The secondStar Warsanthology spin-off, the still untitled youngHan Solomovie, is currently filming for release next year. Like the otherDisney Star Wars moviesso far, details have been kept under wraps during production, but we may have a very interesting detail, courtesy of a newly revealed set photo. If this photo really is what it appears to be, it looks like theHan Solomovie will be taking us back to a familiar and classic location within theStar Warsuniverse.
Warning: there may be minor spoilers ahead forHan Solo: A Star Wars Story. The folks over atStar Wars News Net, a very reliable fan site for all things related to a galaxy far, far away, recently got their hands on a set photo from theHan Solomovie. It is an overhead shot, showing a massive set in the middle of the desert. While it is impossible to confirm currently, it definitely looks likeeveryone’s favorite smugglerwill be returning to Tatooine.
The set is currently being built for the production in Fuerteventura, Spain, so what we see in the photo isn’t finished. But we can see a massive building, with some smaller structures scattered around it, as well as some ships scattered on the landscape. Could we be seeing Han Solo and Chewie back at the Mos Eisley spaceport? This photo certainly seems to hint at that. However, when photos of Jakku surfaced during filming ofStar Wars: The Force Awakens, many were convinced that those images were depicting Tatooine as well. So this could also be another, unidentified desert planet. But since Han and Chewie seemed quite familiar withTatooineinStar Wars: A New Hope, it would make more sense for the planet to make an appearance inHan Solo: A Star Wars Story.
There may be a couple of other explanations. One, it was previously reported that Fuerteventura, Spain was being used as a stand-in for Han Solo’s home planet of Corellia, which has often been mentioned in various Star Wars lore but has never been seen on screen. And it was also recently reported that Spain was going to be home to an all-new, yet unnamed world that is described as a desert salt flats planet.
While a lot in terms ofspecific plot detailsfor the youngHan Solomovie have yet to be revealed, we do know that the movie will pick up with the legendary smuggler when he is 18, taking us through when he is 24. It was also said that this movie will show how Han Solo “got his name.” Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy clarified that we won’t actually be seeing him with a different name, but more that we will be seeing how he earned his reputation. We also know that we will be seeing how he got his hands on the Millennium Falcon.
TheHan Solomovie is being directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street,The LEGO Movie) with a script from Jon Kasdan and Lawrence Kasdan. Thecast for the movieincludes Woody Harrelson, Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, Ian Kenny, Thandie Newton, Michael K. Williams, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo. The youngHan Solomovie is set for release on July 29, 2025. You can check out the set photo for yourself atStar Wars News Net.
