“Solo: A Star Wars Story,” the good-enough origins of Han Solo, is the least substantial of the four “Star Wars” films released since Disney purchased LucasFilms in 2012.
The model Disney has been following is to alternate between annual releases of episodic films that further the ongoing plot first started in 1977’s “Star Wars” with side stories from different places in the timeline.
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