We’ve known for awhile now that the second film in the Star Wars Anthology spin-off series will focus on bounty hunter Boba Fett.  In recent months, it has also been rumored that a young Han Solo might make an appearance in the film.  According to Schmoes Know, however, that “might” has become fact and we here at Bloody-Disgusting are hearing the same.  Come 2018, we will have a new, younger actor playing the role of Han Solo in this film.

What do we know beyond that, however?  Not all that much at this stage.  The site also reports that Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, and reptilian bounty hunter Bossk might make an appearance as well.  Most places are also running that the film will be set pre-A New Hope.  There are also rumblings that it might take place over a long span of time, however, running from Fett’s early days as a bounty hunter up through his life post-Return of the Jedi.  Might we see an older Fett who has escaped the Sarlaac in the film’s third act?  If Schmoes Know is right and the spaghetti western-inspired project centers (at least somewhat) on a rivalry between Fett & Solo, it stands to reason that Ford may well be drafted to appear in the film in some capacity as well.  Only time will tell.

The project has been without a director since the departure of Josh Trank (Chronicle, Fantastic Four).  BD has learned that Brad Bird had been circling the film, but has since moved on.  The current rumored frontrunners are Jon Favreau (Iron Man, The Jungle Book) and Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman: The Secret Service), but given the latter’s strong ties to Fox, it is doubtful that he will enlist to bring Fett’s violent life to the screen.  With directors already set for Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One (2016) and Star Wars: Episode VIII (2017), I suspect we will soon have one for this entry as well.