Via Theverge.com:

Over the last few years we’ve gone from having no new Star Wars movies on the horizon to having six — three new numbered episodes in the upcoming trilogy, and three “Anthology” spinoff movies. The latest of these, confirmed yesterday ahead of this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con, will star a young Han Solo, and will explain “how he became the smuggler, thief, and scoundrel whom Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi first encountered at Mos Eisley.”

As with the other Star Wars Anthology films announced so far — Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One and the as-yet untitled Boba Fett movie (which might currently be in production limbo) — the Solo-centric story mines the original Star Wars trilogy rather than the prequels for characters and setting. That’s surely for the best (nobody wants Jar Jar Binks Begins), but by using the new movies to fill in the gaps around the original trilogy, Disney is ensuring that it can keep the best of both worlds.

Spoiler warning: minor discussion of the new Star Wars comics ahead.

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