It looks like the pre-sale tickets forSolo: A Star Wars Storycould be available on Friday, May 4th, according to a new report. While the date seems convenient forStar Warsfans, it has yet to be officially announced by Lucasfilm as of this writing. We were treated to the very first footage for the spin-off movie earlier this year and since then, we’ve seen the full-length trailer and a few different TV spots, leading us to believe that the pre-sale date is fast approaching.
May 4th is Star Wars Dayand it has already been revealed that the 2019 Star Wars Celebration will be announced that day as well, so it’s not too far-fetched to believe that the pre-sale tickets forSolowill be made available that day too. The new report comes from an alleged email that two managers of big movie chains received, alerting them of the pre-sale date. If the date ends up being official, the tickets will go on sale 3 weeks before the premiere of the movie.
There has been somecontroversy surrounding all of the latest footagethat has been released fromSolo. Many hardcore fans areupset over Alden Ehrenreich’s portrayal of young Han Solo, which prompted director Ron Howard to respond. Howard said, “it was not going to be an impression of Harrison. No one wanted that.” However, some fans might have actually preferred an impression over Ehrenreich taking the character and making it his own. The judgement is being made on roughly 5 minutes of footage, so it’s not fully realistic or fair to Ehrenreich or anyone else in the movie.
Donald Glover and Alden Ehrenreich have been put into nearly impossible positions to portray two iconic characters. There is no replacing Han Solo orLando Calrissian, so why not put your own spin on the characters? Especially since they’re playing the younger versions, not the adult characters that we saw fully-formed in the original trilogy. Whatever the case may be, manyStar Warsfans did not want this movie to begin with, and they’ll be the first to jump on these pre-sale tickets. It will be best to judge the performances after seeingSolo: A Star Wars Storyin theaters, and then talk smack online.
On the other end, there are just as manyStar Warsfans that are extremely excited to get two movies within 6 months of each other and to see the backstory of one of thecoolest charactersin Hollywood history. Ahead of the official release date,Solo: A Star Wars Storywill premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15th, so some lucky fans will be able to see it 10 days before the rest of us. Pre-sale tickets are heavily rumored to go on sale Friday, May 4th. This report aboutSolopre-sale tickets was first revealed byManabyte’s Twitteraccount.
