Star Wars Stand Alone Films

Star Wars News Net, who do have some proven sources (but also some more questionable sources) at Lucasfilm wrote an article about what they're hearing about all of this:

https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/201...ing-about-the-star-wars-han-solo-shakeup.html

The high points of what their sources are claiming (take with the requisite grain of salt):

-Initially things were going OK and people were pleased with the footage they were seeing. But at some point into production there started to be whispers of concern.

-Alden Ehrenreich was the first person to voice concern to producers about the direction of the movie as he felt that the movie was far more comical and goofy than what he signed up to do. He's apparently taking the role very seriously and his concern was enough to make Kathleen Kennedy and others take a look at a very early assembly cut of the footage.

-Lucasfilm didn't like what they saw. At various points in the article words like "goofy" "zany" "silly" etc. are used to describe the tone of the film and specifically the portrayal of Han. One source uses Ace Ventura as a point of comparison (what the hell?). Much of what was filmed just didn't feel like a Star Wars movie at all.

- That said, there are parts of the movie that work really well and are still usable. But when the whole thing is put together the tone is all over the place and it just doesn't work.

-Lawrence Kasdan is pretty ****** off. He went to bat hard for Lord and Miller to get the job and feels like he has egg on his face, essentially.

-Criticism of Kathleen Kennedy is misplaced. She isn't a micromanager, but listens very closely to her producers and creative team and there was essentially universal agreement that something had to be done based on what everyone was seeing.

-They tried to go the Rogue One route of having someone else sort of "manage" the shoot, but Lord and Miller balked and refused. Then they got fired.

-The good news is everyone feels like the script and cast are still great and there are parts of the movie that are usable meaning Ron Howard does have *something* to work with. Overall this is very much an issue with how they were being directed and how the movie was being put together.