After a recent search that saw Lucasfilm studio heads searching far and wide for a suitable young man to play a prequelised Han Solo, the list has apparently been whittled down to a mere dozen candidates. Variety have given the world 8 of the 12 names that are allegedly still in the running after auditioning and, well, some of them are interesting choices, and others, not so much. Whoever this young Han Solo ends up being, he's currently rumoured to first appear in Star Wars: Rogue One this coming December. This probably explains why Disney and Lucasfilm are in such a rush to cast what is arguably the most coveted role in Hollywood right now, but none of that is confirmed at this stage. We know from the actors being looked at that the filmmakers are looking for an actor preferably between the ages of 18 to 25 (with two notable exceptions), and that the Han Solo film will be set around ten years before the events of A New Hope. But do those actors currently being considered actually have the chops for the role? Can they nail the Corellian parlance, the Inner Rim drawl? Are they the type to shoot Greedo first and ask questions later? Let's take a look at the eight young actors supposedly in the running and find out.
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