Honest Trailers Commentary - Solo: A Star Wars Story

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[@chrisprescher5201]

"whats your first name?" "Jabba" "who are your people?" "i have no people i'm a slug. I live alone in a hut." "HHHHMMMMMMMMMMM. Jabba. The Hutt".

[@Lo66Li96]

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[@chrisprescott2273]

Cool name Chris Prescher

[@myndlink]

What's your name? Kit Who are your people? I don't really have any. I'm really into fisting. Hhhmmmm... Kit Fisto.

[@jbearclowater]

What is your name? Boba Who are your people? I don't have any people. All I have is this block of feta cheese. Hmmmmmm... Boba... Fett.

[@redswasted8624]

“What’s your first name?” “Darth” “Who are your people?” “I have no people. When I was a baby, I was found in a dumpster behind the local shopping mall” “MMMMMMMMMM. Darth. Mall!”

[@brendangordon1248]

Solo proves Disney still really isn't done learning the Pirates of the Caribbean lesson. Jack Sparrow is only cool when the main character of your movie is actually Will Turner.

[@benzaiten933]

to be fair a lot of movies and TV series share the same problem; eccentric side characters are only so cool and mysterious because we don't see them much, know not much about them and can speculate what made them the way the are. but once they're promoted to MC, or get the same amount of screen time, they swiftly become boring because they took away what made them special in the first place.

[@dennishena1399]

LOLOL @ "HMMMM...Look at you, walking on air....like some sort of...'Skywalker'..." I lost it!

[@JackDManheim]

"Hmmm... Nicolas... you seem like you belong in a... CAGE"

[@FD2003Abc]

"Johnny -- what do you put on your hair to me it look greasy all the time?" (Googles Walgreens hair gels).... "Ah, Depp!!!!"

[@jbearclowater]

"He drove a car, I can't pilot a 747 because I can park my chevy." Not sure why, but I lost it when Joe said that.

[@ChrisB_517]

They named me Han 5010 - so I went with "Solo".

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

HN, maybe even?

[@StateOfMainLTD]

My thoughts exactly, that would have made it so much better

[@maximilianford9739]

Like they did it with Finn

[@jbearclowater]

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER!

[@ChrisB_517]

Justin Clowater Im available for script rewrites and punch-up.

[@BumMcFluff]

Han Solo is one of those characters who do not need their background explained. The mystery is part of the charm.

[@DSzaks]

LOL, that Skywalker naming bit literally brought tears to my eyes. Great show fellas.

[@arceuslordofcreation8824]

No, no, Han didn'tname him "Ben Solo" he named him "Ben" and then after he left Luke to join Snoke he had to go through spaceport security, and ran into the same guy😂 "I'm all alone" "Ben...Solo"

[@trevormccarron4451]

next week is gotti? 😮

[@pegasusdrive12]

Anchorman?

[@flynnnolen1067]

Trevor McCarron what’s gotti?

[@willeeuhm]

well they liked your comment!

[@MyssBlewm]

I would love it if it's Gotti next week.

[@steventuthill1907]

I want Dan to interrupt, kick out Jon Bailey, and just go on a MoviePass rant.

[@katejohnson5039]

Is no one else dying because of how spot on Dan’s Harrison Ford impersonation is??? 😂

[@transsexual_computer_faery]

i'm typing this from the afterlife. i never thought they had youtube here, but they do. it's pretty chill out here

[@davidgannon5388]

30:30 - the only movie I can think of that took a story where you *knew* they live, and yet still got everyone on the edge of their seats was "Apollo 13."

[@grutarg2938]

Now there’s a good movie!

[@danh9790]

Spencer and Dan’s “Harrison Ford” makes me laugh every time! 😂😂❤

[@johnlong8952]

When you show the clip of him getting his name I expected that to be...."So. Your name is....ALAN!"

[@TimothyMReynolds]

Everyone knows Chewbacca’s full name is “Chewing Tobacco”

[@Milosh111]

Now I want to see a spin-off about that imperial guy naming people...

