With roughly two weeks left until Solo: A Star Wars Story debuts in theaters, new details have surfaced about how much of the finished film director Ron Howard actually shot, after replacing ousted directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
The report revealed that, last winter, LucasFilm screened a cut of Solo: A Star Wars Story for Phil Lord and Chris Miller, so they could determine whether or not they wanted to fight to get their director’s credit with the Director’s Guild of America.
Regardless of all the behind-the-scenes drama, Solo: A Star Wars Story has been tracking quite well, with the latest projections putting Solo: A Star Wars Story at over $170 million through the four-day holiday weekend, which would break the all-time record for that holiday weekend.
Here’s an excerpt from this report below, revealing how Kathleen Kennedy had brought on Ron Howard, ‘within days’ of firing Lord and Miller.