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'Star Wars' standalone film will be Han Solo prequel, directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord
The next "Star Wars" standalone film to make the Kessel run to the big screen will be a Han Solo origin tale.
Lucasfilm announced Tuesday that the film, which is slated for a May 25, 2018, release, will focus on the how the iconic character played by Harrison Ford in four "Star Wars" movies "became the smuggler, thief, and scoundrel whom Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi first encountered in the cantina at Mos Eisley."
Piloting the anthology flick will be "LEGO Movie" co-directors Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, two of the most powerful nerds in this galaxy.
The 2018 "Star Wars" standalone film will be a Han Solo prequel, Lucasfilm announced. (Lucasfilm)
"This is the first film we've worked on that seems like a good idea to begin with," the directors said in a joint statement.
"We promise to take risks, to give the audience a fresh experience, and we pledge ourselves to be faithful stewards of these characters who mean so much to us.
"This is a dream come true for us. And not the kind of dream where you're late for work and all your clothes are made of pudding, but the kind of dream where you get to make a film with some of the greatest characters ever, in a film franchise you've loved since before you can remember having dreams at all."
The movie will focus on the iconic smuggler, played by Harrison Ford in four movies, before the events of "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope." (Lucasfilm)
Miller and Lord will be armed with a screenplay by "Empire Strikes Back" and "Force Awakens" screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan and his son, Jon.
The movie will be the second standalone film launched by Disney to run between installments of its new "Star Wars" trilogy.
"LEGO Movie" directors Chris Miller (l.) and Phil Lord will be at the helm. (Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic)
The first, "Star Wars: Rogue One," with "Godzilla" director Gareth Edwards behind the camera, chronicles the rebel mission to steal the plans for the Death Star.
The Han Solo movie inherits the release slot from a different planned standalone movie, which "Fantastic Four" helmer Josh Trank had been developing before his abrupt exit in April. That movie, believed to be a Boba Fett prequel, had a script from Simon Kinberg.
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