[@falkorn9866]

You guys had me laughing in tears when you were making fun of the naming of Solo. Smee...look at you walking on air...Sky...walker, lol

[@paulmaloney4387]

Dan's Harrison Ford impression is fantastic

[@acturek]

"i'd watch a murder on the orient express, but on a space train...." something tells me spencer will see such a thing very soon

[@cjwrench07]

A Turek there’s a Dr.Who episode that’s like that, but it isn’t like the original story, just takes place on the “space orient express”

[@devonhickey3302]

Never in my life did I notice the dice. Solo goes out of his way to make a big deal out of things that just should have happened without shining a big spotlight on them.

[@osujedi]

Hilarious idea that that one Imperial guy gives everyone in Star Wars their last names! The other guy he definitely named -- Lt. Porkins. How else would that guy happen to have that last name?

[@MrThierryFournier]

4:01 that's one great R2D2 impression

[@tenfourgaming940]

Best impersonations yet. Harry Ford: Nailed it. Dice: Next level. I know you guys work very hard on these trailers and it's nice to know that your spirits haven't been broken yet :)

[@ntcnetwork9934]

Just realized, the guy that call's him Solo is the Cisco Ramon of the galaxy maybe.

[@antuanlemon484]

NTCnetwork 10/10 flash reference

[@cjwrench07]

If that was Sisco naming him, he would have been: Han Squinter. Or, Han Alone in honour of Home Alone.

[@612Tiberius]

I would have sworn I'd go the rest of my life without hearing a "James Bond, Jr." reference.

[@fandomentertainment]

We've got you

[@kevin7904]

You forgot to talk about the recruiting video in the background playing the Imperial March music during the Solo name scene. Is the Imperial March being played by the Storm Trooper band? You never see Storm Troopers playing instruments. When Darth Vader is walking around is he aware that the music is being played? This recruiting video in the background changed my thoughts on this predicament so much.

[@Johnny0lovely69]

I think the mouse droid plays it whenever he walks in the hallways

[@L30N4KU]

In Han's defense of his piloting skill, he was a pilot in the imperial army. It is not shown in the movie because of the time jump.

[@festo8756]

L30N4KU He didnt complete pilot school.

[@jrodster7539]

Solo's lighting makes AVP requiem look like a ray of sunshine.

[@tiznip]

J Rodster753 no where near as bad as avpr

[@nateds7326]

What’s your last name? I don’t have one. Who are you people? I don’t have any. I just got arrested for driving in the left lane. Hmmmmmmm. John Mclane.

[@allisonkrein5499]

"Hovercraft pilots sound off in the comments" LOL

[@falkorn9866]

Love the comment about the monorail salesman. The emperor is going to love me

[@staticproductions6186]

“First name?” “Mon” “Who are your people?” “I have no people, just this moth, I’m its mother.” Hmmmmmmmmmmm, Mon.... MOTHMA

[@ET_Bermuda]

The Solo writers glaze over the fact that Han trained in the Imperial Academy as a pilot (which is from the OT lore that you'd see on the back of '80s action figure packages, if anyone remembers). I also wish I'd seen Han actually training as a pilot. But the movie also makes it clear that Chewie is 190 yrs old. These instances explain the moment of them suddenly piloting the MF for me & why it's nothing like the Mary Sue Rey moment in TFA.

[@_RT___]

I really think all the scenes are so dark to save on budget. Allows for minimal practical background/environment needed and also little to no cgi background needed. For a movie that went way wayyy over budget and was 85% reshot, I think it's a probable explanation

[@cjwrench07]

That makes a ton of sense. It’s also the trick a ton of B-movies use to hide their cheapness.

[@dirus3142]

I read the Han Solo trilogy by A.C. Crispin as well as the three Han Solo Adventure novels. Those were fun stories. It's all I need. This movie is just a sad imitation of those books.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

It's too rushed, but it has some fun moments nevertheless. And that's speaking as one who's a big fan of those books.

[@JazzyNym]

Small request: Can you guys put a link to the honest trailer in the description of the commentary?

