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This whole franchise is plagued by nostalgia, easter eggs, and fillers. Oh, this is where Han gets his last name (not that we even cared), oh, this is why the dice are so important (completely irrelevant to any story arc), oh this is how he met Chewy, oh this is where he meets Lando, oh this is how he won the Falcon, oh this is how they did the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs (unit of distance by the way), oh this is why the Millennium Falcon looks different, oh this is how he meets Jabba, oh this is why he shoots first, oh this is why he saves Luke (because he's a good guy), oh this is why he has that gun, oh this is why Lando greets Han in that way at cloud city. I'm sure everyone can think of 100 other things. I'm surprised they didn't show us why he wears those clothes.

I wonder whenever a director gets a Star Wars the producers are, "well you need to put in all these scenes to make the old fans happy, you know a scene where the Falcon is zig zagging around things, a giant space creature, where Han is shooting his laser gun just as hes fleeing into the Falcon, where he's putting the moves on a women in the closet where him and Leia were, using the hidden storage compartments." I'm surprised they didn't have another trench run being chased by tie fighters (they sort of did). This is why the prequels were so terrible other than some of the worst acting in cinematic history and this is why episodes 7-9 are average at best.

Meanwhile on RottenTomatoes

Obviously fans are happy to keep revisiting the bellowing Wookiee and the warp-speed dashes through the wide beyond, and satisfying as it is, Solo gives them what they want: more of the same. (https://www.laweekly.com/film/solo-delivers-new-dimension-to-star-wars-universe-9465723)

The tropes and twists of shamelessly recycled clichés are presented throughout with an absurd earnestness. (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/wookiee-nights-solo-a-star-wars-story-reviewed)

Young Han can only watch helplessly as the gravity of the Star Wars children's crusade overwhelms him and the wondrous fun run gives way to a joyless slog that actually undermines the heroism of A New Hope even as it seeks to foreshadow it. (https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2018/may/24/movie-review-watch-or-maybe-dont/)

What frustrates me is that it seems the original directors were trying to build an element of unpredictability into pre-manufactured franchises. What we have is the heartwarming Han as our connection to Star Wars grows a little dimmer. (https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/eli-glasner-on-film-from-cbc-radio/episode/15547635)

I left with the sentiment of feeling uninspired...how am I coming out of a Star Wars movie like that? (https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mediumpopocorn/episodes/2018-06-13T05_49_45-07_00)

Whenever "Star Wars" tries to develop one of the franchise's key characters, it whiffs. "Solo" is no exception, a disappointment on par with "The Last Jedi" and the prequels. (https://www.salon.com/2018/05/25/solo-tips-the-balance-there-have-now-been-more-bad-star-wars-movies-than-good/)