![]() (He later watched them, for the first time, on VHS). ![]() The now 38-year-old was too young to see Star Wars when the original trilogy initially hit theaters. But once it came time to sit down and write Solo, Lawrence knew “the only way” he could write a Han Solo movie was with the help - and many ideas - of his son and lifelong Star Wars nerd, Jonathan. Of course, Solo was put on the backburner for a bit when Lawrence ended up contributing to The Force Awakens. He’s the one that I wondered where he came from when you first see him in the Cantina.’ That was when, for me, just jumped to life.” That's the one that I always wanted to hear talk more. “Right then, I thought, ‘Well, that’s the only one that sparks anything for me. “ was the magic word because he's my favorite character,” Lawrence tells ET. When Lawrence Kasdan, the screenwriter of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, was asked by George Lucas and current Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, if he had any interest in writing another Star Wars film, he replied, "I’m not really in the mood." However, once the two asked, “Would you do something on Han?” his feelings immediately changed. The idea for a young Han Solo movie came well before 2015's The Force Awakens, and even before Disney announced the deal to acquire Lucasfilm in 2012.
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