[@gingernovato4623]

Spencer, I agree. ‘’It was a fun space romp.’’ And, Joe, I have to say, I would rather watch Solo a thousand times than The Hobbit movies again even once. Regardless of whether you liked it or not, it is always fun to hear you talk about it! Love you guys!

[@patriciak826]

I hope you guys never stop these Commentaries. I skip the Honest Trailers and go straight for these videos. 💚

[@Spartan_83]

Your right about the Rey and Solo comparison. I never had a problem with Rey being able to fly the Falcon.

[@trauko1388]

She was a scavanger, not a pilot, Han at least was a trained pilot...

[@pitui1987]

We only see Rey driving the landspeeder she built herself; she says nothing about flying ships around Jakku for fun. Luke has a T-16 airspeeder shown in his garage and in the model he plays with, and he mentions flying it and shooting its laser cannon in dialogue in the film.

[@nicholascross3557]

Dude, she states that "I've flown some ships but I've never left the planet." Now that may have been for fun or for business, but she has flight experience.

[@trauko1388]

I have NEVER seen an aircraft mechanic fly a plane, I doubt I would ever see a spaceship one do it either... or afford to have one... Rey=Luke, yes, Luke shouldnt have been able to fly a spaceship, just like Rey shouldnt have. Rey=Han, nope... Han is a pilot, she wasnt. That is it.

[@Spartan_83]

She also got a lot of practice on a looted flight simulator. She also sneaked into it at night to practice with the controls. From the novelization of the documentary. How does a ten-year-old Anakin, a slave child, know how to pilot a jet engine chariot and later a space fighter? I'm guessing the force played a big part and Rey is one of the most powerful force users.

[@callumjohnston858]

I would kill for Star Wars Top Gun. One question though: What would Star Wars half-naked beach volleyball be?

[@GodsSon987]

"Look at you... walking on air.." 😂

[@HushIAmTalking]

Now that I have finally seen this on Disney+ I can come back and watch this 😅

[@BuffyngtonPost]

The plot hole/logic jump of Han suddenly being able to pilot was the inspiration for that Seattle plane hijacker.

[@williestyle35]

D. B. Cooper was a long long time ago..

[@PrincessSkullcrusher]

I had no expectations of this movie. And it met those. It certainly was a movie. I enjoy the Star Wars franchise, but I am far from emotionally invested in it, so no part of it really makes or ruins my day.

[@ieatgremlins]

Herpus Derperson "It certainly was a movie" lol I love it.

[@cjwrench07]

Herpus Derperson that’s basically the majority of people’s opinion on Star Wars. It’s just that very small minority that live or die with it, or profit off of making up controversies.

[@michaels4917]

I think the dice were only a reference to American Graffiti in A New Hope. It wasn't until the new movies the dice were so "important".

[@chrisprescher5201]

Great point about the double standard reactions to Han having instaflying abilities vs Rey having instaflying abilities.

[@trauko1388]

Han was an actual pilot, Mary Sue wasnt

[@cjwrench07]

trauko1388 Han was never a pilot previously thats the problem with his origin story. Han was a *foot soldier* while serving in the empire, and at most stole hover-cars when he was young. That’s not really confusing to learning how to fly a interstellar spacecraft. Rey at least is implied worked on the local ships as a mechanic(“that ship hasn’t flown in years”), and has knowledge of how spaceships work from her time growing up an economic slave in that recycle&repair depot. I literally learned how to properly operare multiple types and years of firetrucks, because I’m a fire equipment mechanic. Being the local mechanic solves all the problems with Rey’s knowledge of how to pilot. There is no story reason though why Han is a great pilot from day 1, except for midiclorians make him a great pilot.

[@MPedich]

27:40 I guess his arc is that he starts out wanting to be the good guy and becomes more jaded. He's kinda trying to do the right thing in this movie, but ends up shooting his mentor in cold blood. From than on he shoots first, until he regains his mortal compass under Luke's influence

[@tslehman]

Dan, you are too pure for this world!

[@ehshejhskugsksyge6945]

Droid-jango unchained is what I need

[@KriscoBubber]

Did anyone else want his name to come from the numbers 5010. Like have it be a stormtrooper number or something.

