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[Blind Gossip] The latest installment of this movie franchise is not faring as well as hoped. Lots of finger pointing going on.

One of the franchise’s past actors thinks he knows where to put pin the blame: On the lead of the current film!

[Actor] was a terrible, terrible choice as the lead! He has all the charisma of a wet dishrag.

While we’re not sure if the current lead actor is the only reason – or even the main reason – why this film is flopping, it’s interesting that the franchise’s actors are turning on each other. That would not have happened long ago!

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[Optional] What is the reason for the current film’s poor performance?

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  1. I would probably look at the director, who very publicly said that he wanted an SJW version of Star Wars and didn’t care what the fan base thought.

    Take a page from Marvel and keep politics out of it.

  3. Harrison Ford or Mark Hamil
    Alden Ehrenreich
    I think they are saturating filmgoers with too many Star Wars movies, to be honest. And I don’t find him a great actor.

  4. The Solo movie is flopping also “Blame wars/ Star Wars”
    nobody asked for this movie that’s why

  5. Star Wars

    Harrison Ford and whoever was cast as young Solo.

    I am a life-long SW fan and I doubt I will even attempt to watch Solo.

  6. Harrison Ford

    Aaron E-whatever

    The Han Solo solo film is DOA due to SW fatigue and a dull and uninspiring lead actor as Han Solo.

  7. Past Actor: Mark Hamill (only because I don’t think Harrison Ford cares enough to have a strong opinion on this)

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

    (“That would not have happened long ago” — ‘A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..’)

    [Optional] What is the reason for the current film’s poor performance?: You can’t top ACTUAL young Han Solo, which was 1970s Harrison Ford

  8. Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

    Clues: “Blame wars” Star Wars, “as well as hoped” A New Hope, “long” A long time ago in a galaxy far far away

    The movie didn’t have much hype. The studios didn’t seem interested in their own movie to promote it. Just seemed Disney expected it to fail. It’s the first “origin” story but again completely deviated from the books. I thought it was entertaining and Alden did a decent job, but there wasn’t the spark of…

  9. Sounds like Solo: A Star Wars Story. I think the have too many of the movies, it’s like the Friday the 13th the Franchise.. also, not too many folks pleased with Kathleen Kennedy.

  10. Star Wars
    Don’t think Harrison Ford would be that mean, must be somebody else
    Alden Ehrenreich

  12. Star Wars
    Past Actor: Harrison Ford
    Current: Alden Ehrenreich
    Not sure. I haven’t seen it yet, but two friends whose opinions I trust said it was entertaining. I’ll see if when I get a chance.

  14. Franchise: Star Wars
    Those remarks sound salty enough to come from Harrison Ford.
    Current actor: Alden Ehrenreich
    Why is the Solo movie flopping? No one wanted it to begin with. We knew pretty much everything we needed/wanted to know about Han Solo from the original trilogy. Imagining the Kessel Run is more satisfying than seeing the Kessel Run.
    Now, a Lando movie? We learned very little about that character previously, so that would make much more sense (in crass commercial terms).

  15. Star Wars
    Harrison Ford
    Alden Ehrenreich

    Disney is stripmining the star wars universe. They don’t seem focused on continuity, canon, or making the new films live up to the old ones. They’re also pumping them out so fast that its easy to get fatigued.

  16. Star Wars (Solo: A Star Wars Story)
    Harrison Ford
    Alden Ehrenreich

    It didn’t have the hype that the previous SW films did.

  17. Movie Franchise: Star Wars (SOLO)

    Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

  18. the new stand alone Han Solo movie…. not sure why anyone thought we needed it…. haven’t seen anything about Harrison Ford saying anything about it but guessing it’s him… previews I saw didn’t make me want to see it, the guy they picked to play Han….No charisma

  20. Movie Franchise: Solo – out of star wars franchise

    Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: the actor that plays Han Solo. I don’t know his name

  23. Solo
    Movie franchise: Star Wars
    Past actor: Harrison Ford
    Current actor: Alden Ehrenreich

    I actually liked the movie oops!!

  28. Solo. Lead actor was very very good.

    Honestly the disinterest is probably more to do with the gazillion Star Wars movies being made. It’s overkill.

  29. Movie Franchise: Star Wars
    Past Actor: Harrison Ford
    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

  34. Obviously Solo.

    I would think it has more to do with Disney completely oversaturing us with Star Wars movies–this is the fourth if a few years, whereas before they were “event” releases, maybe every three years or so?

  36. Franchise: Star Wars (long ago)

    Past Actor: Mark Hamill or Harrison Ford?

