Why does Darth Maul appear in the new Han Solo film when he was killed off when Anakin was still a young kid? Han Solo is way younger than Anakin. He is supposedly around the same age as Luke and Leia who are Anakin’s children and were born way ahead of the events depicted in ep. 1 when Darth Maul is literally cut in half and thrown into an abyss. Please explain.

When he first appears on his yacht, he is slicing an Imperial governor with his laser or electric dagger. By killing him I would expect there would be serious repercussions yet Dryden Vos does not seem concerned.

Why wasn't I hugely excited beforehand?

1. It suddenly was out there. I knew they were working on it, but I had expected it in December. I don't take close notice of such things anymore, but usually you just don't miss that a new StarWars movie is out. And I work at irregular times and have to plan social stuff etc., so I cannot always go see a movie ad hoc.

2. I am one of those people who find that TLJ is an embarrassingly bad movie, story- and character-wise. Although I enjoyed that the two times I saw it, I came to realize there wasn't a coherent story to most of it, and that those story elements that were in it sucked (like Luke's apparent post-RotJ biography: trying to kill his minor nephew-and-pupil in his sleep) and/or killed any potential that JJ Abrams worked up to in Ep XII — a movie that I was also disappointed by (to the extent that I initially even liked all those times that Ryan Adams screwed expectations). There are several Youtube channels claiming that the alleged flaws of TLJ are also in Solo, but I found this not to be the case.

Actually I now know that people who stay away from Solo are missing out on a great movie, that (contrary to internet gossip) is really embedded well in the Star Wars background lore (in my perception at least). So, I hope some of those people will read it, and go see it anyway (but maybe this subreddit is the last place those people would look).

Just saw it in theaters in Taiwan.

[A Half a Spoiler Alert: So after you've seen it...] (#please let me know if you also agree that it just feels like we're watching Emilia Clarke doing her thang as Daenerys Targaryen, just set in a galaxy far, far away....)

And therefore, perhaps...

[Another Half Spoiler Alert] (#this is the same kind of stunt Daenerys might pull on Jon Snow?)

I’m predicting that the Solo movie will include a scene that explains why droids aren’t served in that Mos Eisley cantina... 😀😂

http://www.starwars-holonet.com/blog/trailer-officiel-han-solo/