Solo: A Star Wars Story [Blu-ray]

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

I hated the last jedi but I loved this movie. This movie felt more like a star wars movie. Lots of throw backs to the orginal trilogy. The music and sound effects were true star wars. The action was incredible. And Lando was spot on! There were times I would close my eyes and I thought it was listening to Billy Dee. I will admit that I was nervous about the actor playing Han Solo. At first I thought “this is not Han Solo”. By the end of the movie I felt like it really was Han Solo. It is almost like the character slowly transformed throughout the entire film into the Han that we all know and love. Ron Howard did an excellent job. He payed close attention to the details of our beloved star wars universe. All I can say is I hope there is a sequel.-Roth91

Solo far exceeded expectations. It seems like “The Last Jedi” just came out (it did about 5 months ago) and I would have preferred if Disney could space these releases out by 12 months – but that has nothing to do with the content of Solo. I was definitely hesitant about how any cast could own this story but they did. Speaking of the story (no spoilers), it works well and then really comes together right at the end – realistically setting up 2 more Alden Ehrenreich movies. Ehrenreich has taken the Solo mantel from Harrison Ford – Ehrenreich *is* the young Solo. I call this out because that was the #1 issue I had with this movie coming into it. No one else could be play Solo – but Ehrenreich won me over. The rest of the cast was excellent and I am looking forward to seeing the majority of them again in the future. Solo felt fresh – a new start in the Stars Wars saga. Background: My favorite SW episodes are the original theatrical releases of Episodes 4, 5 and 6.-Solo far exceeded expectations. It seems like “The Last Jedi” just came out (it did about 5 months ago) and I would have preferred if Disney could space these releases out by 12 months – but that has nothing to do with the content of Solo. I was definitely hesitant about how any cast could own this story but they did. Speaking of the story (no spoilers), it works well and then really comes together right at the end – realistically setting up 2 more Alden Ehrenreich movies. Ehrenreich has taken the Solo mantel from Harrison Ford – Ehrenreich *is* the young Solo. I call this out because that was the #1 issue I had with this movie coming into it. No one else could be play Solo – but Ehrenreich won me over. The rest of the cast was excellent and I am looking forward to seeing the majority of them again in the future. Solo felt fresh – a new start in the Stars Wars saga. Background: My favorite SW episodes are the original theatrical releases of Episodes 4, 5 and 6.

Theater review. Possible spoilers. Fresh on the heels of “The Last Jedi” comes the back story of Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich), arguably the best character in the Star Wars saga. The movie was laden with problems, not the least of which is a change of directors well after things were underway. I’m not completely sure of the rationale but “creative differences” can mean many things. After Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired, Ron Howard took over and by most accounts delivered the picture Star Wars veteran scriptwriter Lawrence Kasdan, his son Jonathan and producer Kathleen Kennedy wanted. I’ve read the reason for the change had to do with Lord and Miller’s version relying too much on humor to their version being too dark. I’ve read where they didn’t get along with star Alden Ehrenreich to the fact they were burning through money. In any case I thought the movie was damn good.- M. Oleson

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover
Directors: Ron Howard
Format: NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Dolby Digital 7.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: Spanish, French, English
Region: Region A/1
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: PG-13 , Parents Strongly Cautioned
Studio: LUCASFILM
DVD Release Date: September 25, 2018
Run Time: 135 minutes
ASIN: B07CQKKFKB