When Disney began to expand the Star Wars universe on a large scale, it quickly became clear that not only big episode films in the cinema would expect. There were also many stories to tell from the distant galaxy away from the Skywalker saga. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has successfully demonstrated.
Two years after the first Star Wars anthologie film, Lucasfilm put great hopes in a spin-off that tells the original story of the space smuggler Han Solo. He was played by Harrison Ford in the original trilogy and the sequels. But How does the story go according to Solo: A Star Wars Story with part 2 and 3?
Comes Solo: A Star Wars Story 2?
Although Lucasfilm and Disney have never officially announced the offshoot around the young Han Solo as a trilogy, leading actor Alden Ehrenreich said several times that he had signed a contract for three Star Wars films. The first was solo: a Star Wars story. Many fans then hoped for Solo 2 and Solo 3.
Not least the film is waiting with a cliffhanger end On that should have caused some question marks among the audience: In the last minutes of Solo: A Star Wars Story, ex-Sith Darth Maul, who actually died in episode I, came back. Nevertheless, the chances of Solo 2 and Solo 3 are very bad.
Why does Solo: A Star Wars Story 2 not?
The reason for this is a simple one: Solo was a financial flop. With a budget that-depending on the source-between $ 270 and $ 330 million, the spin-off was only able to import $ 393 million worldwide. A massive financial disappointment, especially measured by the success of the other Star Wars films.
Except for Solo, every film of the franchise has been effortlessly climbed over the billion mark on the box office. After the solo flop, Lucasfilm rejected any plans for further anthologies And focus on the production of Star Wars real series such as The Mandalorian and Obi-Wan Kenobi with the start of Disney+.
Is all hope of solo 2 and 3 lost?
Although fans have been going on under the hashtag #Makesolo2happen for another part of the torn solo saga, there will probably never be a direct sequel to solo. The greatest hope that currently exists for solo enclosure is called Lando and has been under development for five years.
The Star Wars project was originally announced as a series at Disney+. Most recently, Lando Calrissian actor Donald Glover announced that it turned into a film. However, the plans do not seem to be too concrete, because To date, no theatrical release for the Lando film has been set. Other projects enjoy priority.
And what does that mean for Qi’ra and Darth Maul?
The Lando film could of course also take up the fates of Qi’ra and Maul, which are an essential part of the solo cliffhanger. However, it is currently unclear when the film is located on the Star Wars-Timeline. When we venture a slightly bigger jump, we will at least find out what has become of the two.
In the comic trilogy War of the Bounty Hunters, Crimson Reign and The Hidden Empire, Qi’ra is back as the leader of the Syndikat Crimson Dawn. The action is between the events of the empire strikes and the return of the Jedi knights. Maul’s story is now ended in Star Wars Rebels.