Chewbacca will be getting his own official theme music inSolo : A Star Wars Story . After 40 years , the Wookiee moon-curser will lastly join the rank of characters like Luke Skywalker , Leia Organa , and his own co - pilot Han Solo , who all have their own root - the only deviation being that his wo n’t be written byStar Warsveteran   John Williams .

In 1977 , Chewbacca made his launching in George Lucas ' originalStar Wars : A New Hope . With Luke , Obi - Wan Kenobi , and their follow droids , C-3PO and R2 - D2 , try passage from Tatooine to   Alderaan , Chewbacca inadvertently enter on an epic , decade - spanning journeying   alongside Han in theMillennium Falcon . InSolo : A Star Wars Story , audiences will get a peek into the former adventures of Han and Chewie , not only detailing how they adjoin , but chronicling   the intergalactic exploits   they become themselves enclose up in that at last lead to their on - the - running status inA New Hope . Now that the focus is preponderantly on the two of them , as contradict to being shared with other classic figures in theStar Warsuniverse , Chewie is finally getting his due with his own theme music fromSolo’scomposer John Powell .

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WhenSolo’sdirector Ron Howard get through out to buff via a Q&A television on the officialStar WarsTwitteraccount , he unveil   the news . After excuse that John Powell ( who composed the Academy Award - nominated score forHow to Train Your Dragon )   was someone that Howard had always wanted to wreak with , he explain that"John Williams himself suggested that John Powell would be a groovy candidate"to tackle a flick within theStar Warsuniverse . From there , he divulge that Powell would , in fact , be grade a brand new composition unique to everybody ’s favorite Wookiee .

.@prayfortheodd@RealRonHoward#AskRonHoward#HanSolo#Chewbaccapic.twitter.com / zr7AK1QBz7 — Star Wars ( @starwars)May 7 , 2018

Though John Williams is not the composer forSolo , he does make an show on the soundtrack , having indite   a individual , but vital , track for Han Solo himself ably titled " The Adventures of Han . " According to Howard , Williams was confident in handing tell theme over to Powell , as well as the classicStar Warstheme , which he suggests may show up in the new standalone movie .

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Solois the second standalone"Star   Wars Story"following 2016’sRogue One , and thoughplot detailsare sparse , its task is to essentially tie up loose ends and bridgework together empty gaps within   theStar Warsnarrative .   However , whereRogue OneconnectedRevenge of the SithwithA New Hope , Solotakes place beforeRogue One , realize it the first movie in the franchise to survey the Empire ’s rise post - retaliation of the   Sith .

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