Episode 88: Solo: A Star Wars Story

This week, Gavia and Morgan break down what exactly went wrong with the latest underwhelming installment in Disney's Star Wars machine, Solo: A Star Wars Story. Was it the director switch-up? The casting? The muddled plot? The not-so-low-key sexism? And much, much more.

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Links

Gav's Solo coverage:

• "Why ‘Star Wars’ is no longer essential viewing"
• "The first big character death in ‘Solo’ was a mistake"
• "Sorry, haters: Almost no one in ‘Star Wars’ is canonically straight"

Other coverage:

• "The Growing Emptiness of the “Star Wars” Universe," Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker
• "Did ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Work?," Andy Greenwald and Chris Ryan, The Watch at The Ringer