Date: 30th July 2020

Ron Howard Confirms No Plans For A Sequel To The Star Wars Story


Solo: A Star Wars Story director Ron Howard confirms there are currently no plans for a sequel to the prequel film he called an "underground hit".

The film's credited director Ron Howard confirmed the obvious on Wednesday, telling SirusXM’s Radio Andy that no sequel is in the works.

"Well, there’s no sequel planned now,” Howard said, before adding “it’s amazing to be a part of a Star Wars movie that seems to be a kind of underground hit, which is not what you’d expect, but that’s been an odd, strange journey for that movie."

Released in 2018, the prequel movie was the second anthology endeavor from the franchise after the success of Gareth Edwards' Rogue One. While both films went through tumultuous productions, Solo's was more open to the public with a last minute director switch between original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and Howard.

The film was originally to be directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. But the "21 Jump Street (2012)" and "Lego Movie, The (2014)" directors were firedin June 2017, five months after production began, due to clashes over story and tone with Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan.

Longtime Lucasfilm associate Ron Howard was hired two days later and ended up overseeing massive reshoots - and recastings - at a fast pace as Lucasfilm refused to move the film’s May 25, 2018 release date.

Source: Press Release