Ron Howard reportedly reshoots much of ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’

RON Howard reportedly reshot the majority of ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’.

The 64-year-old director replaced Phil Lord and Christopher Miller part-way through the production process, and despite having a tight deadline to work towards, Ron had no hesitation is reshooting much of the sci-fi movie.

A source told the Wall Street Journal newspaper: “Ron wanted to go back to the spirit of the original trilogy, while Phil and Chris were

looking forward to something new, more like ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’.”

The original directing duo were kicked off the project by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and ‘Solo’ co-writer Lawrence Kasdan, neither of whom were keen on their comedic style, thinking it was out of place in the ‘Star Wars’ franchise.

And although Ron had very little time in which to work, he has only retained around 30 per cent of the original content.

Meanwhile, Ron recently claimed that ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ will be “different” to any other movie linked to the franchise.

The actor-turned- director has helmed the spin-off of the popular sci-fi franchise - which follows the life of Han Solo before he meets up with main character Luke Skywalker in the ‘ Star Wars’ movies - and he recently teased some details about what fans can expect.

He said: “The ‘ Star Wars’ universe that we see in ‘ Solo’ was different from anything else we’ve seen in any previous ‘Star Wars’ movies. The Empire controls everything. Everyone is struggling to survive, but we discover this incredible free spirit.”

Meanwhile Ron Howard rejected the chance to helm ‘Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace’ while standing in a car park.

The 64-year- old filmmaker has revealed he declined the potentially once-in- a- lifetime opportunity when George Lucas - who ultimately directed the sci-fi movie - approached him about the film in the late 90s.

Ron, having previously described the prospect of directing a ‘Star Wars’ film as “daunting” - recalled: “I want to clarify that a little. It was a casual conversation in a car park. It was not like I read a script and weighed it carefully.

“It was a knee-jerk reaction because I immediately felt like George should do it.”

However, since the moneyspinning franchise has branched out into a series of spin- off films, Ron thinks the idea of directing a ‘Star Wars’ movie has become much less daunting.

He said to Total Film magazine: “Now that other people are broadening the scope and the approach to the movies, it became a more reasonable consideration.”

Meanwhile, Ron revealed last month that ‘ Solo: A Star Wars Story’ will be “different” to any other movie linked to the franchise.

Ahead of the film’s release, he said: “The ‘Star Wars’ universe that we see in ‘Solo’ was different from anything else we’ve seen in any previous ‘Star Wars’ movies. The Empire controls everything. Everyone is struggling to survive, but we discover this incredible free spirit.” — BANG Showbiz