[@tropic1979]

Dan does a good Harrison Ford! Maybe he should have been in Solo. Love screen junkies commentary!

[@007Kiristo]

Regarding people not complaining about Han being able to fly: I think there are two reasons, 1 Who even watched this in theaters to complain? 2. My thoughts when watching the film - wasn't he in the naval academy for the Empire for awhile before he got kicked out for attitude? I assumed he learned to fly there as he tells the recruiter he wants to join the navy and become a pilot, though I admit I may not have paid enough attention to how quickly he got kicked out of the navy and made a trooper.

[@joshuaschaller4400]

I had some problems with this movie, sure, but ended up really enjoying it

[@bashful_michael]

I would love if you guys could get Jon Kasdan to react to your Honest Trailer. It would be so interesting to hear his thoughts on it and why they made certain decisions in the film.

[@nickbode5211]

The “Space Top Gun” made me laugh, but it also would’ve been a much better and cooler Han Solo movie!

[@bluedragonninja]

Damn it, does no one else think that the SOLO logo should say ROLO! It makes me thing of the Rolo candies!

[@Joesphfffffff]

OMG! It's Grease 2! It's finally Grease 2! I have been waiting so long for this.

[@nealeworthington4557]

Tolkien nerd here. Both Kili and Fill die in both the movie and the book.

[@PeverellTheThird]

Google is just a click away

[@CharlessMovieChannel]

"He drove a car. I can't fly a 747 cuz I can Park my Chevy" In a video full of laugh out loud and HARD LAUGHS, This Might Be The Hardest that I laughed.

[@mnoir7257]

I’d say it hurt. Solo made Lucas Film rethink their entire strategy. This movie was very weak and for a Star Wars movie that is really bad. This is now two Star Wars movies in a row that I only saw once in the theatre. That’s not a good sign.

[@KeithFraser82]

If the guy who named Han "Solo" wanders the galaxy giving people Mad Lib names at random, that would explain Elan Sleazebaggano (yes, that is the official name of the guy who tries to sell Obi-Wan death sticks in Episode 2).

[@marikotrue3488]

I am Team LowExpectations/SoloEntertainedMe regarding this movie. This was not the movie that I was looking for, but with a bucket of popcorn it entertained me. However, I am curious as to whether or not L3-37 was a remnant of the Lord and Miller cut which Ron Howard tried to make more sincere? Maybe that is why L3-37 scenes were simultaneously oddly funny and oddly serious.

[@shaunbatty]

Spencer's expectations were SO..LO apparently

[@mightygnome]

Nobody complained about Han Solo being a Gary Stue because nobody saw the movie

[@askxperia]

Dan's fart analogy is perfect. Some cared, most didn't.

[@JustWriter]

I want that Academy movie too! They blew right past it!

[@SubsSociety]

Honest Trailer for 'Rubber'?

[@Shabtisinger]

Dan, you sound like a grandpa complaining about having to squint your eyes to see what was going on... and I'm here for it!

[@SergioLeRoux]

Did that guy also name Porkins?

[@BornYesterday0126]

Great commentary as always! Glad Dan mentioned the pantyhose, this movie was too freakin dark I couldn't make out half the crap on the screen! And your Harrison Ford impressions are killing me!

[@MPedich]

It would be really nice if you linked to the honesty trailer anywhere

[@brentage5000]

I'm with Spencer as far as expectations go in that I went in hoping to be entertained and left satisfied.

[@redswasted8624]

Had to keep rewinding Spencer doing that noise @4:04 🤣🤣

[@Heathcliff501]

I think a way better answer for the "what's your people" thing, they should have just changed it to the guy giving him a number like Han 5010. The empire just numbers them anyway like they said and he could have worked it to Solo when he left.

[@jimmybambles]

Next week is Gotti, 100 percent, which is the exact opposite of what it got on RT

[@neverlistentome]

Lando Calrissian is the Thomas Jefferson of droid slave owners.

