Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
And I am underway! Sorry for the delay. It may seem like an odd choice to start a Disney movie marathon, but since the movie opens this weekend, it just made sense. Also, Star Wars has long had a presence in the parks, predating Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012. The Movie: Solo is the second in Disney's Star Wars "Anthology" series, movies that take place outside the main "episodes" of the Skywalker saga. This movie tells the story of a young Han Solo, showing how he first meets the established characters of Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian. It also introduces a variety of new characters, including his childhood flame Qi'ra and the smuggler Tobias Beckett. Owing to reports over the last year, I came into this movie with really low expectations. And as a result, I was pleasantly surprised. Was anyone really asking for this movie? No, not really. But what we got was actually a fun war/western/heist movie with some nice nods...