For those not steeped in Star Wars lore, it’s important to note that in the galaxy far, far away, spice is an illicit substance rather than just something to sprinkle into recipes.
The latest of Ron Howard’s Twitter photos from behind the scenes of the Han Solo movie shows a rocky shaft leading to an elevator, and Howard’s only clue about this setting is “Spicey?”
If that elevator leads to some kind of mine like we suspect, it appears that the director has revealed that part of the movie will take place on Kessel, a planet primarily known for its spice mining.
We have C-3PO to thank for knowing about Kessel after he expressed his fear to R2-D2 at the beginning of A New Hope that the two of them would be sent to the spice mines of Kessel and be “smashed into who knows what.”