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I liked it Solo. Other not. And this divisive nature continues now that the film is available for home viewing. To celebrate the digital output of Solo: A story of Star Wars, co-writer Jon Kasdan took on Twitter to reveal 52 notes that he had on the film. They offer a fascinating but problematic view of the film.
Kasdan announced that there were 53, but there are only 52 on his list. They range from interesting and insightful to curious and disappointing. Here they are all if you want to read them themselves and we will discuss them below.
Again, the majority of these notes are really interesting and cool. Take number 14, for example: Kasdan explains that at the start, Beckett and his team left Han and Chewie on Mimban, so the duo had to steal a ship and pursue them. This seems like a super fun idea, but the scene was never shot because it would have cost too much. In the film, it's one of those moments when Beckett gives way almost too easily, so Kasdan's note explains why.
Another interesting example is the 18-year-old, who explains that at certain times of writing, the base of Dryden Vos was not a ship, but rather a castle, with canals and moats. There would be an action scene featuring Lando running through a boat. But just like 14, the idea was deemed too expensive and too long.
Number 47 is also super cool. Kasdan says that in several versions of the scenario, the number two Enfys Nest was none other than Bossk bounty hunter! Kasdan loves Bossk and fought for it, but he was rejected.
However, even though these points give us an intriguing insight into the making of the film, there are some of the opposite side. Number 4 explains that Han simulated Lady Proxima with the "thermal detonator," he later told Leia, which is why she did it for real Return of the Jedi. Cute connection? Not really. This is a great example of something that many felt was a huge problem with Solo: that the film did not need scenes explaining things that did not need to be explained. Arguments like "We did not need to know why he calls it Chewie, how he got his blaster, or why his last name is Solo," etc. credit for the good idea of Leia. An idea that has been attributed to him for almost 40 years.
Number 17 is also very strange. Kasdan says that "Thandie Newton may have been too good and interesting as a Val" and that because of that, she would die so early in the movie that it seemed like a "cheater". true but they ignore a simple fact: she is Thandie Fucking Newton! Of course she was "too good and too interesting" for this role. Although the death of the character was planned very early, and keeping it alive would have radically changed the film, these notes clearly show it Solo was changing at every stage of production. We must think may be there could have been a way to create a better balance.
I could go on, dissecting all of Kasdan's notes one by one, but I stop there. In the end, there are some bad apples on the list, but they still offer very interesting, very honest and sometimes problematic information on making one of the greatest movies of the year. We learn more about seeds for a sequel, historical influences on the film and the dynamics between Chris Miller and Phil Lord and Ron Howard. It's really a good read if you have time.
It's rare that fans learn so much about the inner workings of a Star wars movie, and Kasdan revealed that to us. Inadvertently, however, he may have provided a little more context to explain why Solo did not reach the heights of his comrade Star wars movies
Solo: A story of Star Wars is now available for download. The Blu-ray was released on September 25th.
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