[air horn]

May 2, 2018 1:30 PM

Now the story of a family that wants to rule the galaxy, and the one son who had no choice but to save it. (slyt)
posted by bondcliff (27 comments total)

I laughed. This is excellently leveraged brand promotion and crossover.
posted by sleeping bear at 1:42 PM on May 2, 2018 [4 favorites]

I knew I'd seen this before.

Getting Actual Ron Howard to redo the bit was a nice touch, though.
posted by tobascodagama at 1:55 PM on May 2, 2018 [1 favorite]

Luke falls back, and the droid begins to project a small hologram of a beautiful woman in a pre-recorded message.

PRINCESS LEIA: I need a favor, Obi Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.
posted by AlSweigart at 2:16 PM on May 2, 2018

So the new Solo movie is going to have a scene where they do the Kessel Run? 🙄
posted by Omon Ra at 2:18 PM on May 2, 2018 [4 favorites]

and hopefully explain Han's inability to get his units right
posted by mbo at 2:20 PM on May 2, 2018 [4 favorites]

*Obi-Wan stands serenely in front of Vader, and deactivates his lightsaber*

"I've made a huge mistake."
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 2:20 PM on May 2, 2018 [9 favorites]

"I have a bad feeling about this."
"I've made a huge mistake."
posted by Atom Eyes at 2:49 PM on May 2, 2018 [3 favorites]

Previously

(and it's not even the one tobascodagama links)

I kind of prefer how the Nerdist version cleverly matches actual Arrested Development soundbites with Star Wars scenes.
posted by polecat at 2:55 PM on May 2, 2018 [1 favorite]

[air horn]

I'm almost disappointed this post isn't related to this tweet.
posted by Greg_Ace at 3:03 PM on May 2, 2018 [1 favorite]

My head-canon for Han making the Kessel Run in X Parsecs is that he found a short-cut. You're welcome.
posted by Coaticass at 3:15 PM on May 2, 2018 [5 favorites]

That's actually the canon explanation, IIRC. The idea is that the Kessel Run involves a bunch of wormholes and warps, and Han found a shorter route through or some bullshit.

I wish they'd just admitted they got it wrong. :-/
posted by Scattercat at 3:54 PM on May 2, 2018 [6 favorites]

Lucas weighed in on it being about finding the shortest route in a Blu-Ray commentary. Being decades later, he could just be going with what the nerdsphere already spent those years rationalizing into that particular explanation.

The movie will, of course, solidify it as canon.
posted by linux at 3:58 PM on May 2, 2018

Buckets of blue milk? This party is going to be off the chain.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 4:34 PM on May 2, 2018 [5 favorites]

"And that's why you always leave a note"

Perfection.
posted by SonInLawOfSam at 4:40 PM on May 2, 2018 [5 favorites]

It's actually the Kessel Fun-Run, and the whole ambiguous conflict with Lando was Han taking it way to seriously and going all cuthroat to come in first.
posted by ckape at 4:42 PM on May 2, 2018 [3 favorites]

Now that we've blue-milked the Ron Howard/Star Wars/Arrested Development connection dry, let's go deeper into Howard's career, like Happy Days, so we can see Solo do a Fonz-ish "Ayyyyyy..." FonzSolo - it works for me.
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:54 PM on May 2, 2018 [1 favorite]

Belatedly realizing this was only going to feature characters from A New Hope, Aayla Secura blew herself for nothing.
posted by hal9k at 6:17 PM on May 2, 2018 [3 favorites]

"These aren't the droids you're looking for."


"They were."
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 7:23 PM on May 2, 2018 [8 favorites]

"Has anyone in this family ever even seen a porg?"
posted by dephlogisticated at 9:16 PM on May 2, 2018 [11 favorites]

"Here's some credits. Go see a Star War."
posted by RhysPenbras at 6:29 AM on May 3, 2018 [3 favorites]

If that explanation about the Kessel run was legit it wouldn't matter that the ship did it, though, it would be 'I made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs".
posted by Space Coyote at 6:50 AM on May 3, 2018

Unless the key factor was the ship's speed and maneuverability that allowed it to navigate treacherous space-terrain like a black hole cluster (which I believe was the EU explanation).

Also: "It's one Death Star, Vader. What could it cost, ten credits?"
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 7:50 AM on May 3, 2018 [1 favorite]

"There's always money in the bantha poodoo stand."
posted by Atom Eyes at 8:44 AM on May 3, 2018 [1 favorite]

"These are my awards from Empire, mother. The porg is for marksmanship and the rancor is for pod racing."
posted by Spatch at 12:11 AM on May 4, 2018 [2 favorites]

I think my biggest laugh was "Mr. F".
posted by oakroom at 5:59 AM on May 4, 2018 [1 favorite]

"Obi-Wan also ran into an old friend"

hahahahaha!

(whispers)
I still don't want to see "Solo" though, the very idea of it makes me cranky.
posted by grandiloquiet at 6:35 AM on May 4, 2018 [1 favorite]

(The music during the attack on the cell block is my favorite touch.)

Was also hoping for a Hermano reference.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 8:11 PM on May 4, 2018