The directors who began work on the project, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, were best known for their work on comedies like 21 Jump Street and The LEGO Movie.
It’s not too surprising to hear than the Han Solo movie is going to be at least somewhat funny.
It’s possible that the Lord and Miller version of Han Solo was actually too funny, and part of Ron Howard’s job may be to tone things down a bit.
It’s difficult to tell if Woody Harrelson’s comments to ET include recent work that Alden Ehrenreich has done with Ron Howard, or if he’s talking more about the time spent with the old directors.