Disney and Lucasfilm are reportedly developing a spin-off based onSolo: A Star Wars Story. The movie hit theaters last year and was seen as a box office and critical disappointment. However, over the past several months,Star Warsfans have been warming up to the movie and several fans want to see a sequel.
The “MakeSolo 2” hashtag even started trending earlier this year, thanks to the dedication of some hardcore fans. Now, it looks like something connected to the movie will be hitting the Disney+ streaming service in the near future.
While aSolospin-off is certainly exciting news, it has yet to be officially confirmed by anyone at Lucasfilm orDisney. Sources indicate that the project will be a movie, but it might not contain any of our favorite heroes from the last project. Instead, it appears that the movie will be about the enemy. You can read the rumor below.
“Some kind of spin-off set after the events of the movie is being developed as a Disney+ series. As it probably wouldn’t be aboutHan, Chewie, or Lando; some kind of underworld series dealing with the Crimson Dawn and other scoundrels sounds the most likely.”
TheSolospin-off project is very much a rumor at this time, but there was some groundwork for the movie set a year ago. Shortly afterSolohit theaters, it was reported that Lucasfilm was working on aMos Eisleymovie, which was later scrapped when theyoung Han Solo movieunderperformed at the box office. Lucasfilm shelved a handful of projects which were in various forms of development, including theObi-Wan Kenobimovie. We now know that Ewan McGregor is coming back to reprise his role, but for a Disney+ series, so anotherSoloproject isn’t much of a stretch.
It is believed that theMos Eisleymovie may have been “repurposed” for a potentialSolospin-off on Disney+. As fans start to come around to the young Han Solo story, it would make sense to do something else with it for the future. Plus, we’re going to have a pretty large wait for aStar Warsmovie afterRise of Skywalkerhits theaters later this year. Disney+ hasThe Mandalorian, theRogue Oneprequel series, and theObi-Wan Kenobishow on the way.
It’s going to be very interesting to see how theStar Warsshows on Disney+ are accepted upon release. Like the release ofSolo, Lucasfilm may be waiting to make further announcements until they see howThe Mandaloriandoes, along with the other confirmed shows, before revealing anything else. For now, it looks like Disney is preparing as much original content as they can to compete with Netflix, Hulu, Apple, and Amazon, which is a wise decision.Star Wars Unitywas the first to reveal Disney and Lucasfilm’s plans to make aSolospin-off movie.
