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7 Things You Need to Know about L3-37’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge #HanSoloEvent

Phoebe Waller-Bridge L3-37 #HanSoloEvent

A Star Wars movie wouldn’t be a Star Wars movie without droids. You can rest easy, though, because SOLO: A Star Wars Story doesn’t just have droids, it has L3-37. Played by the highly talented Phoebe Waller-Bridge, L3 isn’t just any old droid. Uh uh. She’s hellbent on liberating all droids from enslavement. It may sound ridiculous, but L3 is 100% serious. She obeys her master Lando Calrissian, but not without tossing a few sharp …

Joonas Suotamo – Chatting with Chewbacca #HanSoloEvent

by Andrew Kardon

Joonas Suotamo SOLO #HanSoloEvent Chewbacca

With a heart as big as his shoe size, Joonas Suotamo was clearly born to play Chewbacca. The nearly seven-foot tall actor took over the mantle of Han Solo’s famous Wookiee sidekick with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Original legendary actor Peter Mayhew graciously passed the torch over to Joonas, and the big guy hasn’t looked back. A basketball player at Penn State University, the Finnish actor also played in Finland’s basketball league, as well …

5 Things I Learned About Paul Bettany’s Role in SOLO: A Star Wars Story

by Andrew Kardon

British-born actor Paul Bettany is one lucky guy. For starters, he’s British so he has that really cool accent. Then there’s the fact that he’s married to actress Jennifer Connelly. He also gave voice to Tony Stark’s computer called J.A.R.V.I.S. in the Iron Man and Avengers films, followed up by embracing the role of Vision. Yet being in the biggest blockbuster of the summer, Avengers: Infinity War, apparently wasn’t enough for Bettany. He also went …

Director Ron Howard on Dinosaurs, the Complexity of Star Wars and Turning Down SOLO

by Andrew Kardon

Ron Howard should not be in Hollywood. It’s not that he isn’t talented. Far from it. The former Opie Taylor from The Andy Griffith Show and Richie Cunningham of Happy Days blossomed into an incredible award winning director. Apollo 13. A Beautiful Mind. The Da Vinci Code. Cinderella Man. Parenthood. And his latest out-of-the-galaxy hit, SOLO: A Star Wars Story. No, Ron Howard most certainly is talented. It’s just that he’s also so darn likable! When …

Emilia Clarke – An Interview with Han Solo’s New Gal Qi’ra

by Andrew Kardon

It was Saturday, the day before Mother’s Day and there I was sitting in a room with 24 other bloggers waiting for the Mother of Dragons herself, Emilia Clarke. As part of an amazing Disney blogger event dubbed #HanSoloEvent, the 25 of us had the insane pleasure of attending the SOLO: A Star Wars Story Red Carpet Premiere and interviewing most of the cast members. Known for her tough female characters, Clarke has been involved …