Star Wars: Han Solo spin-off will not be an origins story, says writer

The forthcoming Han Solo film will not be an origins story, the writer has confirmed.

While it’s yet to be revealed who will be playing the young version of the iconic Star Wars character, Lawrence Kasdan has given fans some information about the plot.

Speaking at screening for The Force Awakens, he said: “It will not be, 'here’s where he was born and this is how he was raised.'

“I think what it will be is what was he like 10 years earlier—maybe a little earlier, you’ll get a glimpse.

“But Kurosawa once said the heroes are the ones that are still changing and the villains are locked and petrified into what they are, and Harrison embodies in Force Awakens someone who is still not settled on who he is.”

Kasden also admitted that he was hesitant about getting involved with the Star Wars Universe and was glad that someone else was on board for Episode VII.

He said: “I wasn’t sure I wanted to be involved, and I was a little relieved when they said Michael Arndt had been hired to write Episode VII, because whoever writes that episode—I don’t know what you do with it.

“But they said, ‘Here are these other stories we’d like to do,’ and the one that caught my attention was a young Han Solo, because that’s my favourite character.”

The Han Solo film is slated for release in 2018.