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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. 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.

  2. Movie Franchise: Star Wars

    Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

  4. 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

  6. 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.

  7. Movie Franchise: Star Wars

    Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

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

  9. 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.

  11. 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…

  12. 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.

  15. 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

  17. 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?

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

  23. 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.

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

    I actually liked the movie oops!!

  31. 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

  33. 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

  34. Movie Franchise: Star Wars (SOLO)

    Past Actor: Harrison Ford

    Current Lead: Alden Ehrenreich

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

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

  36. 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.

  37. 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).

  39. 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.

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

  42. 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.

  43. 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…

  44. 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

  45. 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.

  46. 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.

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

  48. 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.

  50. 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.