Deleted scenes fromSolocontinue to roll out, and now another one has landed online. In this deleted scene, we see how Han (Alden Ehrenreich) washed out of the Imperial flight academy. You may recall that in the finished movie, Han pretty much goes straight from enlisting in the Empire’s flight school to doing no flying whatsoever when he’s part of the ground forces on Mimban. So how did he go from enlisting to an infantryman?
The deleted scene shows that someone as reckless and cavalier as Han was never really going to fit in as an Imperial cadet, but the scene also shows a clear distillation of how screenwritersLawrence and Jon Kasdanview the character when Han says he thinks a little brave and a little stupid. While Han does the occasional silly thing, he’s actually pretty smart inA New HopeandThe Empire Strikes Back. It’s not untilReturn of the Jedi(which Lawrence Kasdan wrote) that Hanbecame a bit of a dummy. But for the Kasdans, the quintessential moments for Han are when he’s screwing up like his “We’re fine, everything fine,” radio transmission inA New Hope.
Check out theSolodeleted scene below along with some concept art. The film is now available on Digital HD and will be available on 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, and On-Demand on September 25th.
Here’s the official synopsis forSolo: A Star Wars Story:
Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo befriends his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and meets the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars sagas most unlikely heroes.
