Ron Howard Says Online Trolls Were Partly To Blame For ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Box Office Fail

Deadline ^ | June 5, 2019 | Andreas Wiseman

[EdnaMode]

It failed because: 1. Harrison Ford is Han Solo

2. Last Jedi backlash

3. Lucasfilm attacking their audience

The response? Attack the audience ever more. Smart.

[C19fan]

It failed because there was no demand for a “Soylo” movie and the “Last Jedi” broke the camel’s back.

[frnewsjunkie]

Ron Howard is not the nice guy from old days on TV.

[Eddie01]

...or maybe it just sucked Ron and you failed.

Own it.

[Red Badger]

Not having seen any Star Wars movie since the first one in 1977, isn’t it possible that the movie just plain sucked, Ron?................

[Red Badger]

GMTA!...............

[circlecity]

I think the “Last Jedi” backlash you mention had a lot to do with it. That movie was just awful and, quite frankly, insulting. I saw the Solo movie on Netflix and it was an OK popcorn flick. Nowhere near as bad as Last Jedi.

[miss marmelstein]

It used to be called “word of mouth.”

[Skywise]

Solo was an OK movie. But after all the backlash and hate from Kathleen Kennedy and Rian Johnson and all this insipid SJW nonsense (is Lando gay?) fans are burned out.

[pepsi_junkie]

They went out of their way in "The Force Awakens" and "The Last Jedi" to wreck the future of the characters that Star Wars fans loved and then tried to introduce a movie that proposed to rewrite their past and people said "nope, you've done enough damage. Now Lando is pan-sexual? Nope, I'm out".

It's that simple. But for a more hollywood answer, Ron Howard when they brought you in at the 11th hour to "save" what should have been on paper a sure fire hit, that should have been your first clue that the current gang running Star Wars are useless fools who cannot shoot straight and this movie was doomed. Don't blame the fans.

[salmon76]

I saw your movie, Richie Cunningham. It was boring.

[dfwgator]

Sit on it, Richie!

Chuck was the better brother.

[BitWielder1]

I didn't think it was all that terrible.
People are expecting so much but we're never going to get the same awesome feeling we got in 1977.
The whole Star Wars idea is getting a bit old.
I enjoyed it for what it was, a sci-fi adventure movie, while the critics and cultist are disappointed for what it wasn't.

[HombreSecreto]

Don’t worry, Ron’s working on the next one.

Jar Jar Binks (lead singer) and Ewoks (band) are the new Cantina Band at Mos Eisley spaceport on Tatooine, where they hatch their plan to become the new rulers of the First Order, using their bad music to destroy all enemies.

[jmaroneps37]

You should have put The Fonz in your crappy movie. He could have space skied over a Jedi.

[mewzilla]

I didn't think it was all that terrible.

Talk about damning with faint praise...

The public is supposed to eat their crap sandwich and like it?

Good luck with that one, Hollyweird.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Yarp. Typical Liberal response pulling from Rule #1 for Libs:
It's always someone else's fault.

[Haiku Guy]

Some trolling, but mostly the movie sux.

[Dawgreg]

..or maybe it just sucked Ron and you failed.

Own it.

Or some audiences today are sick and tired of Hollywood and are showing their disdain.

[jmaroneps37]

You should have had The Fonz in your crappy movie. He could have space skied over a Jedi.