Is anyone really desperate to see Solo: A Star Wars Story?

The Han Solo prequel is one Star Wars movie we don’t really need.

No wonder excitement levels around it are unexceptional, to say the leastThis week marks the release of a new Star Wars movie, focusing on arguably the most loved character in the history of the franchise – swashbuckling cosmic bad-boy Han Solo.

Everything about Solo: A Star Wars Story suggests it should be steaming into cinemas on the back of a roaring hype train, but that’s not so.

Compared with the rabid fan anticipation that preceded The Force Awakens in 2015 and last year’s divisive The Last Jedi, the publicity build-up to Solo is muted, like Chewbacca with a sore throat.Related: Solo: A Star Wars Story review – Han Solo origins film is boisterous bromance

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