It's no secret that Solo: A Star Wars Story has suffered from some behind the scenes issues but a new report now sheds some light on where things went wrong for Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Apparently, the filmmakers wanted to find a contemporary tone that found a balance between adventure and comedy, something which didn't go down particularly well with Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy.
However, it's said that Lord and Miller clashed with Lawrence Kasdan over the script from the very start and tensions only continued increasing once shooting started. That's mostly because the directors shot dozens of different versions of the same scenes straying from the script and frustrating exhausted crew members who are used to Star Wars movies moving along at a much quicker (and easier) pace.
When Kasdan visited the set, he made no secret of the fact he wasn't happy with Lord and Miller's work, something which left them feeling undermined. Ultimately, Kennedy decided to fire them but that came as a complete surprise because they had been trying to make changes based on her feedback. When Ron Howard came on board, he reshot scenes in a matter of hours that the 21 Jump Street directors spent an entire day working on. Now, it's said 70% of the movie came from reshoots.
"Ron wanted to go back to the spirit of the original trilogy, while Phil and Chris were looking forward to something new, more like ‘Guardians of the Galaxy,’" one source with knowledge of the situation says. It was last winter that Lord and Miller saw Howard's first cut of the movie and it was then they decided not to seek a director credit through the Directors Guild of America. What do you think?