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The Millenium Falcon in Solo: A Star Wars Story

10 Things We Learned From The First Solo: A Star Wars Story Trailer

We finally have our first look at Solo: A Star Wars Story in the form of a short TV spot and the first full teaser trailer. The prequel movie's had a very trying time of it so far, as its problems behind the scenes have been well-documented. Yet, after the firing of original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Ron Howard shepherded the film over the finish line and things seemed to show a lot more promise.
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“I’m Putting Together A Crew”

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Though we’re getting to know more details about Solo‘s characters as time goes on, Woody Harrelson’s role is still mostly shrouded in mystery. While we haven’t had this officially confirmed by Lucasfilm, which is a little odd, the actor has previously said that he’s playing Beckett, a rough-around-the-edges, street-wise mentor for Han.

That’s supported in the trailer, too, as we see Harrelson recruiting Solo and Chewie for some kind of criminal enterprise he’s pulling off. From what we can gather, they initially meet on a desert landscape before catching up later on that snowy planet seen in the TV spot. This seems to confirm our theory that Beckett is the one who’s tussling with the bad guy on top of the moving train.

It looks like Solo will partly take the form of a heist movie, too, as the disparate characters will be brought together by Harrelson as part of his crew. We know it already includes Han, Chewie and Lando, but let’s meet the other faces who will join them…


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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'