The team of Han Solo gathered on a first photo

News 22 February, 2017

These include Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke and Donald Glover.

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The filming of Star Wars Anthology: Han Solo began at the end of January under the direction of Phil Lord and Chris Miller , the directors of Lego , who have just shared a first photo of the team. “To see such unique and talented people coming from the four corners of the planet to create together is a small miracle, ” they said in a statement. ” We do not find anything funny to add, because we are very moved by this Project, and very fortunate to participate. ” It is true that until now, the two directors had shared the first information about the film by slipping jokes: to announce the beginning of the shoot, they had for example tweeted ” Han First Shot” (first plan of Han ), A play on words referring to the famous scene of The Episode IV nicknamed ” Han shot first ” (Han shot first). And when they hired Woody Harrelson to incarnate the hero’s mentor , they justified this choice by stating that he was “very strong at ping pong”.

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In short, truce of chatter, here is the picture. From left to right are Woody Harrelson ( Welcome to Zombieland, Hunger Games …), Phoebe Waller-Bridge ( Fleabag ), Chris Miller (below), the new interpreter of Han Alden Ehrenreich ( Tetro, Ave César!) . . In the middle, Emilia Clarke ( Game of Thrones ), Phil Lord , Donald Glover ( Interstellar , soon in Spider-Man ) and Joonas Suotamo in Chewbacca (it was he who interpreted it alternately with Peter Mayhew in Le Réveil Of the Force ).

The team of Han Solo gathered on a first photo
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We also know a part of the technical team: the head of the first contact , Bradford Young , the editor is Chris Dickens , known for his work on Hot Fuzz and Slumdog Millionaire , the head of visual effects is Dominic Tuohy , Acclaimed for Harry Potter 3 and Mission: Impossible 5 . The “veterans” of the first Star Wars are also attached to the project, as Neal Scanlan , responsible for creating creatures and droids, Amanda Knight , specialist or makeup Neil Lamont , in charge of decorations.

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This spin-off on Han Solo will be released next year 2018. It will tell the youth of Han Solo: how it became the smuggler thief and scoundrel Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi will meet in Mos Eisley cantina. The action passes 10 years before A New Hope.