Woo! Another Star Wars spinoff. Did we need it? Does
Hollywood love money? Do my readers know what a rhetorical question is? Welcome
everyone to the review of the star wars spinoff of one the most beloved
characters in the galaxy far far away.
The movie starts with our hero being a petty thief who just
made the biggest score of his life and now wants to run away from his poverty
ridden, crime addled, disease spreading hellhole of a planet with the love of his
life Daenerys Targaryen and also almost succeeds but could not take her with
him. Now he enlists in the galactic empire to become a pilot but drops out
midway and ends up running with some more thieves who are also about to hit a big
score.
At the end of it all, the greatest achievement of Han Solo
was tricking a trickster into giving him the iconic Millennium Falcon. And
inbetween it all, we also saw the infamous Kessel Run which Han Solo claims to
have been made in less than 12 parsecs. I guess that was the highest point of
the movie (if there were any more even),
The film’s music seemed uninspired and the characters and their relationships were as hollow as the android bones. Maybe the only properly developed and well written character was the android companion of Lando Calrissian who sacrificied herself for the cause and ultimately become one with the falcon's navigation system.
Han Solo was never a character who could succeed in a
franchise like Star Wars without the influence of force sensitive accomplices.
Its hard to see him as the main protagonist and he is hardly the anti-hero. The
movie does have some good action scenes, chases and a very very badly
coordinated heist where they kill the love interest of an older guy just to
force the audience into being sentimental which is kinda hard to be, given how
stick figure like characters we have. And then there’s the mandatory betrayal
to make us gasp but at the point it occurs, it is almost pointless.
The film’s music seemed uninspired and the characters and their relationships were as hollow as the android bones. Maybe the only properly developed and well written character was the android companion of Lando Calrissian who sacrificied herself for the cause and ultimately become one with the falcon's navigation system.
The main villain is like an overly cheesy vamp who does nothing except replace the regular danger of the galactic empire. Is he a big mafia leader? God knows how. What was interesting was seeing Darth Maul at the end. Now like everybody else, I am also wondering how is that possible after his death along with Qui-Gon years ago but atleast this gives the movie a teensy amount of allure at the very end, which it very much lacked throughout its runtime. And yeah, there’s a budding rebellion too. And obviously, Han ends up helping the rebels.
The Verdict
If you want to watch all the movies in the star wars
cinematic universe (like the author) then unfortunately you cannot avoid this.
For the others, it might probably be a good decision to give it a miss and relish
in something else. If you’re feeling like there’s nothing else to do and the
tickets are rather cheap near you then you can go to be enthralled by some
great action scenes and a very simple storyline. Infact if you’re a fan of
simple things in life and like star wars for gun battles and spaceships, then
you might even enjoy this.
"The movie ends finally in post apocalyptic Wakanda."
note- this review was written when the movie originally released but has been posted late.
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