Fun Facts from Solo: A Star Wars Story Expanded Edition - Easter Eggs, Legends Connections & More!

[@tombarnes6923]

Something I haven't seen anyone acknowledge is Maul's arc in the gap between Solo and SWR. Firstly, in Solo he obviously has major authority within the criminal underworld and it's even hinted at that he's building a fleet (as you said). Then in 'Twilight of the Apprentice' he states that he has nothing, referencing that he has his own reasons for wanting the Empire to fall as well as a possible encounter with Darth Vader. Maul even states that he *"cannot defeat Vader alone",* so I'm guessing this encounter lead to the destruction of his entire faction. This may have included Maul dueling Vader who is unsure if he really is the Emperor's old apprentice or not, thus creating the rumor that "Darth Maul lives" within the Inquisitorious. Plus based on the fact they show both Vader and Maul at the ends of the standalones, they could be hinting this encounter may be shown in a future live-action movie! That would be a bold move on Disney/Lucasfilm's part, I hope it's true.

[@KAISERaw17]

This, if done super well, would be incredible

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

I really need to start reading the new novelizations. The novelizations for the original saga were always amazing with new deleted scenes and expanded old ones.

[@ATATChat]

Big fan of the new novels

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

@@ATATChat Same! Thrawn, Lost Stars, Bloodline, and Phasma are my favorites.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

@Osgood's Orbit I'm still torn between Thrawn and Lost Stars for my favorite.

[@mikeparker5792]

I don't read them but love listening to them on audible because they do awesome especially when Marc Thompson does the narration.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

@@mikeparker5792 I "read" them on Audible, too. Marc Thompson is amazing!

[@jamesthefighter4058]

I think it makes sense that Crimson Dawn, the top syndicate controlled by Maul, would be the superior one compared to that of Black Sun and others. Maul almost eliminated all of the crime syndicates and took their place with its own. Now that he’s more wiser and just as powerful as then, it wouldn’t be a surprise that it is still on top at the time of Solo

[@FPalace]

How can anyone hate this movie? LIKE HOW - it’s full of sooo many fun facts and Easter Eggs...!

[@mappawan]

You should do a full canon book list in chronological order!

[@twstf8905]

That metal armor plating that Beckett, (and many other people,) wears on his chest on Mimban looks EXACTLY like the front of K2-SO. It almost looks like they have repurposed it as additional armor from destroyed or dismantled Imperial security droids like K2. (Hey! That could be my question for next week's Q&A!!!)

[@Erika-gn1tv]

TWSTF 8 Also good prop-reusage.

[@bobho6939]

Pretty sure that was a standard issue officer chest plate like general veers

[@kylestateler]

Should’ve kept some coaxium for the Radus.

[@Villafarrell]

That was an ewok?! I never noticed tht! Nice presentation & eye for details :)

[@hanoldbuddy3524]

It's only in the Lord and Miller cut, it never shows up in the movie.

[@Villafarrell]

Thx @@hanoldbuddy3524 u never let me down! Tht makes sense

[@simoncarlsson4841]

A long shot but maybe maul found the katana fleet and needed the coaxium for that. I don't know if the katana fleet exists in canon though

[@luckysix1015]

Well dreadnuaghts are Canon but we don't even know if they are still called dreadnuaght class heavy cruises.

[@radioactiveowl95]

That's actually a pretty good idea

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Interesting idea...

[@richlynch9068]

What if Maul had been building his own Death Star? Most of this is just based on the idea that the Crimson Dawn Logo looks a bit like one but the timeline lines up. Clone Wars established that Maul knew about Sidious's plan to start the war, which could include ordering the Geonocians to design the station. He certainly had the resources to at least start construction and had plenty of reason to need one. The Empire probably would have become aware of what he was doing, sent inquisitors after Maul and taken over the operation, explaining how the Death Star 2 was built so quickly (since it was actually done concurrently.) All this is to say that, maybe Maul needed the fuel for some sort of big spaceship.

[@yospidey0078]

This an interesting idea because in the new canon people in the Empire only talk about one Death Star and nothing about a second. I think if this is true then the Empire and Vader would hunt him down to destroy his plans leaving him with nothing, leading to Star Wars Rebels.

[@richlynch9068]

yoSpidey007 Exactly! If they were actually to do a Vader movie it puts everything in the right place.

[@Kubinda12345]

2:05 Could the name Corso be a nod to Corso Riggs, a mercenary/smuggler character from SWTOR?

[@wesrm1]

Perhaps Maul wanted the coaxium for the Katana fleet.

[@alucardbloodyvampire6066]

Another fun fact: The man playing Korso played Daggeron the Solaris Knight (Golden Ranger) in Power Rangers Mystic Force. for anyone who was fan of the show back in 2007.

