‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Villain Details Surface, Phil Lord & Chris Miller Credited As Executive Producers
Even though we’ve gotten a full trailer andsome interestingtidbits of informationaboutSolo: A Star Wars Story, there is still plenty we don’t know about the origin story for everyone’s favorite smuggler and scoundrel. For example, we’ve been in the dark about who the film’s antagonist will be for quite some time, even though we caught a glimpse of them in thefirst footage from the movie. Thankfully, some new details have emerged, including a name and a possible hint at a link to a vintage comic book storyline.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, we’ve got an update as to how departed directorsPhil Lord & Chris Millerwill be credited on the movie they had mostly shot beforeRon Howardtook over the production and overhauled the project completely.
Phil Lord & Chris Miller Are Executive Producers
First and foremost, let’s get this little tidbit out of the way.Varietyrevealed Phil Lord & Chris Miller were on-hand at the GLAS Animation Festival in Berkley, California recently, The duo discussed their work on the movie briefly, and Miller confirmed the credits they will receive on the film when it hits theaters in May:
“We were really proud of the many contributions we made to that film. In light of the creative differences, we elected to take an executive producer credit.”
Kathleen Kennedy echoed the sentiments of creative differences on set around the time the trailer was released earlier this year. The Lucasfilm presidentpreviously said:
“Unfortunately, our vision and process weren’t aligned with our partners on this project. We normally aren’t fans of the phrase ‘creative differences’ but for once this cliché is true. We are really proud of the amazing and world-class work of our cast and crew.”
You can read more about Kennedy’s perspective on the removal of Phil Lord & Chris Miller as directorsover here.
Solo A Star Wars Story Villain Details
Fans have been waiting to learn more about theSolo A Star Wars Storyvillain since he was revealed in the first trailer, and it appears his name has finally been revealed thanks to leaks from the film’s forthcoming merchandise.
Toys fromSolo: A Star Wars Storywill be hitting shelves imminently, and one of them is a playset featuring the villain and his trademark vehicle. The villain in question is named Enfys Nest, and he has a speeder that is called a swoop. Here’s the official description from the toy packaging that surfaced onReddit:
The Cloud-Rider gang led by Enfys Nest terrorizes the skies atop the mean-looking swoop bikes. Little more than engines with seats, swoops are hard to control but capable of incredible speed.
That might not mean anything to the more casualStar Warsfan, but those who read some of the Expanded Universe stories will immediately recognize the Cloud-Rider gang moniker.io9dug into this revelation a bit more and explained where the Cloud-Riders come from:
“The Cloud-Riders came from the planet Aduba-3, and in the EU, were lead by a guy called Serji-X Arrogantus, which, lets be honest, beats “Enfys Nest” as a dumb-goodStar Warsnamehands down. They terrorized villagers on the planet so much that one of them hires Han Solo and Chewbacca to defeat the gang and protect Aduba-3’s crops. Han and Chewie accept, putting together a motley crew of mercenaries who name themselves the Star-Hoppers to fight Serji-X and his men. ThinkSeven Samurai, but they were eight of them, and one of them was a giant green rabbit”
The story line comes from deep inStar Warslore, the eighth issue of theStar Warscomic book series published in November of 1977. This was the first issue that started to expand the world ofStar Warsoutside of the storyline inA New Hope. It was the first original piece of storytelling to take place in theStar Warsuniverse. There’s a chance this storyline won’t be lifted from the comics, but it’s interesting to see that yet another details from the Star Wars Legends stories is being brought into the new canon. Hopefully we’ll have more details onSolo: A Star Wars Storysoon.
Here is the official synopsis forSolo: A Star Wars Story:
Board theMillennium Falconand journey to a galaxy far, far away inSolo: A Star Wars Story,an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of theStar Warssaga’s most unlikely heroes.
