Update: Han Solo Star Wars Anthology movie gets Ron Howard as new Director

[NightDragon83]

shikamaru317 said:

NightDragon83 said:

I still can't believe this movie is slated for release less than 6 months after The Last Jedi.  Disney is going to run this franchise into the ground by the end of the decade at this rate.  Force was good as a "soft reboot" of the series, albiet not without its flaws.  Rogue One was completely unnecessary, and the Han Solo solo film looks like garbage.

I believe their goal is to permanently switch the series from December to May, which is Star Wars' historical release month, but in order to do that they would either have to do a 6 month gap between movies or an 18 month gap between movies. Can't really say I blame them for going with a 6 month gap between the two choices, and as a big Star Wars fan, I can personally say that an 18 month gap would have been very painful for me, so I'm glad they chose 6 months.

There's no need to move the movie releases up to May though as December is basically the new summer in many ways for the box office.  The LOTR/Hobbit trilogies were all released in December, and even the Harry Potter films alternated between November & summer release dates for most installments.  There's traditionally less competition at the box office during the winter months as well, which gives most big releases additional legs.