Making Star Wars movie huge challenge: Ron Howard

Los Angeles May 10 (IANS) Filmmaker Ron Howard says making "Solo: A Star Wars Story" was challenging yet exciting.

"This is a huge challenge and it s an exciting opportunity. I m grateful for all the past experiences that I ve had working in film because the confidence that comes with that allows me to concentrate on working with the producers and the writers to realise this exciting story " Howard said in a statement to IANS.

"As a fan I have anticipation for what the movie will be and I really can t wait to see it along with the rest of the world " he added.

"Solo: A Star Wars Story" tells the story of how Han Solo met his future co-pilot Chewbacca before the events in the original 1977 "Star Wars". The film is the second anthology film after 2016 s "Rogue One". It stars Emilia Clarke Alden Ehrenreich Woody Harrelson Donald Glover Thandie Newton Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Paul Bettany. The film will release in India on May 25.

Did the "Star Wars" franchise inspire you as a filmmaker?

"It inspired me as a film lover. As a filmmaker at that point I was already committed to making short films but I was just about to make my first Roger Corman movie as a director. It was so intimidating. I really couldn t quite grasp how it was done. So Star Wars inspired me as a lover of cinema but it was so far beyond what I imagined I could really understand and do as a director. But it certainly made me dream."

--IANS
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