When Han joins the Empire early on in Solo: A Star Wars Story, he wants to be a pilot. However, the next time we see the titular hero, he's on the mud planet Mimban, and why he's not flying ships is only mentioned in passing. In the home release of the new Star Wars film, a deleted scene plays out why Han is covered in mud.It opens with Han flying a TIE Heavy Starfighter, heading back to an Imperial command ship. His ship is damaged, and he manages to stumble back to command through the bay. Han then appears before a tribunal where he explains that if he went on his own to attack a headhunter that brought him down--instead of following orders--the headhunter would be dead. The Commodore, and the rest of the tribunal, finds him guilty of disobeying a direct order, and Han is signed to the infantry, where he'll be shipped out to Mimban.There's a gag dropped at the end when Han asks when he'll be flying again, and the Commodore says Han will be flying again in no time. Then it cuts to Han … [Read more...] about A Star Wars Story Deleted Scene Details Why Han Was Kicked Out Of The Imperial Navy
Star tribune breaking news
Brits BLOCKED from websites and video games thanks to GDPR – here’s where you’re now banned from using
BRITS are being shut out of websites – and even some video games – thanks to tough new EU regulations. The sweeping GDPR laws come into effect today, forcing companies to handle your personal info better...or face massive fines. A host of websites, including major American news outlets like the LA Times and Chicago Tribune, are now no longer serving Europeans. It's all thanks to the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. It forces companies to get your express consent to handle your data or contact you over e-mail. And if a brand doesn't comply, they can be fined up to €20million or 4% of their turnover – whichever is greater. Unfortunately, we can't tell exactly why the websites are going down. A website going offline for Europeans simply means it wasn't compliant with any part (or multiple parts) of the sweeping GDPR regulation. It probably means the company wasn't processing your data in an entirely transparent or fair way, but these businesses … [Read more...] about Brits BLOCKED from websites and video games thanks to GDPR – here’s where you’re now banned from using
‘Star Wars’ universe’s new Chewbacca reveals all the furry details
There’s too much “Star Wars.” A new “Star Wars” movie five months after the previous “Star Wars” movie — whether it’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story” or “Kenobi: A Star Wars Story” or “Star Wars: The New Jedi After the Last Jedi” — is too much “Star Wars.” I say that as a lifelong, 40-plus-years true believer. Anticipation is as much a part of “Star Wars” as Stormtroopers. Memo to Lucasfilm: Make “Star Wars” a holiday event, a seasonal treat, an annual happening, out of your life long enough to allow us to miss it.With one exception.There’s never enough Chewbacca.He is the series’ most dependable source of warmth, the shambling, impenetrable, unintelligible leading man who never was — decades before Vin Diesel’s Groot came along. Is it wrong to say you welcome Chewie back every time with the same broad smile you welcome your dog? I … [Read more...] about ‘Star Wars’ universe’s new Chewbacca reveals all the furry details
The Gabrielle Union home-invasion thriller ‘Breaking In’ could use some breathing room
The home-invasion thriller “Breaking In,” the tale of a young mom battling a quartet of burglars to save her children, is fairly brilliant Mother’s Day programming (or counterprogramming), which is why it’s a shame that the movie itself, starring a stern Gabrielle Union, isn’t more fun.Thrillers should be taut and ruthlessly efficient in their storytelling, and “Breaking In,” written by Ryan Engle, directed by James McTeigue, doesn’t have an ounce of fat on it. We’re given only a few minutes of set up before we’re thrown right into it.Shaun (Union) and her kids Jasmine (Ajiona Alexus) and Glover (Seth Carr) arrive at the remote country compound of Shaun’s recently deceased father. She’s long been estranged from him, and plans to spend the weekend getting ready to sell the house. They aren’t there for more than a few minutes before a crew of four burglars, on the hunt for $4 million in cash they heard her dad … [Read more...] about The Gabrielle Union home-invasion thriller ‘Breaking In’ could use some breathing room