[@endlessvoid7952]

Hot take: Solo > The Young Indian Jones Chronicles > Everything from your favorite creator(s)

[@Wills-Corner]

ScreenJunkies News The reason Han's dice are so important and why Lucasfilm made a big deal about them in The Last Jedi and Solo is because in the Expanded Universe, Han uses those same dice to win the Falcon from Lando. So Han keeps them in the cockpit as a sort of trophy. Supposedly he used them in Solo as well, but I didn't see them in the final scene.

[@cjwrench07]

They had nothing to do with that final Card Game. At most he had them in his pocket.

[@bordatwork]

My question is, in all of the Star Wars coffee table books of picture, schematics, drawing, etc., where they went so far as to identify the make and model of the Falcon, did it EVER have an escape pod before this film? Or was that just to sell toys?

[@anthonyquinonez338]

Sells toys

[@TheSlickster65]

While before this movie they never show a escape pod or cargo container docked in the front mandibles, the original schematics show a freight loading door, and barge clamps in between the front mandibles

[@chrissonofpear3657]

It had several, itty bitty ones below. TLJ shows something similar.

[@GenerationWest]

Ron Howard wanted the film to have "naturally lighting", I get it, had no problem with the idea, but a lot of the planets and interiors have hardly any lighting, because of their atmosphere, criminals have poor light fixtures, or it just literally burns them.

[@plkrtn]

The cinematographer was a hold over from Lord and Miller. It wasn't Howard's choice.

[@PeverellTheThird]

It's a technique that's used to hide the cheapness of the movie

[@HistoryMuses]

Dan, it's because people just wanted an excuse to hate on Rey and call her a Mary Sue, even though she's not. In fact, she actually states that she's flown ships before, she's just never flown them out of atmosphere. People just ignore that part. Also, there's probably that feeling of "of course he can fly the Falcon, he's Han Solo"

[@oldmat3eddie]

And he did go to the Imperial academy as a pilot. The movie didn't show it, but that's where he got enlisted to I'm pretty sure. And from legends stories we knew he had been training to be be an Imperial officer. That is why it is accepted.

[@ChrisLamia]

Well said

[@1Fyr]

she is totally a mary sue. damn you're so desperate.

[@Axterix13]

Her first time using the cannons on the Falcon, she kills three tie-fighters in a single shot. She's definitely got a lot of Sue-like qualities. Now for me, the most important aspect of a Sue is whether or not the Sue-traits takes you out of the movie, if it breaks your immersion. Rey doesn't do that for me, so I don't classify her as such. But I can really easily see why people can consider her a Sue, because she pretty much earns nothing she can do, can do everything, is liked by everyone, and her biggest problem is that she misses her parents. If she'd been written into someone's fanfic about the original trilogy... From the Han side of things, people who are likely to care most likely already know his backstory, which is that he's had training as a pilot in the Imperial Academy. It's really all his "I want to be a pilot" lines that don't make sense, as by that point, he already should have been a pilot... one who has won the Corellian Stripes. It also helps that people who like Solo are a lot more open to the idea that it has flaws, so there isn't a need to list every single last detail, as opposed to, say, the Ma-rey Sue factor, where there is quite a bit of evidence supporting the idea, yet you have plenty of people saying, "Nope, not at all, not in the slightest."

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

@@Axterix13 Know how I know you didn't watch TFA? Because Finn was on the goddamn cannons shooting, not Rey, you fake fan! GTFO

[@Shinjiku]

People didn't question how Han Solo could pilot instantly because the people who would have questioned didn't show up to watch it.

[@goldenlightpictures6223]

I’m imagining space top gun now!!!

[@MrQuotes]

Next week Gotti?

[@martinsharrett1872]

Can someone explain to me how escape pods work in this movie? The falcon has 3 escape pods. These pods are attached one on top of another in a way that you would have to crawl through the engines to get to the people go here part of the pod. Which is semi ok-ish except they clearly have no way to get in them that way...? BUT!! To get to escape pod 1 you have to crawl through escape pods 2 and 3!!! How does that work? The crew just rock paper scissors it to figure out who keeps climbing to the next pod before the ship explodes? Why?? Just why???

