Rather than waiting for the usual Christmastime crowd, the latest chapter of the Star Wars franchise decided to jump into the summer rush with their second spinoff film. Despite the fact that the film explores the backstory of one of the franchise’s favorite characters, Han Solo, it has not performed up to usual standards at the box office. Personally, I think that most people are having a hard time separating their actual feelings about Solo: A Star Wars Story from their feeling for the Star Wars franchise as a whole. There is so much Star Wars material coming out now that the fatigue is affecting movies that are definitely not bad – I mean, Solo is easily better than The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones – and people are voicing their anger for the entire franchise and aiming it directly at this one movie. There’s also something to be said for its ability to hone in on some of the little details, which are part of the magic of the original Star Wars mythology. That’s not to say that Solo is perfect by any means, because it isn’t, but it is fun – as a summer movie should be.
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