The Best Moments of Solo: A Star Wars Story

Warning : SPOILERS ahead forSolo : A Star Wars Story

Solo : A Star Wars Storyis a fun and tight - paced addition to theStar Warsfranchise , boasting visually stunning action sequences and potent performance from its stellar cast . WhileSolohas had agenerally positive ( albeit tepid ) response , many of the motion picture ' critic seem less focused on the content of the film itself , insteadclaiming that it is unnecessaryor conceive of what the plastic film could have been if Phil Lord and Christopher Miller had wind up their original reading .

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Despite a tumultuous and expensive yield — Soloisthe most expensiveStar Warsfilm of all meter — the picture show has started off Memorial Day Weekend with astrong performance on curtain raising night . Audiences are sure to love the action mechanism episode , sense of humour , and chemical science , specially between Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover as Han and Lando . Here are some of the highlights fromSolo : A Star Wars Story — and no , we did n’t includeDarth Maul come in back .

Han Meets Chewie

Thebeginning ofSoloshows Han leaving the criminal underbody of Corellia and unite the Imperial Academy to become a pilot — before quickly cutting to him in the middle of battlefield as an infantry soldier . When he realizes that Beckett and Val are range a con , they throw him under the autobus , telling his command policeman that he plans to desolate . Stormtroopers throw him into a perdition , reminiscent of the rancor pit at Jabba ’s Palace , excited to see him eat by " the beast " .

However , in a corruption of the classicStar Warsmonster trope , it ’s not a wampa or a dianoga disclose , but Chewbacca . audience already know thatChewie and Hanare the Old of friends , so discover them meet inside of a dungeon lair is a refreshing take on theLegendsstory of their coming together . interpose some sense of humour into the dire situation , Han even verbalize a little Shyriiwook , which aid the two smithy a plan to scat without their Imperial captors love what they ’re up to .

Train Heist

The train holdup on Vandor-1 is a breathless and complicated activity chronological sequence that combines mitt - to - manus and pistol combat on the ground with some telling aerial maneuvers . At first , the job seems to be go as plan , with Han and Chewie releasing the back end of the train as Beckett provides cover . Meanwhile , Val prepares to destroy the bridge in front of them as Rio Durant pilots their ship , ready to carry off the cargo of coaxium .

Unfortunately , the programme goes haywire as soon as Enfys Nest , a pirate who has followed Beckett , arrives with their crew . Han , Chewie , and Beckett are pin down , Rio is injured sending the ship crank above , and Val has to take on the additional security measure droids that are deployed . Han finally gets to show his attainment as a pilot burner , saving Beckett and Chewbacca , but Rio and Val are kill in the unconscious process and the coaxium is destroyed , much to Beckett ’s discouragement .

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While losingThandie Newton ’s Val this betimes in the movie was a disappointment , her self - blowup to make unnecessary the rest of Beckett ’s crew was an vivid climax to an splendid , fast - paced tantrum .

Lando Wins Sabacc

MostStar Warsfans will already know the story of how Han Solo gain the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissianin a game of sabacc . But , like most shoot a line that Han secernate , he does n’t distinguish the whole story . When he first meets Lando , Han play him in sabacc , and seems to be doing well . In a final gambit , Han reckon his ship ( which , by the way , he does n’t in reality have ) against Lando ’s ship , the Falcon . At the last second , Lando deliver the goods : he ’s had the perfect card up his sleeve the whole metre . It ’s a fun subversive activity that hinge on what fans already know , getting their hopes up alongside Han ’s . As a result , Lando terminate up come along on the problem with Han and Qi’ra .

While the second sabacc scene , where Han successfully wins the Falcon , is also fun , the first scene sport a collage of Han and Lando acting that puts them alongside some interesting and eclectic foreigner . Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover both have a pot of fun and chemistry as they play , and it ’s the complete fashion to enter the untested Lando .

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The Kessel Run

Much like the fated game of sabacc in which Han wins the Falcon , the Kessel Runis a single discarded comment inA New Hopethat grew into a complicated debate . Harrison Ford ’s Solo brags , " It ’s the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsec . " But parsecs are a measure of distance , not time , whichSolotakes into account . Instead of take the typical twenty secpar route to Kessel , Han pilots the Falcon nigh to the Maw , a cluster of black holes , narrowly scarper being destroyed by a space - squid . Using a drop of coaxium , however , the Falcon is able to jump to hyperspace and out of the reach of both the squid and the gravity well .

TheKessel Run is a mythical story , and bring in it to the silver screen is no modest exploit . The TIE Fighter pursual , followed by the squid ’s reveal , up until Falcon navigating around the Maw , is visually breathtaking and peppered with moments of humor . By the clip the Falcon get at Savareen , it ’s a crash of a ship , but Han is already bragging that he made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs … if you round off down , that is .

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“I hate you.” “I know.”

In another callback to the original serial , as Han and Lando review the Falcon on Savareen , Han begins trying to hit up a conversation with the ship ’s owner . Lando storms off , saying , " I hate you,“to which Han sheepishly grins , " I know . " Han and Lando have always had a complicated family relationship ( read : cheat each other and selling each other out for their own best pastime ) , and Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover effortlessly betray the sometimes - friends - sometimes - competition who keep get back to each other for assistant . There are dozens of moments where Ehrenreich and Glover shine in this film , but these five words of dialogue show off their strengths as actors .

Enfys Nest Revealed

Enfys Nest could easily have been another Captain Phasma or Boba Fett ( … at least in the original trilogy ) . Put a scoundrel in a cool looking mask , give them moments of intimidating potential , and then , just when they need to startle into action mechanism , permit them choke . Instead , however , Sologoes in a unlike counseling : Nest is n’t some masked mankind , she ’s actually the outset of the Rebel Alliance against the Empire !

Lucasfilm go to swell lengths to keepEnfys Nest ’s identity secret , to the point that there was even confusion over what gender the graphic symbol was . It was n’t until after the film was released that the actress play Enfys Nest was confirm . Even with her brief filmdom time on Savareen , Nest shows how badass she is . Maybe she couldappear in the Boba Fett movieand teach him a affair or two …

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Han Shoots First

Han shoots Beckett . Not because Beckett had a gun pointed at him . Not in a blast - fight . While Beckett is mid - prison term . Han shoots Beckett .

It is surprising , even though it feels inevitable . By the clip that Han confronts Beckett , it does n’t palpate possible that both of them will make it off Savareen live . Beckett has double - cross Han , double - cover the Crimson Dawn , and has nothing to lose . And , of class , Beckett is a sharpshooter , and he could probably draw his hit man faster than Han could send away . Beckett even tells Han that he did the right thing shooting him , but that does n’t vary the fact that the end of the motion picture signals that Han is becoming hardened by his life as a smuggler .