UPDATED: Is This Our First Look At Alden Ehrenreich In ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’?
We’ve heard plenty about next year’s newStar Warsspin-off focusing on Han Solo. After a troubled production saw directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller let go from the project, only to be replaced by directorRon Howard, the film wrapped back in October andwas finally given the official titleofSolo: A Star Wars Story. But when will we get our first official look at the movie? It might be today.
Thanks to a new piece of promotional material from the Hawkins Theater chain, it appears that we have been given the first image ofAlden Ehrenreichas Han Solo in the spin-off that dives into the smuggler’s origin story. Check out theSolo: A Star Wars Storyfirst look below.
MakingStarWarshad this photo of the Harkins Theatres promotional cup sent to them byTwitter user Mike De Rose:
As you can see, the cut isn’t just promotingStar Warsmovies, but a bunch of the big blockbusters coming in 2018. Along with Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, we have Zoe Saldana as Gamora forAvengers: Infinity War, Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft inTomb Raider, Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston as Newt Scamander and Tina Goldstein inFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themand Zazie Beetz as Domino alongside Deadpool on the far right.
Han Solo is the only character we haven’t seen in some kind of still released by the studio, but with all the trademarked characters on this cup, there’s little to no chance that this isn’t an official image of Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, even if it’s concept art instead of an stylized still photo. Harkins Theatres would get in serious trouble if they had trademarked characters on a promotional item like this without permission. That being said, this could easily be some kind of fan creation, since there are plenty of fans out there who like to play pranks on the internet like this for some reason.
We’re leaning towards accepting this as an official image, but hopefully we’ll find out sooner than later. MakingStarWars says this particular outfit is what Han Solo will be wearing in the third act of the movie, so we’ll be bound to see the smuggler wearing several different looks throughout his origin spin-off.
UPDATE: It looks like our suspicions were correct, and this is an unofficial creation:
Total fake. Its a recoloured image from an old fan made teaser poster with a new image of Alden (badly) stuck on it.pic.twitter.com/saY3UKVosd
— ~ Paul ~ 🏴 🇪🇺 (@Rogue_74)June 19, 2025
WithStar Wars: The Last Jedion the way, we’re not sure if Lucasfilm will tease the arrival ofSolo: A Star Wars Storybefore the end of 2017. After all, we didn’t get the firstRogue Oneteaser until April of 2016 at Star Wars Celebration. But more than likely we’ll get some kind of look at the Han Solo movie before that, even if it’s just in the form of stills from the movie.
Solo: A Star Wars Storyis slated to hit theaters onMay 25, 2018.
