The "HAN SOLO" Movie was Being Turned into a Comedy!

I think a lot of heads are gonna roll if this turns out bad.

If it makes money, Disney won't care if it turns out bad, like The Force Awakens.

The writers are at the bottom of the rung when it comes to final script changes. Heck, that's why they keep writers on the set. For further revisions.

Not true:

JUNE 20, 2017 7:24pm PT by Borys Kit

'Star Wars': Why the Han Solo Film Directors Were Fired

"Creative differences" is a term that is often used loosely when a director is fired from a Hollywood movie.

But it actually appears to ring true in the case of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who have been let go by Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy from directing the Star Wars spinoff that centers on the fan-favorite character Han Solo.

Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the style and vision of Lord and Miller clashed with that of Lawrence Kasdan, the legendary screenwriter behind the classics Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark, who also wrote, with his son Jon Kasdan, the script for the Han Solo stand-alone set ( for now ) to be released in 2018.

Lord and Miller ( 21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie ) have a comedic sensibility and improvisational style while Kasdan favors a strict adherence to the written word — what is on the page is what must be shot.

The creative clash, according to one insider, also came down to differences in understanding the character of Han Solo. "People need to understand that Han Solo is not a comedic personality. He's sarcastic and selfish," said that source.

The friction was felt almost immediately after the movie began shooting in February, sources say, but the directors thought it could be worked through. Kennedy, the producer and head of Lucasfilm, decided to back her lifelong colleague, who shaped much of Solo's character in Empire and Return of the Jedi and who had a specific tone in mind for the new movie. 

"The DGA has a strict rule which prohibits replacing the director with someone else from the film’s team except for a brief emergency. It's designed to discourage producers from forcing out a helmer and taking over a picture. And it means that despite speculation that veteran writer-director Lawrence Kasdan, an Executive Producer on the film who has written the new screenplay with his son Jon Kasdan, could step in to direct, such a move would violate the DGA rule."

Who could possibly have thought that hiring directors with a track record of making comedies could result in them trying to make a comedic take on the material?

Crazy. Just crazy. Nobody could have seen that coming.