Why Was Disney Afraid to Show Us Han Solo?

Han Solo is heard more than he is seen in the first teaser forSolo. Is Lucasfilm scared to show usAlden Ehrenreichas the young Han Solo? The movie stepped into some controversy over the summer when original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired from the project and replaced with Ron Howard. At the time, a bunch of reports came out that basically said that the movie was doomed and that Ehrenreich can’t act. None of those reports were ever official, but there was and continues to be a shadow of doubt hanging over Alden Ehrenreich’s portrayal of Han Solo.

First of all, this is aStar Warsproject. Disney and Lucasfilm are not going to put an actor with questionable acting skills in any of their projects. However, the news has circulated so much over the last 6 months that many hardcore fans and even casual fans have heard about the reports of Alden Ehrenreich’s acting abilities inSolo: A Star Wars Story. This could lead to some trepidation from Lucasfilm toshow off the young Han Solo for the first time.

This was just the first 45-second teaser for the trailer, so it’s possible that we’ll see more of Han Solo in theofficial trailerforSolo: A Star Wars Story. Fans have waited for months to see any official footage fromSolo, so it was a bit of a letdown to not see the star of the movie in a real way. Lucasfilm may just be playing the long game while waiting to introduce the young Han Solo to the world, which does fall in line with the way they have been slowly teasing out information about the movie.

All of theother charactersare shown in a series of shots in theSolo: A Star Wars Storyteaser trailer. Emilia Clarke is prominently shown as Qi’ra as is Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian and Woody Harrelson’s Beckett, but Alden Ehrenreich is barely seen. Donald Glover’sLandopretty much steals the show in the short teaser and many people have taken notice, posting the actor’s image all over social media. That’s great because Glover does look awesome, but probably not what everybody was thinking before the first teaser forSolo: A Star Wars Story.

Solo: A Star Wars Storyhits theaters on May 25th and the full-length trailer is set to premiere tomorrow morning duringGood Morning America. We’ll find out tomorrow if Lucasfilm is scared to show off Alden Ehrenreich’s young Han Solo because it kind of looks that way currently. In the meantime, you can go and watch the teaser trailer over and over until tomorrow and put it under the microscope as well as discuss how awesome that Star Destroyer looks or how cool Donald Glover looks. You can watch the trailer forSolo: A Star Wars Storybelow, courtesy of The Star Wars YouTube channel.