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

    The films flopping because Emilia Clarke was bad and annoying, Alden was boring and the plot was dull

  39. Solo
    Past actor – can’t see Mark Hammill being that indiscreet – Billy Dee Williams as it was also the Lando film.
    New guy – pretend Han Solo, wasn’t impressed by the trailer.
    I think there is Star Wars fatigue – we’ve had so many prequels and sequels Disney are rinsing the fan base and they have sat this one out.

  40. Solo: A Stars Wars Story
    Anthony Daniels
    Alden Ehrenreich

    I think there are a lot of reasons. It is a busy month+ for movies that people interested in Sci Fi have been already going out to see (i.e., Dead Pool 2, Infinity Wars). There are only so many people are willing to pay the current exorbitant rates to see in the theater. While Alden did an adequate job, I wasn’t sold on him from the trailers. The trailers didn’t make me want to go out to see it at all, but my kids wanted to…

  42. Solo/Star Wars
    Alden Ehrenreich played him recently.
    Harrison Ford was the original.

    • Oh…and the typical reason why it is failing?? The politics. Just put out good movies and leave the politics out of it.

  43. Movie Franchise: Star Wars
    Past Actor: Harrison Ford
    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

  44. Movie Franchise: Star Wars

    Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

  45. Movie Franchise: Star Wars – the Solo movie

    Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

    Haven’t seen the film yet, so couldn’t begin to guess at the problems it might be suffering from, but I have to admit I wasn’t impressed with the lead choice.

  47. Movie: Solo
    Past Actor: i dont not sure
    Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

    Bad timing coming out right after Avengers or Deadpool and fans still mad about The Last Jedi

  49. Movie Franchise: Star Wars

    Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

  50. Star Wars. Harrison Ford. I dont know the lead actors name.
    I think maybe people are tiring of it? Not sure. I was never into this franchise.

  51. The Han Solo Star Wars movie. Dunno about the past actor but current lead is Olden Ehrenreich

  54. Solo from Star Wars franchise

    Harrison ford

    Don’t know his name

    Too many terrible films/ franchise being milked to death

  55. Star Wars
    Harrison Ford
    The new guy playing Han

    The fact that it came out a week after Deadpool 2 and barely a month after Infinity War. Movie tickets are expensive,

  56. Star Wars
    Past Actor: Harrison Ford
    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich
    Optional: Think we’re all getting tired of Star Wars. Now that Disney owns it, they’ve been overdoing both the movies and the merch recently. I like the good old days when they would release a SW movie every few years or so.

  57. Star Wars
    Alden Ehrenreich
    Either Harrison Ford or Mark Hamill. I’d bet on Mark over Harrison though.

  58. Movie Franchise: Star Wars –> Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

  62. This is the solo movie. I don’t know who the old cast member is and i don’t care. The star wars franchise is in serious jeopardy thanks to kathleen kennedy.
    She has set about using the strongest movie franchise in history as a social justice platform. Multiple higher ups at disney/lucasfilm have lashed out at the fanbase calling them racists and misogynists etc for criticism. They’ve alienated their fanbase and the boycott is just getting started. If disney were smart, they’d fire her asap.

  63. SOLO
    Harrison Ford
    I don’t know the new guy’s name

    They should’ve picked an actor that looks like a young Harrison Ford or is at least handsome! Hans Solo is supposed to be the heartthrob of the Star Wars franchise! Everyone I know was very disappointed when we saw that guy they chose.

  64. It’s that new Star Wars movie about a young Han Solo. Everyone says that the guy playing Han Solo is doing a disservice to the character Harrison Ford created. I don’t know the current lead, but the past actor is my favorite pilot, the gorgeous Harrison Ford. It’s likely that the current film is bombing because nobody can play Harrison Ford. Idk, I saw one Star Wars movie decades ago and don’t remember anything except Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher. Oh, wasn’t there an R2D2 and a…

  65. Movie: Solo
    Lead: Alden Ehrenreich
    Past actor: I wanna say Harrison Ford, but I don’t think he gives a shit, so maybe Mark Hamill?

    I think the trouble that has been reported is one key reason, it doesn’t seem like it would be very good. That “The Last Jedi” was terrible doesn’t help. Also, Han Solo is forever Harrison Ford so I think a lot of people don’t want to see anyone else play this iconic role.
    I’ve seen all the new SW (and EU) films at their premiere, but not this one,…

  66. The Han Solo movie

    I think Disney needs to take a breather. One Star Wars film a year is too much.

  67. Star Wars
    Harrison Ford
    Alden Erenreicht
    Long ago, lol. I haven’t seen it yet, but it probably is the lead actors that are in it. I honestly have never heard of Alden. Though that doesn’t mean much.

