Hey #Twitterville we just wrapped production so here's a special message #StarWars pic.twitter.com/8QJqN5BGxr
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) October 17, 2017
After months of waiting and speculating, Ron Howard announced that production on the film had wrapped and he delivered to us the title of his Han Solo spinoff film. And the title we’ve all been waiting for is…exactly what we all thought it would be.
We have a title for the #HanSolo movie! ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ #Solo #starwars pic.twitter.com/PbiKZPqBpk
— Star Wars Explained (@StarWarsExplain) October 17, 2017
Yes, the upcoming standalone is officially titled Solo: A Star Wars Story. The film will follow Han Solo and Chewbacca as they do some extreme teen adventures before joining the rebellion. Alden Ehrenreich will play Han Solo, Donald Glover will play Lando Calrissian, and their co-stars include Game of Thrones‘s Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany and Westworld‘s Thandie Newton.
Given the film’s shall we say minimalist title, Twitter has a few thoughts, because of course they do.
https://twitter.com/chillmage/status/920325731204378624
https://twitter.com/jasondashbailey/status/920325035759423488
https://twitter.com/mplacko/status/920325665332772864
Many made the obvious connection.
— Matt Singer / mattsinger.bsky.social (@mattsinger) October 17, 2017
If they drink from a red cup at any point in the film, I am getting up and walking out https://t.co/OuLv3505Vr
— Carl (@ListeningToFilm) October 17, 2017
But the studio beat them to it long ago. “Red Cup” has a deeper meaning–it’s what the film was called throughout pre-production.
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Shot pic.twitter.com/KReR6rgKFT— Christopher Miller (@chrizmillr) January 30, 2017
They should have just called it RED CUP (which was the code name when they were casting) https://t.co/nXQllqjDSK
— Rebecca Ford (@Beccamford) October 17, 2017
Lucasfilm has literally been calling the Han Solo movie "Red Cup" for three years.
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) October 17, 2017
But some heroes cut right to the chase and gave the people what we’re truly after.
c'mon, Howard, just give the audience what it wants pic.twitter.com/YyKHsYXF9X
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/ohnorosco/status/920326390209220611
Solo: A Star Wars Story will be released in theaters on May 25, 2018. And your entire theater will attempt to smuggle in red cups. Porg: A Star Wars Story will presumably be released around 2020.