We all pretty much know the complicated story behind the making of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Lord & Milller with weeks to wrap, got fired from a project that was described by one as resembling Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Now according to an article from ScreenRant, not much of that original Solo project exists. They report on the latest broadcast of Star Wars News Net's The Resistance Broadcast has an inside source that revealed that not only did Ron Howard reshoot "nearly all" of the film, for what could be in the ballpark of "twice the budget". Not sure the accuracy of the numbers but the estimate is at least 80% was reshot under the eye of Howard. That's crazy, considering the talk of how much usable footage Lord & Miller had left. If this is true that was all just talk, but even if it wasn't I'm sure the more Ron changed the more it clashed with the original material making the two different visions seeming more obvious. That would only lead to changing more. So in the long run this totally makes sense. It just makes me wonder why they didn't just put all this out there from the jump to get ahead of it. These numbers sound a little shocking, after they wind up being so contradictory to the original "damage control" statements when the film changed hands. I'm sure this will all get forgotten after we see the sure to be amazing trailer. Plus, I think this is actually great, one whole vision is what you need in any film. I feel better knowing this isn't going to be a patchwork of ideas. What do y'all think? Not only about this being mostly Ron's vision now, but also the whole Solo debacle so far? Put it in the comments, like, & share.
