1. Chewie And The Bandit
Please, no: not a Han Solo origin story. Has an origin story ever worked... outside of superhero movies, which kind of come factory-installed with them? If Han meets Chewie, discovers the Millennium Falcon, and gets on the bad side of everyone's favorite Fett in a manner of a week, I'm going to... I'm going to grouse about it endlessly to my wife and the internet - neither of whom will be terribly interested. A few months later, I'll buy the Blu-Ray - because it's Star Wars and I can't help myself. But you know what, it'll be the cheaper, bare bones Blu-Ray without special features. Take five less of my dollars - that will show you, Disney! Seriously, a gaudy but oddly faithful riff on Smokey And The Bandit would make for a better Han Solo movie than an origin story, with Solo rocking a cowboy hat and 'stache as the Bandit; Chewbacca in the Sally Field part, wedding dress and all; and sporting mirrored sunglasses, a bad attitude, and one tiny little wooden cane: Buford T. Yoda ("Barbeque your ass in molasses, I will"). Say what you will about this outrageous idea, it still sounds better than The Phantom Menace. Here's what fans want: Han and Chewie getting in and out trouble in the years leading up to A New Hope. Why waste time on the two getting to know each other, when there's already a great dynamic between them? Let Han, Chewie, and maybe Lando - another guy who can speak English - star in an old-fashioned buddy comedy, heist film, or convoy movie. Han Solo works as is. Just let him do his thing ... which (to beat a dead horse) includes shooting first.
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