Maz Kanata was first introduced in 2015’sThe Force Awakensand it was revealed thatHan Solo and Chewbaccahave a history with her. Now that the full trailer forSolohas made its debut, there may be evidence that suggests Kanata shows up in the movie. She is a former pirate and smuggler who is over 1,000 years old, so it would make sense to see her or at the very least make a cameo in theSolomovie. There is some kind of alien in the new trailer that looks like it could be a younger Maz Kanata, but is it? No, most definitely not.
Upon first watch, many thought Maz Kanata was spotted in the first full teaser that launched earlier today, but anyone with a pause button saw that their eyes were deceiving them.Maz Kanatawas a pirate and a smuggler for a long time. And in the first trailer forSolo: A Star Wars Story, it looks like we caught a glimpse of her piloting some kind of ship in a younger form, before she needed the goggles. While this new alien creature does look similar, it clearly has 4 arms. We’re pretty sure Chewbacca didn’t ripped off two of her arms in a fit of passion between this spin-off andThe Force Awakens. This unnamed newStar Warsspecies is also a lot less wrinkled than Maz. Another piece of information that points out that it’s probably not her, is that J.J. Abrams explained how Maz Kanata has had her tavern for over a century, which means that she was long out of the smuggling game before she ever met Han Solo and Chewbacca for the first time.
Maz Kanata was briefly seen inThe Last Jedi, but it appears that her future is uncertain forStar Wars 9. ManyStar Warsfans are indifferent when it comes to her character, especially since we didn’t learn anything new about her in Rian Johnson’s movie. There’s still a lot of questions about Kanata that deserve to be answered, so it is possible that Maz Kanata could show up inSolo: A Star Wars Storyor at the very least alluded to. We should learn how Han Solo met up with Maz Kanata in the first place and then maybe see how she truly fits into theStar Wars universe.
While Maz Kanata’s status inSolois uncertain, it looks like an old favorite from theStar Warsuniverse makes an appearance.Two Twi’Lek womenare shown in the brief dance club scene dancing together in the blink-and-you-miss-it clip from the original teaser that was released yesterday. Elsewhere, we’re still waiting to see Chewbacca’s family or other Wookies in general as well as the imminent shots of Jabba the Hut. Jabba hasn’t been confirmed, but he might as well be.
The answers to our burning Maz Kanata questions will arrive very soon sinceSolohits theaters on May 25th. After waiting months to see some official footage, it looks like we’re all going to be in for a treat when the movie premieres. In the meantime, we continue to speculate about the addition of Maz Kanata toSolo: A Star Wars Storyandanalyzeevery image from the newly released trailer. Check out what probably isn’t Maz Kanata below, fromClayton Sandell’s Twitteraccount.
