First Star Wars Stand Alone Film to Feature Han Solo

Welcome back!  Just a few days left for this year, but the incredible news that has been flowing out of Hollywood is still coming.  Case in point?  We may have just got confirmation that the first Star Wars stand alone movie will be featuring none other than Han Solo!

There have been a lot of rumors across the web hypothesizing who or what the stand alone films will be dealing with.  Some of these rumors included stand alone fims for Obi Wan, Yoda, Boba Fett, and even the Rebel's Rogue Squadron, but it looks like our favorite scruffy smuggler will be their first feature.  It should be noted, though, just because Han Solo will be the focus of the first of the Star Wars stand alone films, that doesn't mean that one or all of the ideas I just listed won't be used, as well.  The Star Wars stand alones will be released in between the "Episode" movies off years.

This information comes to us courtesy of Making Star Wars Editor in Chief Jason Ward., who spoke with someone that is close to the production of this movie.  Here's what Ward told Comicbook.com:

"I generally shy away from reporting too much on the specifics of the stand-alone spin-off Star Wars films because we hear so much stuff it can be difficult to know what to take seriously.  Since there has never been a Star Wars spin-off film like we're about to get, there's no good or bad track record.  For this reason, we're having to rely pretty much entirely on the sources that have panned out for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.  So today's information comes from a friend that did give us legit Star Wars: The Force Awakens set photos and more."

Ward also dropped a little bit of a hint as to a possible actor for the film.

"They went on to say the word around the current production at Pinewood is that Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) is looking to be attached to the first Star Wars spin-off in some fashion.  There was no direct implication he was playing Han Solo."
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For those of you who don't know, Pinewood is the studio where the Star Wars movies are being filmed.  Ward also teased that the code name for this production is Luminac Industrial Goods, and filming for this movie will be overlapping with the filming of Episode VII.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be released December 18, 2015.