3/3/2023 0 Comments Han solo we rise remixThe unfortunate tradeoff is that the whole thing feels like it’s playing on fast-forward, trying to cover so much ground so fast that you can scarcely get your bearings enough to feel the gravity of any of it. The Rise of Skywalker is jam-packed with enough adventure, incident, and excitement for a three- or four-hour movie it has everything but the proverbial kitchen sink. Abrams and his collaborators in a Lucasfilm editing room. The film, likewise, moves at such an exhaustingly breakneck pace that one wonders if “lightspeed skipping” is a term coined by J.J. In other words, they jump across the galaxy, land in a new locale for about ten seconds, then jump again, and again, and again. Finn (John Boyega) and Poe (Oscar Isaac), fleeing TIE Fighters in the Millennium Falcon, escape their pursuers by “lightspeed skipping” – a dangerous maneuver (or so we’re told, though it goes smoothly enough for our heroes) that involves jumping to lightspeed repeatedly. It also stars Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, Thandie Newton, and Woody Harrelson.Reviewed by Timothy Lawrence on December 24, 2019Īn early scene in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a fitting metaphor for the film as a whole. “Solo: A Star Wars Story” opens in theaters May 25. Howard stepped in to direct Disney’s “Solo” movie last year, just two days after Phil Lord and Chris Miller were let go from the “Star Wars” spinoff. This isn’t the first time someone has mashed up “Star Wars” and “Arrested Development” - Nerdist did one last year using Howard’s audio from the show - but this time, Ron Howard recorded original material. Go see ‘Solo: A Star Wars Movie,’ only in theaters May 25.” Howard served as the executive producer, as well as the narrator on the iconic former Fox sitcom “Arrested Development.” In “The Stars Wars show” sketch, Howard even gives his upcoming movie “Solo” a plug.Īlso Read: 'Solo' Featurette Teases Look at Daily Life in the Galactic Empire (Video)Īfter the scene at the cantina on Mos Eisley in which Han Solo famously says, “You’ve never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It’s the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs,” Howard chimes in “Hey, that would make an interesting movie. “Now the story of a family that wants to rule the galaxy, and the one son who had no choice but to save it,” narrates Howard. They have been, courtesy of a new sketch from “The Star Wars Show” featuring Howard narrating the story of “Star Wars: A New Hope” in the style of his narration from “Arrested Development.” But what if those two things could be combined? May sees not one but two major Ron Howard productions - a “remix” of the fourth season of “Arrested Development” landing on Netlix May 4, (with a fifth season imminent), and of course the Howard-directed “Solo: A Star Wars Story” which hits theaters May 25.
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