[@christopheraustin643]

That Imperial officer was a real jerk to the poor fellow he decided to name Droopy McCool

[@oylatip]

Hey Screen Junkies! Could you do House MD honest trailer sometime after Doctor Who series?)

[@TheTsbak]

I personally don’t mind Ray flying great right away but Han did have pilot training from the empire academy for a few year before he got kick down to infantry so That’s were he sharpened his pilot skills.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

It's available as a deleted scene, but was cut for pacing issues. It jumps to 'three years later'.

[@thechosenones4375]

A Ninja Assassins reference?? Nice!

[@nazmunnehar5582]

Yay someone got it!!!

[@binazirissenova9382]

i love this film and you can trash it all you want cause i love you guys no matter what, so

[@tiznip]

Binazir Issenova i agree

[@Evelyn_Okay]

SOLO: A Dicy Story, Where Things Get Dicy, And He Must Gamble Everything He Knows

[@job3rg]

22:27 How long can we still use the term tape for film/audio. Sooner or later people won't understand the phrase.

[@omalor]

Maybe Solo is the empire's version of John Doe, like if you don't have a last name, you get Solo? Yeah nah!

[@skkahl3400]

That officer giving him the surname is awful, but as I was watching it, not knowing that was coming, I was like, "Yeah, Han would give himself a name like that. That's cool, he's going to give himself that badass last name!" Then the officer said it and I was like ". . . he'd be proud of using a name given to him by an Imperial bureaucrat?" That was stupid.

[@3DHT]

It's actually a Citadel of Ricks!

[@PSNationTorgo]

I actually enjoyed Solo

[@CAPFlyer]

You guys missed his first flight on screen wasn't the Falcon, it was the transport after the pilot got killed during the train heist. That was also where the Life Debt came in because he saved Chewie twice during it. Also, on the train - trains haul more for less power/fuel use. That's the sole reason, just like how trains still transport far more containers of goods across the United States than trucks. Flying things is actually the least efficient way to move things between two points, so why use it when there are other options?

[@edsbigsister]

My biggest problem with Solo was that there was this whole droid rights fight. This movie takes place in the past. Why wasn't this a bigger issue in the other films? It's played for a joke? What are they even trying to say? Do we want rights for C3PO and R2? Are we supposed to? Plus there was that thing where the girl rips off her helmet and we're supposed to be surprised - I guess because she's a girl? Is that still being played for reveals? That the masked action character is a woman? I assumed she had to be someone's daughter or something, that her being a woman was not enough. Turns out we still don't think women can fight, fly, or space?

[@karkatvantas9557]

I think the point of the Robin Hood girl reveal isn't that she's female, but that she's a kid.

[@edsbigsister]

If that's true, they probably should have hired someone younger. It read to me like it was that she was female, but I hope you're right. That would make me feel better. Though not much, because most characters in these films seem young to me. Young people doing space stuff and being hardcore is not really a new thing for the Star Wars films.

[@cjwrench07]

It think the point was that she was a redhead. Like how could a person with no soul be the good guy.

[@cjwrench07]

Maybe the droid thing is an Easter egg for the next Story Movie. How the Droids were first made. Their propagation throughout the galaxy. Then their massive uprising, costing millions of lives, almost killing off of the old republic, and their eventual defeat. We then go though the thousands of years of bad blood and enslavement in the current story. All leading up to the new uprising lead by General C-3PO, and President R2-D2, in which they kill off all The Force bugs, and finally ending the Jedi-Sith War. Which FINALLY brings peace to the galaxy.

[@theonewhoeatslemons1931]

edsbigsister It's kinda a surprise that it was a human at all

[@michellecrocker2485]

I liked it. It was a good set up story for the Han Solo we got in the OT

[@yggdrasil3]

"What are we some kind of...Suicide Squad?" haha 😄... Oh wait :-S

[@matthewpolasko1430]

I suspect they brought Maul back to show if you can survive being cut in half in this universe then they can reuse Snoke if they decide to reverse what Johnson did in Last Jedi.

[@transsexual_computer_faery]

Maul was around since the clone wars cartoon

[@edday1662]

Maul in this movie has NOTHING to do with last jedi Snoke or rain Johnson,