2/21/2023 0 Comments Han solo we rise remix![]() Han Solo & Chewbacca #1 Variant Cover by Phil Noto Either way, it’s definitely going to have people talking. The story takes a turn that, if I’ve played my cards right, is completely inevitable yet totally unexpected. I’m particularly excited about the last page of issue one. Sometimes, it’s a revelation other times it’s placing Han and/or Chewie in an impossible spot, but either way, each issue ends with a plot reversal that drives you to the next issue. I’ve structured the story such that each issue ends with some kind of cliffhanger. But the job turns out to be anything but easy as everything that can go wrong promptly does. In the first issue, Jabba the Hutt gives them what should be an easy job: Steal something and bring it back to him. Marc Guggenheim: At its most basic, the story is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid but with Han and Chewie as Butch and Sundance. : What can you tell us about the kickoff story and Han’s journey in it? Hopefully, we can get into Chewie’s head in a way we never have seen before. I’m gonna be doing a future issue exclusively from Chewbacca’s point of view, so that should be a lot of fun. Chewie’s an interesting character to write, obviously, because he only speaks Shyriiwook, so a lot of this I have to get out by dint of the circumstances Han and Chewie find themselves in, as well as Han’s reactions to what Chewie is saying. He’s good to go with the flow and let Han call the shots because he knows that, no matter what, Han’s got his back. And the thing is, Chewie is just fine with that. He tries to offer Han the benefit of his experience, to offer a more evolved perspective on things, but Han usually goes his own way. Marc Guggenheim: Chewbacca’s been alive hundreds of years longer than Han. ![]() Han Solo & Chewbacca #1 Variant Cover by Adam Hughes To be very reductive about it, I’ve searched for opportunities to force Han to choose between his lesser and greater angels. ![]() So one of the things I’ve been playing with is the tension between the “hopeless romantic” Han reveals himself to be at the end of Solo and the hard-bitten cynic we meet in Episode IV. Now, you might think that that inner conflict didn’t present itself until the end of Episode IV, when Han returns to help Luke destroy the Death Star, but it’s already on full display at the end of Solo: A Star Wars Story , which, of course, predates Episode IV. He aspires to cynicism, but deep down, he’s a hopeless romantic at heart. Marc Guggenheim: It’s interesting because the cornerstone of Han’s character is that he wants to be a jerk, a selfless criminal, but has this idealistic streak that always gets in his way. : The story takes place pre-Episode IV, but post Solo - a time in Han’s life that has yet to be explored. Han Solo & Chewbacca #1 Main Cover by Alex Maleev ![]()
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