Both Lucasfilm and the Lord/Miller duo cited “creative differences” for the parting of ways, while several reports allege that Miller and Lord were fired by Lucasfilm because they had been feuding with studio head Kathleen Kennedy and writer Lawrence Kasdan about the tone of the Han Solo movie.
Only two days after it was announced that Phil Lord and Chris Miller were no longer directing the Han Solo movie, Ron Howard has now stepped in to oversee the last three weeks of principal photography, the reshoots happening later this year and the post-production process.
In any case, now Howard is the one helming the smuggler’s standalone adventure, and we can only hope that one of the actors or members of the crew will drop a few Arrested Development references in his presence.