Review of Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) by Testtrak — 26 May 2018

Solo: A Star Wars Story is the first real Star Wars film to open up to an entirely different type of premise for the movie franchise. Unlike the original and new films, Solo is not about some huge war or battle that will change the fate of the galaxy forever no, it's about a small time thief and his new allies doing a job, and it works. The movie does what most other Star Wars films fail to do and that is stand independently without the other films to back it up. This helps possible newcomers to the series but also means the story and adventure isn't pulled in too many directions.

Most characters were interesting despite a few we didn't get to know too well, and well acted. The sound design and sets were amazing like any other Star Wars film and the trademark use of practical effects worked very well. The film balanced action and dialog well enough but there were some segments where characters simply made odd choices in what seemed to be a rushed scene simply done to not drag the movie's run time. That being said I felt that the movie's climax came almost too soon and was replaced with an unimportant segment that made sense just should've come earlier in the film.

Solo is not the average Star Wars film which works. Though it was fun for the time being I don't see myself re watching it over and over even as a Star Wars fan. Which is not the movie's fault as it didn't need an over the top space brawl at the end. It knew what story it wanted to tell and it told it well.