In 2018, Solo: A Star Wars Story, after Rogue One, launched the second spin-off of the War of the Stars universe in cinemas. The film about a young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) not only disappointed many critics and viewers, but even flopped at the box office.
But that doesn’t stop many fans, on the second anniversary of the film under the hashtag “Make Solo 2 Happen” to request a sequel to the Star Wars story. But what’s behind it?
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When the fans voice is heard
The decisive factor for this is undoubtedly the success of the # ReleaseTheSnyderCut campaign be: Here fans of the director Zack Snyder have for years and vehemently campaigned for the originally intended and almost finished version of Justice League to be published – what will actually happen on HBO Max in 2021.
In the fairway of Justice League’s confirmed Snyder Cuts, the demand then swam that David Ayers Director’s Cut from Suicide Squad to be published.
Solo 2 as a movie – or Disney Plus series?
The Star Wars fan account must have been encouraged by this rather surprising development The Resistance Broadcast got the ball rolling on Twitter. That took numerous other fans as an opportunity to get around for the production of Solo: A Star Wars Story 2.
Solo doesn’t deserve all the hate it gets. # MakeSolo2Happen pic.twitter.com/sLLRU7Qptc
– Everything Star Wars (@ EverythingSW66) May 25, 2020
If another solo film does not come about, they would also do one TV series for the Disney + streaming service satisfied – in the style of The Mandalorian, the Kenobi production with Ewan McGregor or the spin-off to Rogue One by Diego Luna as Cassian Andor.
All I can think about when rewatching Solo: A Star Wars Story is how desperately we need more Qi’ra content!# MakeSolo2Happen pic.twitter.com/GcYeDrxj6a
– Mike Kennedy (@ mbken84) May 22, 2020
Accordingly, many followers of the Star Wars community would like not only Alden Ehrenreich to return to the role of Han Solo, but also more from Emilia Clarke as Qi’Ra, Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian and Ray Parker as (Darth ) See mouth.
# MakeSolo2Happen Because of this image pic.twitter.com/jq5DbmAiTl
– J? A? M? E? S? | ????????? (@jamessoIo) May 25, 2020
To what extent this undertaking will be crowned with success must of course first be shown. According to some alleged insiders, it is said to even be released before the theatrical release Plans for potential spin-offs have given – among other things for Donalds Glover Lando Calrissian. To date, however, this has never been officially confirmed.
Why is solo considered a cinema flop?
Even before the theatrical release, Solo: A Star Wars Story was plagued by massive problems: During the filming, the two directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired and replaced by Ron Howard. The result was a restructuring of the film and that 70 percent of the finished material had to be re-shot.
As a result, the already proud budget exploded to an estimated final amount of approximately $ 250 million that could not be recovered at the box office. In fact, Solo Disney’s expectations of the box office results could not be met and gave the company one Loss of approximately $ 77 million.
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To make matters worse reviews fell rather mediocre to mixed while fans questioned the raison d’être of the Han Solo history. In our film reviews, too, we saw the Star Wars story as “disenchanting a legend.”
The aftermath of the solo flop even caused Disney to overturn its strategy for Star Wars: Movies will only continue in 2022, while Disney + TV series like The Mandalorian are currently a priority.
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About that, what to expect for Star Wars movies and TV series in the coming years, we have already explained to you in a separate article. In addition, The High Republic will illuminate a completely new era of the Star Wars universe in the course of various novels and comics.
