Han Solo future uncertain, says Harrison Ford
Though either way we're definitely getting a Han Solo prequel
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Your support makes all the difference.Harrison Ford is being coy about his future with the Star Wars franchise, as The Force Awakens hits cinemas worldwide today and tomorrow.
Asked at the London premiere if we can expect to see more of him as Han Solo, he told Digital Spy: “You can expect anything you want to expect. We’ll see!”
Ford also expressed his joy at reuniting with Chewbacca and actor Peter Mayhew, who returned to the role of the loveable Wookie at the age of 71.
“I was delighted. We had a great time working together and it was great to see him again.”
Regardless of Ford’s involvement and Solo’s future, the character’s past is something we will definitely be seeing, with Lucasfilm and Disney currently developing a prequel centring on the smuggler’s early years.
“He’ll definitely be probably in the high teens, low 20s,” Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy said. “We’re not introducing you to a 10-year-old Han Solo.”
Given Ford was 35 when he first played Solo, the prequel will be set roughly 15 years before the event of Star Wars: A New Hope.
The Force Awakens hit cinemas at midnight last night, with one cinema in London showing it on 12 screens simultaneously.
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