Ron Howard’s latest set photo from the young Han Solo spinoff movie confirms the Galactic Empire will have a presence in the film.
With Lucasfilm prioritizing The Last Jedi over Han Solo in terms of official marketing, Howard’s social media activity has been the lone source of damage control for the standalone following the infamous kerfuffle.
Some viewers may bemoan this decision as a sign of waning creativity, but it makes sense for a Han Solo origin story to include the Imperials in some capacity.
Han has flown from one side of the galaxy to the other, so some of those worlds were probably out of the Imperial reach.