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   Your Name to Dimensional Traveler   
   Re: Solo   
   01 Dec 18 10:33:24   
   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2018-11-30 16:47:37 +0000, Dimensional Traveler said:   
   > On 11/30/2018 1:54 AM, T987654321 wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Set in the years before the events of the original "Star Wars" trilogy,   
   >> this intergalactic prequel chronicles the early exploits of roguish   
   >> young Han Solo and his shaggy sidekick, Chewbacca.   
   >>   
   >> Cast Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover,   
   >> Thandie Newton, Paul Bettany, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo, Jon   
   >> Favreau, Linda Hunt   
   >>   
   >> Director Ron Howard   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> I expected to hate this, like the last two continuations.  But it's   
   >> unexpectedly good which is down to being directed by Ron Howard I   
   >> think.  Chewy is great.  And Han comes off better than expected.  At   
   >> least they skipped over him being in the academy.  I wonder if they'll   
   >> do a sequel.   
   >   
   > Unlikely, it underperformed badly enough at the box office that Disney   
   > has put the whole idea of Star Wars universe movie outside the main   
   > line on hold.   
      
   Not quite. It did halt *almost* all existing plans, but the plan for a   
   new trilogy of movies by the Game of Thrones guys is still being   
   developed, these are not part of the existing Saga.   
      
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