George Lucas added at least one joke to ‘Solo’

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Ron Howard had his work cut out for him stepping into Solo: A Star War Story – not only in working with a beloved franchise but picking up for other directors and the vision created 40 years ago by George Lucas.

Howard told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show that Lucas – who he has known since the ’70s, before Star Wars – is still invested in his characters and in what Han and Chewy would do in Solo.

Howard recalled a day when Lucas visited the Solo set and observed a scene, casually saying “You know what Han would really do there?”

“I said, ‘What?'” Howard told Colbert. “And he told me the joke, he gave me a little joke. And I said, ‘Hey, guess what? Here’s what we’re gonna do in the next take.’ So I know when I hear a good idea.” Read more…

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