‘Solo’ Character Posters Offer A New Look At Jon Favreau’s Character
A whole gaggle ofSolocharacter posters have arrived, introducing us to the characters who occupy the latestStar Wars Story. The best of the bunch offers up a new look atJon Favreau’s character, an alien named Rio.
Hey, are you in the mood for someSolocharacter posters? I had a feeling you were, or else you probably wouldn’t have clicked on this story. As we get closer and closer toRon Howard’sStar Warsprequel, expecting more and more marketing to arrive. We’ve already witnessed some pretty cool footage via trailers and TV spots. Now we have these character posters. I’m still not crazy about the orange/red color scheme, but I do like the hand-painted quality on display here.
Here’sAlden Ehrenreichas Han. At some point during pre-production forSolo, someone made a decision that Han would look shocked and/or puzzled in all the marketing material for the film. And here we are.
Next up:Emilia Clarkeas Qi’Ra, Han’s childhood friend who apparently wears gloves through the entire movie. What’s she hiding under those gloves? My guess: lobster hands, just likeSolocharacterTherm Scissorpunch.
Oh hell yeah, everyone’s boyfriend is here:Donald Gloveras Lando. Look at that cape!
Chewbacca! What’s most interesting about this poster is the fact that while the other character posters all feature the names of the actors portraying the parts, Chewbacca’s simply says “Chewbacca.” Indicating that the Wookie plays himself.
Here’sWoody Harrelsonas Beckett, Han’s mentor. Nice mustache.
Thandie Newtonis Val, yet another member of the criminal family that springs up around Han.Paul Bettanyis Dryden, the film’s villain. At one point, Michael K. Williams was going to play this part. Dryden was originally going to be a motion-capture character, and Williams said thelook resembleda “half mountain lion, half human.” Sadly, they nixed that idea during reshoots, and now Dryden just has a few Frankenstein scars.Pheobe Waller-Bridgeis L3-37, a droid who serves as a side-kick of sorts to Lando.
And finally, we saved the best for last. Here’s Rio, an alien played by Jon Favreau. We still don’t know much about Rio – we’ve only glimpsed him briefly in a trailer. But if he gets his own character poster, he must have a bigger part to play.
Solo: A Star Wars Storyhits theaters onMay 25, 2018.
Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in “Solo: AStar WarsStory,” an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo befriends his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and meets the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of theStar Warssaga’s most unlikely heroes.
