Ron Howard’s first really big reveal! For the purposes of our old-ass EU fan blog, anyway.
Tag and Bink are in the Han Solo movie. They’re played by Jon Kasdan (left,) who confirms it, and assistant director Toby Hefferman.)
The pair originate in the 2001 Tag & Bink Are Dead comics which are, technically, part of Legends. (Though even there the comics were considered “Infinities,” which today makes them doubly non-canon.) How much makes it to screen (and canon..?) Well, probably not much. But that’s fitting.
Technicalities aside, the original Tag and Bink comics (by Star Wars Tales MVP Kevin Rubio) are among the highlights of Dark Horse’s run with the license. They’re totally worth a read, require nothing at all in knowledge of the vast Expanded Universe, and are really, really funny. I don’t think there’s been any physical reprints since the comics license changeover to Marvel, but the collection is available on Comixology.
Honestly, this is exactly the kind of EU appearance I expect in this film: Brief and irreverent.
More recent stuff from Howard under the cut.
Almost finished shooting but months of post production work ahead. Tremendous team so lots to look forward to creatively https://t.co/yLurHhcmpv
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) October 8, 2017
Spending more time in the editing rooms each day now after we wrap shooting #UntitledHanSoloMovie scenes pic.twitter.com/3pV95LWVXr
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) October 8, 2017