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It’s time for our perennial Obi-wan movie rumor to resurface! This time it comes via the fan site Fantha Tracks, who has a source that claims to have seen documents at Pinewood. A director (perhaps Stephen Daldry, the subject of the last rumor), writing team and even the art department are “in full pre-production mode,” with the movie expected to begin filming after Episode IX is done.
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Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Waller-Bridge were on Kimmel and Fallon last night, respectively, and they each had a brand-new clip from Solo.
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Two new Solo clips from Lucasfilm today, both slightly extended versions of things we’ve already seen in the trailer and commercials: Han and Lando’s first meeting, and Tobia Beckett and Chewbacca playing holochess.
A new Solo scene debuted as Woody Harrelson visited Jimmy Kimmel last night.
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Solo composer John Powell has shared the tracklisting for the film’s score on his Facebook. Let the speculation begin!
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The Solo world premiere red carpet will be live-streamed on Thursday, May 10 beginning at 5:00 p.m. PDT (8 p.m. EDT). Hosted by The Star Wars Show‘s Andi Gutierrez and Anthony Carboni, they’re looking for short videos from fans to air during the proceedings. Head over to StarWars.com for details.
With a little help from a friend, Solo director Ron Howard answered some fan questions on Twitter this afternoon. Among the reveals: Composer John Powell has written the saga’s first theme for Chewbacca!
Check it out on Twitter or under the cut.
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Donald Glover hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time last night and appeared in nearly every sketch. His monologue revolved around his pre-fame auditions for the show. The Star Wars highlight was his turn in ‘Lando’s Summit’, which points out how few black people there are in the franchise (and, by extension, on Saturday Night Live itself).
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Solo ticket presales are doing well. Fandango (via Deadline) reports that the film sold more tickets in its first 24 hours than Black Panther. It’s second only to Avengers: Infinity War. Not bad for a movie “no one asked for.”
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The latest set of Forces of Destiny episodes are live now on Youtube. The one with Rey and Finn begins with something very like a cut scene from The Force Awakens, but we’ve also got some offscreen The Last Jedi action with Chewbacca, Artoo and porgs. There’s also the long-awaited solo Padme adventure (set in The Phantom Menace era), and two post-Return of the Jedi Ewok adventures, including the return of the Gorax. Watch them all below.
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