This post will focus only on Solo: A Star Wars Story. Star Wars has always had controversy going back to the old, old Star Wars vs. Star Trek debate. It's funny that Solo was directed by Ron Howard as franchise creator George Lucas once recognized Ron's brother Clint during a casting session as Balok of the First Federation in the early Star Trek episode "The Corbomite Maneuver." I bring up this old argument only to point out when comparing the two as I've felt Star Trek (at least on TV. Harve Bennett dumbed down the franchise for the movies long before Star Wars fan JJ Abrams did...) that Trek was more intellectually stimulating while Wars was pure Good vs. Evil fun. Solo is a shining example of this and sunlight-deprived nerds are up in arms. A friend pointed out to me the movie explained too many mysteries. According to the internet, the biggest, most controversial, reveal was where Han Solo's name came from. This was never a
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