Opening this weekend, Solo: A Star Wars Story introduces the young outlaw Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich). The movie traces his path from a street thief to a lot of years before he meets Luke Skywalker. It’s the beginning of the reckless pilot who becomes known for getting himself into trouble, but always finding a way out. This episode is wild and crazy from the very beginning to its “impossible” ending.
The film takes place before “Rogue One” which is somewhere between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, so you will find a few characters from the past and of course Solo’s future. I like the way they put it all together and fill in a lot of detail about Solo that will give you an idea of where the rebel came from and how he’s going to fit into the Star Wars Galactic Era. Even though the film does not show too much of the Empire ships or clones, during the film fans of the saga will get filled in on the Empire’s plan to reign over the galaxy. They do however give Han Solo a chance to prove himself in there ground troops.
In a galactic fight for a blue substance called iridium we do see its importance in the conflict between the Empire and the beginning of the rebellion. Along the way Han acquires many weapons and tools as he threads his way through several plot twists, some of which you may never see coming. From Cpt. Beckett (played by Woody Harrelson) who takes him under his wing, to the beginning of his friendship with Chewy, and to the Millennium Falcon it’s an awesome roller coaster ride.
Teens will like the film best for the way the story gets played out. Much like a video game in a way, you wait and watch for the next thing to turn the corner and turn combat into chaos. In this case you are Solo moving though a labyrinth of his life with challenges happening at every stop. And the ride keeps going in this amazing film.
The graphics of the hyper-jump through space as well as the explosions, hand to hand fighting, and the wear and tear on the ships look phenomenal. The use of the robots and their functioning personalities are impressive and also add some comedy. Especially L3-37 (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) Lando Calrissian’s sarcastic robot that’s almost human and always speaking his mind at an inopportune time. I love the wicked train heist and the landspeeder that Solo steals and tries to out run the Empire’s hover cycles. Thank the experts in the CGI department for all that and a whole lot more.
In the perspective of the audience: “This Han Solo movie was fantastic, I absolutely loved it.” “Even though Star Wars movies are produced by Disney now, they still can make some banger movies.” “I’ve always been a huge Star Wars fan and when I was watching the movie of course they made their own story breaking the original canon for Han Solo, but the story they replaced it with was good and the movie story line was amazing.” “For any Star Wars fan that watches this movie you’ll know this movie takes place during the Galactic Empire; while they seize control on Corellia (Han Solo’s birth planet).” “Although for any huge Star Wars fan, throughout the movie, be alert for sick twists that will leave you very emotional. Not just sad but angry, and completely awestruck.” 
You will soon understand that this movie is a connector to Star Wars the Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. The way this movie portrays young Han Solo, he always says he’s never the good guy, but in the heat of a situation young Han is morally good at heart. The way Disney made this movie, it was great. As for multi revisits to the movie, I would definitely go back and see it over and over again just because how much I enjoyed it. It’s definitely worth (5 out of 5 Stars) for us teens.
This film has been rated PG 13 for the violence and minor, but vulgar, language.
