Solo: A Star Wars Story is a 2018 American space Western film centering on the Star Wars character Han Solo. Directed by Ron Howard, produced by Lucasfilm, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the second Star Wars anthology film, following Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).
The film tells the origin story of Han Solo and Chewbacca, who join a heist within the criminal underworld ten years prior to the events of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977).
