Han Solo Movie Set Photo :Leaked

It's been a few years since Disney purchased Lucasfilm from George Lucas, and fans were excited when The Force Awakens was announced.  While it did amazing at the box office, a lot of fans complained that the movie was just a recycled version of the very first Star Wars film, A New Hope.  When Rogue One came out one year later, it was more of a breath of fresh air for the franchise, giving us a brand new story with an original script.  This year's release of The Last Jedi promises us another original script, and it's director, Rian Johnson, has reassured fans that it won't be a rehash of The Empire Strikes Back.  While The Force Awakens may have been too similar to A New Hope, but it taught Disney and Lucasfilm that they need to pay closer attention to original stories, which is why I'm optimistic about next year's Han Solo movie.


Right now filming is taking place for the movie and they are currently on location at Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands off the coast of Spain.  The above picture was released by Canarias7 and it shows what looks like a junkyard of some sort.  Speculation is that it's supposed to be on the planet of Corellia, Han Solo's home world, but we won't know that until the movie gets released next year.  There has also been some video that's been uploaded to Instagram by the user davidpennyesq that was shot in Hampshire, England that shows us a slightly different version of the Scout Troopers that were first seen in Return of the Jedi. 


While fans are getting excited for the Han Solo film, so are all of the actors involved.  One of them, Thandie Newton recently spoke to The Wrap and while she remained very secretive about the upcoming movie, she did have this to say about the film:


"It’s fantastic, I’m loving [it]. It’s different from anything else I have done or am doing. … I can’t tell you [why]. It’s just different, OK? It’s just really different."


Considering the number of movies that Newton has worked on, saying that this movie is different from any other that she's worked on is a pretty impressive statement.  We'll be able to see for ourselves when the movie gets released May 25 of next year.