quickly understand that this life of thievery is not romantic."
If you buy it on disc, you have many options for languages and subtitles:
Languages – English, English Descriptive Audio, French
Subtitles – English, French, Dutch, Danish, Suomi, Norwegian, Syenska
I LOVE Bonus Features, especially if they give me insights into the director's plan for the movie and "making of" scenes. With BluRay, you get a whole 2nd disc of Bonus Features, which have even more subtitle options – English, CESKE, Nederlands, French, German, Magyar, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and two more (I cannot, unfortunately, read the characters).
BONUS FEATURES:
....A... "Solo: The Director & Art Roundtable" (22 minutes) After filming, Ron Howard (director) asks 8 actors to join him at a roundtable (actually an octagon) to discuss the movie. Commentators include Alden Ehrenreich (plays Han), Donald Glover (plays Lando Calrissian), Joonas Suotamo (plays Chewbacca), Emilia Clarke (plays Qi'ra), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (plays L3-37), Thandie Newton (plays Val), Woody Harrelson (plays Tobias Beckett) and Paul Bettany (plays Dryden Vos). Everybody was over the moon, including Howard, when George Lucas visited the set, and challenged Ron to a game of dejarik = holo-chess.
Howard asks, Who inspired you for your role? Thandie replies, "There was a woman who grew up in Zimbabwe in the Colonial Era, and, who, in the 70s ... was part of the independent struggle in Zimbabwe. She left because members of her friendship group had been assassinated because of the struggles. She found herself in England when she was in a really difficult, sometimes racist environment. She struggled through that, she raised a family. And that was my mom."
....B... "Kasdan on Kasdan" (8 minutes) New commentators include Lawrence Kasdan (producer/cowriter), Kathleen Kennedy (president Lucas Film), Jonathan Kasdan (cowriter). Larry Kasdan wrote three Star Wars franchise movies, and, as Kennedy says, "knows Han Solo better than anybody." He returned to work with his son, Jon, to write this movie.
....C... "Remaking the Millennium Falcon" (5 minutes) New commentators include Lee Sandales (set decorator), James Clyne (design supervisor), John Swartz (producer), Liam Georgensen (asst. art director), Neil Lamont (production designer) and Alistair Bullock (art director). As Donald Glover notes, "The Falcon in this movie is brand new."
....D... "Escape From Corella" (10 minutes) New commentators include Simon Emanuel (producer), Rob Bredow (special effects supervisor, producer), Gary Tomkins (art director), Ben Collins (stunt performer) and Matthew Samway (ILM). The Corella world was created new, because it is only mentioned in dialogue in Episode V. As much as possible of the car chase on Corella was done for real rather than special effects. Really enjoyed how they made and ran the stolen speeder. Tomkins says they used stuff like baguette warmers from a local supermarket and a refueling nose cone of a military jet.
.....E... "The Train Heist" (14 minutes) New commentators include Paul Marsh (senior model maker), Nick Fulton (Italy production manager), Bradford Young (director photography) and Charles Jellis (action vehicles chargehand). The background snow scenes were filmed in the Italian mountains. Fulton, "We managed to get 250 people up here, and a Wookie. Getting that amount of people on top of a mountain brings its own challenges. So we built roads as far as we an, and then operating the four helicopters bringing people in and out."
....F... "Team Chewie" (7 minutes) New commentators include Tim Nielsen (sound editor and designer) and Maria Cork (supervising animatronic designer). Per Nielsen, Chewie "is introduced as a man-eating beast with this massive roar.... The main recording of Chewbacca is a bear that Ben Burtt, the original sound designer, recorded many many years ago."
....G... "Becoming a Droid: L3-37" (5 minutes) New commentators include T J Falls (visual effects producer) and Karin Cooper (digital artist supervisor). It is marvelous how they filmed Waller-Bridge and illustrates why the robot's movements are so human-like.
....H... "Scoundrels, Droids, Creatures and Cards: Welcome to Fort Ypso" (8 minutes) New commentator Neil Scanlon (creature effects). The Lodge is the "tough seedy bar" where Han meets Lando, and joins the card game of Sabaac.
....I... "Into the Maelstrom: The Kessel Run" (7 minutes) Jonathan Kasdan quotes Han in the first Star Wars movie, "This is the ship that made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs." He continues, "That is a nonsensical statement. A parsec is a unit of distance, not a unit of speed. So, what did he mean when he said that?" The movie explains.
Tim Nielsen on his work on the Kessel Run: "Coaxium canisters are about to explode, so that was really fun trying to figure out what's the sound of these decaying metal canisters. I saw this video on youtube years ago of somebody dropping a Gummi Bear into potassium chlorate. It causes the Gummi Bear to spontaneously combust." Voila!
....J... "Delted Scenes" (6 minutes) Eight deleted scenes, including how Han got into the Imperial Infantry in the first place.
I have such a good time watching this prequel!
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