  68. Star Wars – the new Solo film
    Harrison Ford
    Alden Ehrenreich (the new Han Solo)

  70. Star Wars

    Harrison Ford

    Adam Driver

    Idk much about Driver but out of all the new cast members he just seems kinda boring?

  71. Movie Franchise: Star Wars (from “Blame Wars”)

    Past Actor: Oscar Isaac or Adam Driver? Might even be Ford himself.

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

    Optional: there’s definitely a lot of factors, one of them being the backlash/negative reception towards The Last Jedi.

  72. Obviously this is about Solo (Star Wars).
    Past Actor: I’m guessing Mark Hamill over Harrison Ford, mostly because he seems to actually be into SW and cares about it, unlike Ford who I think does not
    Current lead: Alden Ehrenreich (I had to look that up)
    Optional: they are milking it, with too many films in a short time. They should have waited until the new trilogy was done before doing spin-offs (if at all)

  73. I’m so disappointed. I wanted this to be so good, and I was really looking forward to seeing it. Now, not so much.

  74. Star Wars / Solo
    Harrison Ford
    Alden Ehrenreich

    The film is flopping because the fandom wants it to! It’s a protest against Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. Star Wars fans have been spreading the message to not go and see the movie so it flops and Lucasfilm will have no choice but to remove Kennedy. The fandom is angry about the way she has treated beloved actors like Mark Hamill.

  75. SOLO. The film is bombing because “The Last Jedi” was boring. It had new characters that were “Boring”.

    “Solo” signaled it was in trouble when they fired the original directors. I will not see it. The last 2 “Star Wars” films were boring!!!!

  76. Star Wars
    Harrison Ford
    Alden Ehrenreich

    I saw the previews and I thought to myself “This man is not Harrison ford at all” lol

  77. Movie Franchise: Star Wars

    Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

    Optional: You must always question the selection process for actors. Alden is a good actor, but obviously not for movies like this one.

  78. Movie Franchise: Star Wars

    Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

    [Optional] : I have not see it….probably alienating the true fans.

  79. Star Wars – SoLo
    Harrison Ford
    It doesn’t even matter what the new guys name is.

  81. Solo movie – latest Star Wars installment
    Harrison Ford
    Alden Ehrenreich

    Bad choice for lead – could easily have chosen someone who even looked like Harrison when he was younger. That bugs me. But i really avoided it mostly because i could not give a toot about Star Wars, but also that Woody Harrelson was in it.

  83. Solo/Harrison Ford/What’s his name
    Probably Disney’s embellishment of everything it touches.

  87. Star Wars “Solo” under Disney
    Alden Ehrenriech
    Harrison Ford
    Disney is to blame.

  88. Solo; Harrison Ford; Alden Ehrenreich. Poor performance at the box office could be it doesn’t add any depth to the franchise. I’ll see it when I can watch it on-demand.

  91. It has to be the latest Star Wars installment! Ding ding ding! And the flopping actor must be the new Han Solo. But who on earth could ever do a better job than Harrison Ford? It’s really not even fair to ask of someone. Should have just retired the character if Harrison no longer wanted to play Han.

    • REAL Han Solo: Sexy, snarly Harrison Ford

      Name of the current Han Solo: Alden Caleb Ehrenreich
      (who looks very stoned in his Wiki entry.)

      Film: Solo: A Star Wars Story

      Franchise: Star Wars

      Reason for flop: NO Harrison Ford!!!!!!!!!

  95. Movie Franchise: Star Wars (Solo)

    Past Actor: Mark Hamill

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

  96. Movie Franchise: Star Wars

    Past Actor: Mark Hamill?

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

    [Optional] What is the reason for the current film’s poor performance? People want to see some of the original (but non furry) stars

  97. Solo a star wars film

    Harrison Ford
    Alden ehrenreich

    I don’t think blame should fall all on him. For starters the last film left a lot of people unhappy, and that was less then 6 months ago. They didn’t properly promote the film, instead trying to smooth things over with people who were upset with the last jedi

  98. Movie Franchise: Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

  99. Movie Franchise: Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

    What is the reason for the current film’s poor performance? This franchise has sucked ever since Disney took over from George Lucas, killed off old faves such as Harrison Ford’s Han Solo and Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker, and “rebooted” with poor replacements.

    • PS: I was unimpressed with the actor playing Han Solo. He lacked the brooding charisma of Harrison Ford, and was rather boring. I also preferred a sexier guy to play Lando Calrissian, in order to to follow in Billy Dee William’s footsteps.

  100. Franchise—Star Wars, the newest installment being Solo

    Past Actor—Not sure

    Current lead—Alden Ehrenreich

    Reasons Solo is tanking—1) No one was begging for this story to be told, 2) What story that _was_ told was weak, 3) Ehrenreich wasn’t quite right for this.