- We're breaking down 13 details you missed
in the new Solo, a Star Wars story teaser trailers.
And the biggest surprise is it exists!
(cheering)
This is an legitimate film that is actually happening.
But seriously, let's dive right into some of the details
that you may have missed in the two new spots.
After that rhythmic flipping of switches,
we get a quick taste of what
an even younger Han Solo was like.
In the long teaser, a baby face Han tells us
in voice-over about his time as a tween running scams
and being a delinquent before joining the Imperial Academy
to become the greatest pilot of all time.
Now in the shorter big game TV spot,
we get an additional shot of what looks like a star base
or train station
that also serves as an Imperial recruitment center.
We never see his face,
but from the side and back,
we see what looks like a younger tinier version
of Han signing up with the recruiter
to get himself off the streets,
at least temporarily.
Now, we also spotted in an unassuming droid
that could be very well be R2-D2 hanging out
in that recruitment center.
Whatcha doing R2?
Does this confirm our theories that Obi-wan is going
to canvio in Solo?
- I don't seem to remember ever owning a droid.
- Probably not.
Next, we see Han taking Emilia Clarke's character, Kira,
for a spin in a speeder.
Check out her bobbling haircut here.
It's much shorter than it is later on in the trailer.
So, we're thinking this might be a flashback
to their slightly younger days, going for a drive
and generally trying to impress the pants off each other.
After exiting a tunnel,
we can see they're being chased by an Imperial Stormtrooper
in the next shot.
Cool detail to note is the targeting display
on the dashboard has that old-school
X-wing design element added in.
And we also see Han's iconic dice,
the ones we've seen previously
in The New Hope and The Last Jedi.
Interesting that they're already hanging
from a rear view mirror
and not say in his pocket ready to use in Corellian Spike.
Next we see a fresh off the factory line shot
of the Millennium Falcon interior,
looking like it's the future product
in an Apple commercial.
Immediately after,
we have Han outside the Falcon,
looking up towards the sky that appears to have two suns.
Could he be on Tatooine here?
And if so,
could this set up his first run in with a certain Hutt?
- Jabba, come on.
Touching, you know, like, his belly.
It is like, ugh.
- Then we move over to a beach
with Woody Harrelson's Tobias Beckett character playing
the Batman Nick Fury role
and putting together a crew.
Notice, the super subtle,
or not subtle at all,
call forward to Han Solo calling Luke Skywalker kid.
- Great kid, don't get cocky.
- And speaking of that team,
Beckett's putting together, we get it,
quick round of the crew,
Kira with the cool robot and tote,
Lando, Thandie Newton, monkey pilot guy,
and Han.
We don't know much about Thandie's character,
but some folks think she's on a star roast.
Han's sort of ex-wife, who in the comics tracks him down,
to get him to return her half of the loot
from the robbery.
But hold on,
we're not just going to gloss over Lando,
scrolling back 35 seconds into the second trailer,
it's Childish Gambino himself, Donald Glover,
as Lando Calrissian.
Even though, at this point,
the new Lando has less than one second
of total screen time,
this interpretation of the character
is more spot on than a proton-torpedo
in a death star exhaust port.
Next it looks like Chewbacca has updated his outfit
for the new film replacing his single bandolier
for a one and a half bandolier get up.
Side note,
Chewbacca worn his traditional single bandolier
in the original trilogy as well as the prequel trilogies,
so it'll be interesting to see
if we'll get some explanation for his new outfit in Solo.
Later on in the trailer,
we got a shot of Lando flashing an intergalactic peace-sign
at his new robot bestie
before they simultaneously kick the Falcon's engine
into hyperspace.
And the scene is cool and all,
but we've got to ask the question
that's on everybody's mind.
Where's Lobot?
And speaking of Lando's robot,
we see what looks like the same droid exiting
the Millennium Falcon at 34 seconds into the second trailer
alongside Emilia Clarke's Kira.
Kira's looking very Empire in that red cape,
but without any other markings or medals,
she could just be super rich.
Well, in the last Jedi explored the concept
of income disparity in Star Wars' in Canto Bight subplot,
and we think that her character might explore
those themes a little further.
Also since Kira is exiting the Millennium Falcon
in that shot like she owns that place,
there's a chance she could be the original owner
of the ship.
- Who stole it from me.
- We know that Lando owned the freighter before Han,
but until we see that Car Fax,
we're not ruling the Falcon having multiple of owners.
Show me the Car Fax.
- Hey!
- Later in the trailer, we see a dance club
that looks as ritzy as the Canto Bight casino.
Unfortunately, it doesn't look that popular,
which makes sense because the club's main entertainment
includes an alien frog in a jar.
Next, we've got the classic western influence hip shot
of Han upholstering his blaster.
But this Han owes a lot of his character
to gun slingers from Spaghetti Westerns,
it makes sense that they throw in a few visual Easter eggs
to those movies here.
There's no proof in the trailer
that Han shoots these Mad Max aliens first,
but like we're pretty sure he does.
And finally to close out the trailer,
we've got the flat radar dish sporting Millennium Falcon,
making wjat a lot of people believe
is the famous Kessel Run.
It's worth noting that the color of the Falcon is more white
and blue than the gray rust we're used to.
Plus there is no gap in the nodes of the ship.
If this really is the Kessel Run,
it looks a lot different than what we've seen in the EU
where the run was depicted as taking the Falcon around
the mob black hole cluster
and through the pit astroid field.
This trailer's supposed run features a monster
with tentacles so big...
I'm not saying it.
- [Man] Read it!
- No! - I'll read it
- Good; read it.
- [Man] Alright.
- Why don't you read your joke B Kob.
- With tentacles so big,
they might as well be called 11-tacles.
Heyo!
- See you guys blame me.
But it's not me.
It's him.
Though this teaser doesn't give us much specific information
on the stand-alone Solo film.
What is there has potential,
plus it proves that the film actually exists
and isn't just a front
for a Disney run Howard money laundering scheme.
So that's something.
Right.
But, what do you guys think?
Are you guys excited for Solo, a Star Wars Story?
Is there anything we missed in the teasers?
Do you prefer Chewy with one bandolier
or one and a half bandoliers?
Let's discuss.
(gentle music)