[@mauriziodanielemutti7874]

Why is a heavy fighter such as the Brute called “infiltrator”? Doesn’t really fit imo

[@darthbong800]

What chance would you give the Yuuzhan Vong being made canon and in what format would be best live action or animation

[@jacksonwashington3444]

The way Beket met rio is the same thing that happened in baby driver

[@imperialzorny2710]

What about han's dice ???

[@mtra.vilmajorgeruiz4572]

How about the mention of Tag and Bink in the book!?

[@sharkfinbite]

Solo was a good film. I don't think the reason it flopped was because of a boycott like some say or because of Star Wars fatigue. I get a strong gut feeling if someone did research and conduct a study they would find the number of people that were boycotting was not really sufficient enough to cause this flop. I think it was something else. It was because it was a movie about Han Solo. I never was that interested in the character growing up, nor did I remember knowing anyone that interested in Solo like the other characters. Most of the other characters to me felt like they had more kids interested in them than Han.

[@LithiumBlossom]

It came out weeks after Infinity War and Deadpool 2 and had a short advertising campaign. It just got squeezed out by big competition in a time when people can't afford the cinema as much.

[@cody8835]

A lot of people love Han Solo. Just because it wasn't Luke or Obi-Wan or someone like that isn't the reason it flopped.

[@vanitylegend3735]

It's it time, people associate early Summer with superheroes and Star Wars is Christmas. Plus it fell in a peirod where lots of people are busy at work so it just didn't sell itself as well as it needed.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

And why release it near summer film competition, instead of in autumn?

[@probablynovideoshere]

Most non star wars fans i spoke to around that season weren't aware there was a Star Wars film in cinemas. Star Wars fatigue is very real. Having a Star Wars film every year is very nice for fans, but normal people will just get tired.

[@armandogarciaaizaga4728]

Love the Saw and Enfys connection! But if Jyn is 11 here, is she supposed to be 20 in Rogue One?

[@yoshim616]

Yeah, I believe she was born during the Clone Wars, a year or so before Luke and Leia which puts her at 20-21 in Rogue One.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

About 21, I think. She was rescued by Saw about 13 years before Rogue One, and this is 3 years later.

[@RareKumiko]

There's one small blurb about Tobias Beckett meeting a Queen who was trying to get him to marry her, because of his strong physique, blond hair and blue eyes. I'm wondering if this is a subtle inference to the Hapan Queen Mother from Legends.

[@IDdrifter102]

I gotta watch this movie.

[@MegaCatman45]

Could Favreau's TV show be about The Criminal Syndicates??

[@cooperv.6083]

It was rumored to be about post ROTJ Mandalore

[@JellyMach]

These facts sure are fun

[@sharkfinbite]

I would not have made the "dogs' " teeth regenerate if I was the producer. I would have stated they conduct a real world animal process, a term I can't find the term for, where they naturally replace teeth all the time. Basically, the animal does something similar to what crocodiles do every 2 months. They replace teeth and regrow a new one. The difference here is the amount of time it might take for it to grow for this fantasy creature. The regenerating idea seems a little unnecessary. I understand why they chose to go with it, but it seems off... if you know what I mean.

[@a.morphous66]

Eh, it’s Star Wars. You’ve just got to accept it sometimes.

[@sharkfinbite]

THANK GOD Chewbacca didn't eat anyone..... but my question is... why did it say only, "humans?" Did the writer meant to say, "No. He didn't eat anyone," or was he implying he might have eaten some none human sentient beings? Haha. I can just accept he didn't really eat anyone. That scene to me might have been funny, but it caused a disturbing domino effect. It implied Chewie ate people and could switch into feral animal survival mode if the conditions were right. This to me seems to dissolved that concern.

[@FilmShiz]

Obviously he would have eaten non-human sentient beings; humans do it too.

[@starwarsnerd100]

RubbishSpeakers True, people do what they have to in survival situations. But if a spin off movie casually dropped the bombshell that Han or Leia or Luke had chowed down on another being, wouldn’t you look at them a bit differently?

[@FilmShiz]

That's like saying "Would you look at James Bond differently if he'd, at some point in his life, eaten a slice of bacon?" In that situation, he would have eaten part of a sentient being. The only difference here is that humans can't handle a lot of raw meat, while all other carnivores / omnivores can; I assume including Chewie; so James Bond and anybody else would have had to cook it while Chewie didn't need to.

[@alexmandin6279]

It’s interesting that Chewbacca hade to to that to his home planet

[@auntvesuvi3872]

😊

[@UraiFen44444444]

Nice Video :)

[@AlexWhyte139]

I feel like there was a much better film buried somewhere within Solo looking at all these ideas.

