Should have posted this earlier here, since I posted it on MovieScene a few days back. Once again, it's all about Star Wars, but you can expect this to be the case for many a news posting posted both here and on MovieScene in the next few... years.
http://www.moviescene.nl/p/144352/disney_bevestigt_star_wars_solo_films
This news has already been updated since, sort of. Strong rumours have confirmed many suspicions fans had, as it seems these films will now be based around the characters of Boba Fett and a younger Han Solo. Yoda has also been mentioned a lot, but stories of his involvement are still baseless. In Yoda's case, a solo film would be pointless. Yoda is not a good character on his one, he only works well playing off of other beloved characters. Dialogue like this a movie containing, stand few people could.
I also have severe doubts about a Han solo film (see what I did there? Very clever and original!). Everybody's most beloved scoundrel has never had that much of an interesting background before the events of Episode IV, at least according to the canonized parts of the expanded universe which are now thought to be up for decanonization. Basically Solo enlisted in the Imperial forces but felt disheartened by the Empire's brutality. When he witnessed a helpless Wookiee being victimized he intervened at the ruin of his Imperial career, forcing him to quit the Empire and starting his renegade career as a smuggler, with the Wookiee (Chewie of course, like you didn't know) as his trusty companion. It's not impossible to build a movie around this all too brief synopsis, but considering we already know how it's gonna turn out it won't be able to deliver that much surprises. Then again, so far the same can be said for half of the six existing Star Wars films... Toughest part of course is finding a talented younger actor capable of living up to Harrison Ford. Fat chance. Might as well go digital and have Ford supply the voice work. It's the Lucas way, isn't it?
Then there's Boba Fett. Now this is intriguing, and then some! Fett's origins have of course been explored in Attack of the Clones, something a lot of fans won't really care to remember. Still, there's a lot to be told regarding the events of his life between Episode II and his very brief cameo in Episode IV, up to his "real" first appearance in The Empire Strikes Back. Since he actually had little screen time at all in both Episodes V and VI, it's a miracle he has found such a devoted and large fan following at all. But face it, he's an enigmatic interplanetary bounty hunter with his own ship and an awesome arsenal of weaponry and gadgets at his disposal working his way through many hives of scum and villainy, plus he wears a bucket over his head at all times. What's not to like?! Aside from his background as an unaltered clone of his "father" Jango Fett (Temuera Morrison), we learn next to nothing about him and his motivations from watching the Star Wars films proper. However, his role in the expanded universe is vast: there are as many stories in hugely diverse media revolving around him as there are about Luke Skywalker, and most of them are much better. And that's despite his supposed death in Return of the Jedi. He's like the one character George Lucas can't kill, no matter how bad he screws him up (and believe me, Lucas has tried: his most annoying change to the character being the alteration of his original raspy, eerie voice to Morrison's irritating Kiwi accent). Even Lucas himself admitted he would never have killed him off if he had known the character would become that popular. That's basically saying he survived after all, even if we didn't see it happen. Apparently it takes more than a giant mouth armed with big teeth and slimy tentacles in the middle of the desert to take down the galaxy's most notorious battle hardened bounty hunter. The most exciting rumours going around about this project is it might be based off Shadows of the Empire, something I have been hoping for for quite some time. So bring on that film of his! This is the Star Wars film we're looking for, Mr. Mouse!
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