HAN SOLO: The Empire Will Play A Role In The Upcoming STAR WARS Spinoff

HAN SOLO: The Empire Will Play A Role In The Upcoming STAR WARS Spinoff

The Empire has been present in every single Star Wars movie to date but what about the upcoming Han Solo? A new set photo from director Ron Howard reveals more about their presence in the spinoff...

By JoshWilding - Aug 17, 2017 01:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Han Solo has had a pretty tumultuous production process, with original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller replaced by Ron Howard more than halfway into shooting after their approach to the movie upset Disney and Lucasfilm and led to them being fired. In order to keep fans excited about the spinoff, Howard has been sharing plenty of behind the scenes photos and the latest is very intriguing indeed. 

As you can see below, it features a very recognisable helmet and the image was captioned, "The Empire Looms Large." What role the villains will play here remains to be seen but it makes sense that their presence in the Galaxy will be felt as Han Solo takes place just a few years before A New Hope

There doesn't appear to be a huge amount of excitement or positive buzz around Han Solo, mainly because fans seem to have mixed feelings on the character getting his own movie sans Harrison Ford. 

The signs are pointing to it being pretty good, though, and the addition of the Empire is very interesting indeed. What do you guys think of this new behind the scenes photo? Share your thoughts below.


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tribunal
tribunal - 8/17/2017, 2:09 AM
Han shot first.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 8/17/2017, 3:35 AM
"In other news, Water.... wet!"
thewanderer
thewanderer - 8/17/2017, 5:16 AM
@Ha1frican - the body of this article should just say "duh". Or better yet, not be written at all as this was a given.
KB818
KB818 - 8/17/2017, 5:40 AM
BTS pics of Stormtroopers have been around for months. This isn't news, nor is it worthy of an article. Quality over quantity, Josh. You really want people to take you seriously as a "journalist" - stop with these second-rate articles. Do some research, investigate, and think before you post. Anyone could write this click-bait garbage.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 8/17/2017, 5:56 AM
Of course the Empire has a presence. What good is a smuggler if there is no laws against it and no one trying to catch you? You're just a UPS driver at that point.
rabid
rabid - 8/17/2017, 6:21 AM
Duh.
Han was an Imperial pilot.
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 8/17/2017, 6:54 AM
"The Empire has been present in every single Star Wars movie to date but what about the upcoming Han Solo?" Aside from the two before the Republic became the Empire. And the one after the Empire became the First Order. But sure.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 8/17/2017, 7:08 AM
Hopefully the first trailer should be out in the next few months.
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 8/17/2017, 7:58 AM
Well why not? The Empire had their clutches on a ton of systems so yeah. Just as long as we don't have to see a Death Star. I'm still not the least bit looking forward to this. Every throwaway line of dialogue about Han's past is gonna get a scene, guaranteed.
PeterParker1991
PeterParker1991 - 8/17/2017, 10:57 AM
Honestly, who cares?? This movie is irrelevant lol. Just another pointless prequel like Rogue Zero..
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 8/17/2017, 11:06 AM
Another Darth Vader scene at the end.
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