“I’m Putting Together A Crew”
Though we’re getting to know more details about Solo‘s characters as time goes on, Woody Harrelson’s role is still mostly shrouded in mystery. While we haven’t had this officially confirmed by Lucasfilm, which is a little odd, the actor has previously said that he’s playing Beckett, a rough-around-the-edges, street-wise mentor for Han.
That’s supported in the trailer, too, as we see Harrelson recruiting Solo and Chewie for some kind of criminal enterprise he’s pulling off. From what we can gather, they initially meet on a desert landscape before catching up later on that snowy planet seen in the TV spot. This seems to confirm our theory that Beckett is the one who’s tussling with the bad guy on top of the moving train.
It looks like Solo will partly take the form of a heist movie, too, as the disparate characters will be brought together by Harrelson as part of his crew. We know it already includes Han, Chewie and Lando, but let’s meet the other faces who will join them…