Han Solo Battles Tougher Movie Reviews, Galactic Bad Guys
- ‘Solo’ has lowest critics’ rating since ‘Attack of the Clones’
- Sci-fi adventure could still set a record for Memorial Day
Joonas Suotamo stars as Chewbacca, Woody Harrelson as Beckett and Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo
Photographer: Jonathan Olley/Lucasfilm via Image.net
Han Solo has been frozen in carbonite, made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs and helped blow up a Death Star or two, but more than the fate of the Galactic Republic rests on his leather-jacketed shoulders.
With the new film “Solo: A Star Wars Story” hitting theaters Friday, Walt Disney Co. is trying to blend the familiar Solo, Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca characters with a new, younger generation of stars. It’s part of an ongoing effort by the world’s largest entertainment company to capitalize on the heroes and stories created by George Lucas, a strategy it has also deployed with Marvel Entertainment to dominate the box office.