I’ve got a bad feeling about this… Entertainment Weekly is now reporting about two more films in the works and claim to have sources close to these projects. One about a young Han Solo and another about Boba Fett. There has been no official word from Disney or Lucasfilm.
The Han Solo story would take place in the time period between Revenge of the Sith and the first Star Wars (now known as A New Hope), so although it’s possible Harrison Ford could appear as a framing device, the movie would require a new actor for the lead — one presumably much younger than even the 35-year-old Ford when he appeared in the 1977 original.
This just feels like a bad idea. However, the Fett movie seems like better idea. Kevin Smith must be a little girl right now.
The Boba Fett film would take place either between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, or between Empire and Jedi, where the bounty hunter was last seen plunging unceremoniously into a sarlacc pit. Exactly who would play him isn’t much of a complication – in the original trilogy, he never took off his helmet. And in the prequels, we learned he was the son of the original stormtrooper clone, played by Temuera Morrison, who’s still the right age for the part if his services were required.
Read the full EW.com article here.