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This article is basically a continuation of yesterday’s wild speculation article which you can read here . As information and speculation continues to trickle out about the behind the scenes drama of the still untitled Han Solo movie, there are a few more things that need to be mentioned that we simply didn’t have time for yesterday. First and foremost, It can not be overstated as to how big of a deal this whole thing actually is. The situation we’re watching unfold is more or less unprecedented. While we’ve seen directors leave projects before (sometimes fired, sometimes of their own volition) it’s never been this late into the production, and neve on a movie or a franchise on the level of Star Wars . There have been a few comparisons that have been cropping up again and again that I do want to take a moment to address here. Zack Snyder and Justice League : For those who don’t know, director Zack Snyder has stepped away from the upcoming Justice League movie to deal with fam...

Welcome to “Wild Speculation” a segment here where we take a recent news story and speculate wildly on what it could mean. Today’s story, Directing duo, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who were directing the still untitled Han Solo spinoff film for Lucasfilm, announced yesterday that they were leaving the project. Officially that is all we know so far. Now, onto the wild speculation. First of all I want to say something about the idea of Phil Lord and Chris Miller directing this Han Solo movie in the first place. To date the pair have directed four movies together ( Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street ) which have all been out and out comedies of one form or another. While not full out parodies, each of these four movies has leaned very heavily into outlandish comedy in it’s own unique way. And while Star Wars movies have always been fun movies with plenty of humor, especially when it came to the character of Han Solo, it’s nowhere ne...