[@tkprtyrhd]

4:21 audio error

[@dragonballtalk8527]

I wish they made a movie called luke which told the story between 6 and 7

[@mindseyemelodies]

Not so fun facts: the balance sheets.

[@JimmyTurner]

Fun fact. Lando was the real customer who wanted FISTO in New Vegas.

[@hamburglar8794]

In the movie, you can definetly tell that there were multiple directors. There are just so many twists and endings. First they reveal Enfys Nest isn’t so bad, then Dryden vos just dies, then Beckett betrays them and then maul is revealed. I still liked the movie, it’s just a shame there was a director change.

[@sam.e.a6422]

Those aren't twists, is this your first movie?

[@hamburglar8794]

Sam.E.A while they aren’t major twist, they are still twists. If a movie goes in a different direction then to what it was originally set up, it is a twist.

[@sam.e.a6422]

@@hamburglar8794 beckett betraying them is a partial twist, but dryden dying is expected because he's the antagonist , and maul isn't a twist, its a reveal

[@hamburglar8794]

The maul ending is a twist. They set up that Vos was the leader of Crimson Dawn, but in the end we discover he isn’t. Also I said “twist AND endings”. There are definetly multiple endings. Is this your first movie?

[@sam.e.a6422]

@@hamburglar8794 no, I'm fairly certain he said he had to answer to someone. And I have no idea what you mean by multiple endings, it only ends one way, and anyways the change in directors didn't alter the script

[@lukeskywalkerjediknight2125]

i want a Luke movie with Mara Jade

[@lukerope1906]

Why? Mara isn't canon. And if Lucasfilm wants to stick with George Lucas's wishes she'll never be.

[@lukeskywalkerjediknight2125]

but i want to have a gf

[@lukerope1906]

@@lukeskywalkerjediknight2125 Not the Jedi way, so no gf for you

[@lukeskywalkerjediknight2125]

oh i forgot the stupid rule >:)

[@chrisvromoulio15]

We might get luke a star wars story but with Mara??? I dont think so....

[@CujoHyer]

Movie sucks.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Nah, it's just uneven at times.

[@a.morphous66]

I found it incredibly fun, and it was everything I wanted it to be.

[@CujoHyer]

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure.

[@joshwelch6790]

Fun Fact. Nobody saw it cause The Last Jedi was horrible.

[@lukerope1906]

Are you calling me a nobody? Because I saw it, twice. And TLJ was great.

[@thesmiler6405]

TLJ was not great, however I really enjoyed Solo

[@Elvisbackpack]

I saw it and I loved TLJ. So the fun fact here is nothing.

[@zulithnin9394]

@@lukerope1906 well you wasted your money the second time...

[@sharkfinbite]

Nah! It is because it did in fact have red flag signs indicating it might not be a good movie from the early starting days. Remember the director or someone else getting fired during process of the moving getting started? There were other stuff to occur as well. I think that and the fact it was about Han Solo was what really motivated people not to see it. I mean all that crap going on during production pretty much literally gave omens the movie might have something bad happen to it or not go well. Also I don't remember many people growing up that interested in Solo. The other Star Wars characters always seemed to have people more interested in. It was really because it was about Han Solo and it showed red flags it might not be a good movie during the developing process. The Last Jedi didn't do that much damage to prevent people to stop watching Star Wars like so many angry nerds like to claim. People these days are pretty much used to Star Wars movies not being that good or do things that anger them. It's because ever since the prequels it instilled the belief that Star Wars will always be lack luster or average. It will also never reach the same level of quality or whatever it once hand in the classic trilogy. People have come to realize this now. The prequels I hate to say it but they really did have a negative ruining affect aftermath that is harming Star Wars. It established the movies to always to be plagued by mishandling of characters or other aspects of the universe, bad choices from the development leaders, and questionable plot choices that annoy people and make people decisive if the movie was that good or bad. Star Wars fans I hate to say it, but are very fickle, like to think contemporary, and can be just as toxic as they can be beneficial to the franchise. When they see something they dislike they will go over excessive than what is necessary. No other franchise has the same situation. Look at Marvel. People don't flip the f*ck out in the same way, even if a film fails about their favorite character. Star Trek's fans don't send death threats to actors or the directors. (Star Wars did in fact experience this and still do. [George Lucas had death threat mails sent to him during the prequels]) Star Wars has problems. That is something everyone knows, but the Star Wars fans are not making it any better in how some of them choice behave about it. They are making it worse and making the environment more difficult and toxic work in. You can't fix anything well if people are constantly afraid they might do something wrong and intensify the pressure in the toxic atmosphere from the angry fans. They just crack under the pressure, or make more stupid mistakes out of desperation. This is what I have literally scene over the years with Star Wars.