If you want to find a turning point in the world of Star Wars — if you want to understand how one of the biggest movie franchises in history became a series of television shows instead — you should probably look to Solo: A Star Wars Story.
The early sequels were massive blockbusters, and the first in a planned batch of spinoffs, Rogue One, became a very solid hit as well.
A different guy in a different Solo — or even the same guy in Lord and Miller’s Solo — might have worked.
Of course, people loved McGregor in the role from early on and Ehrenreich’s Han Solo was much less warmly received.