Star Wars Narrated by Ron Howard in Arrested Development Mashup

The officialStar WarsYouTube distribution channel released anArrested Development / Star Warsmashup recite by Ron Howard . In counting down the days for the approaching standalone filmSolo : A Star Wars Story , Howard rejoin to his narrator roots for a comedic breakdown ofA New Hopein the vein ofArrested Development .

WithSolo : A Star Wars Storynearing its expiration date and news of a 5th time of year ofArrested Developmentpremiering soon , fans of these properties can enjoy the best of both human beings with a comedic mashup featuring Ron Howard as the connective thread . The film director ofSoloand producer / narrator ofArrested Development , Howard narrates a 3 - second - retentive breakdown of George Lucas ' very first entry in theStar Warsfranchise , recappingA New Hopewith the music , hallmark , and running gags from theArrested Developmentseries . While the conception of a majestic rescue missionary station in infinite scarce seems comparable to a man endeavor to situate his broke and disillusioned fellowship , this mashup is amazingly seamless .

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The Star Wars Showreleases new sequence every Wednesday on the officialStar WarsYouTube channel , and in preparation ofSolo , they’ve consider a turn towards comedy . The beginning of the mashup plays out likeArrested Development’sintro sequence , only instead of telling"the story of a wealthy kinsperson who recede everything and the one Logos who had no selection but to keep them all together,“it replaces the familiar textual matter voiceover with plot lines specific to theStar Warsuniverse . For representative , alternatively of a family who lost everything , Howard consult to a family"who wants to rule the galax , and the one son who had no choice but to keep it . “The entire video is a complete recap ofA New Hope- only , alternatively of drama and tension , Howard underlines the full movie with sarcasm and lingua - in - cheek jabs at Lucas ' saga .

Some recurring gags from the show include Howard calling out characters by reveal footage from earlier episodes ( in this fount , after Obi - Wan evidence Luke Skywalker that he is n’t conversant with R2 - D2 , the video reveal flashback to every time Obi - Wan referred to the droid in the prequels ) , playing the " Mr. F " theme music ( here referring to Boba Fett ) , and even giving a shout - out to a undertaking Howard is associated with ( inArrested Development , he advert to the show itself ; in this video , he takes a moment to promoteSolo : A Star Wars Story ) . He also corrects characters who are otherwise misinformed ( when Luke touch on to the Death Star as a pocket-size moon , Howard lets the audience live that"it was n’t a moonshine " ) .

With a few more weeks until the release ofSolo , it would make good sense for Howard andThe Star War Showto collaborate and turn mashups like this forThe Empire Strikes BackandReturn of the Jedi . It also fend to understanding - given that this is a uniquely backhanded form of promotional material - that Howard has n’t ignore the comedic flavour set in place by the film ’s original directors , Phil Lord and Chris Miller , though thathasn’t been especially clearsince Howard film over .