Solo leaked script - Act I

Through hololeaks, we were able to obtain an early draft of the script for the upcoming Han Solo movie. Unfortunately it’s not complete and from what we saw on the recent teasers it also seems to have been eventually abandoned and replaced with a reworked version of the James Kirk coming-of-age oh-look-at-me-I-pilot-so-well-but-I’m-such-a-rebel-and-the-pilot-school-doesn’t-want-me drama from Star Trek’s 2009 reboot. Still, it might be interesting to see where the story was aiming for at first.

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SOLO: A Star Wars Story
(original draft script)








Page 1

ACT 1

Scene 0: Outer space outside CORELLIA – Outer space time

OPENING CRAWL:

PEACE! The corrupt Republic crumbled after
a decisive move by Chancellor Palpatine ended
the ongoing senseless struggle between the Trade
Federation and the clone troops led by greedy,
power-hungry Jedi Knights, establishing the
new GALACTIC EMPIRE and opening a period of
PROSPERITY in the galaxy.

It’s a time for big businesses to flourish, and major
interstellar conflicts were replaced by generational
quarrels within old dynasties. Just as the holonews
stop talking about bloodsheds in both unknown
regions and capital planets, small-scale household
dramas take front-stage and the GOSSIP it brews is
certainly more exciting than any whispered tales of
rebels on underground worlds. One never knows
what will shape the GALAXY next ...

The camera tilts downwards after the text disappears for a wide shot of the planet CORELLIA. A flux of commercial ships moves both to and from the planet. As the same logo is seen in most of them, the camera focus on a ship approaching the planet, enough to let the audience read: RENOWITZ INDUSTRIES.


Scene I: CORELLIA, Renowitz Mansion - Morning

HAN, the rebellious teenage son of affluent department store owners KYLO and ODDS RENOWITZ, is staring blankly at his 72’ Hologram Screen. The living room is large and fancy.

ZELDA (on the holoscreen)
… I am TIRED of you always pretending that I can’t help
myself. Maybe I WANTED to be kidnapped by Ganondorf!

LINK (on the holoscreen)
Well excuuuuuuuuuse me, Princess!

KYLO RENOWITZ, sharply dressed, walks stiffly into the room and asserts, without looking at HAN.

KYLO RENOWITZ
HAN, I have business to attend to at the store.
C2M8 will take you to school today.

There’s no reply from HAN. KYLO adjusts his watch and finally looks at HAN, and then at the screen. He says, in a mocking and disregarding tone.

KYLO RENOWITZ
Oh, you’re still watching those silly cartoons? Grow up HAN.
Do you think a princess would ever need your help?
You can’t even help yourself.

As he leaves in disgust, ODDS RENOWITZ hurriedly comes into the room, barely noticing her son, grabs her wampa fur-scarf, and is ready to leave - when she hears HAN growl under his breath.

HAN RENOWITZ
Yeah, whatever man...

ODDS RENOWITZ slowly walks towards HAN, as if going down the runway, and kisses him on the forehead.

ODDS RENOWITZ
Oh sweetie pie... how were classes yesterday?

ODDS then stares at herself in her pocket mirror, fixing her hair.

HAN RENOWITZ
It was like Sunday or whatever, MOM!
I got that greedy bastard to do me some...

ODDS RENOWITZ
You stop right there, mister!
Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone just remember that all
the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.

HAN was used to hearing ODDS spew out empty advices she had read on her boujee book-club, so he just rolls his eyes and makes sure she leaves his hefty allowance before closing the door behind her. She was leaving for another week-long shopping spree.

C2M8 comes into the room. Even though he is a droid, he is noticeably nervous.

C2M8
Please, master HAN, your worshipfulness, we have to hurry!
The odds of reaching the school on time are...

HAN RENOWITZ
Don’t talk to me about ODDS, you piece of garbage.
You haven’t even collected my shit.

C2M8 hastily moves around the room, tripping on HAN’s belongings which are spread everywhere.


(end of excerpt)


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Scene III: CORELLIA, School – Late Morning

Wide shot of an elite private school. Zoom into HAN in the recess’ exotic petting farm as he’s hiding behind a smelly Tauntaun, aiming a slingshot into the open classroom window.

THE PROFESSOR
... and the first space opera performed there was written by...

SOME GREEN ALIEN KID
The illustrious director Notluwiski Papanoida!

THE PROFESSOR
Absolutely correct! You see boys, that’s why he has a scholarship!
He might not be as rich as some... but smart he is!

The SMART GREEN ALIEN KID awkwardly tries to smile and compose himself after hearing such a remark. As the PROFESSOR turns her back to write on the board the KID gets hit by a rock in his left antenna.

SCHOLARSHIP GRANTEE GREEN ALIEN KID
Ouch!

As the INJURED GREEN ALIEN KID starts to cry and the PROFESSOR checks on him, HAN uses the commotion to sneakily jump inside through the window, but he is spotted.

INJURED GREEN ALIEN KID
Look, Teacher, it was HAN! He shot me!

HAN RENOWITZ
What!? He cries every time someone calls him poor, the jealous bastard!

JEALOUS GREEN ALIEN KID
You’re mean! You shot me!

HAN RENOWITZ
Well, you shot me first. Remember... guys? Greedy boy!

SOME STUDENTS
GREEDO! GREEDO! GREEDO!
A ferocious debate begins, some students defend GREEDO, while most are on HAN’s side. The scene goes on for a few seconds.

(end of excerpt)


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Scene VI: CAPUTZA, A Desert Planet - Early Afternoon

KYLO and HAN RENOWITZ arrive to a modern looking docking bay. Waiting them is JABBA TIURE, a renowned trader and business partner of KYLO.

KYLO RENOWITZ
HAN, I don’t want you to be here either but I need you to keep
the business afloat when you get it, so just shut up and learn.

JABBA TIURE
Ta tiska! Ta tun ta tuunn, KYLO KYLO! Et tutiti HAN, ta grandi!
Sheza, yo baca kabadacarda?

KYLO RENOWITZ
Booming!

(further dialogue and shenanigans to be written)

KYLO angrily tells HAN to leave after the repeated transgressions, to which he happily obliges. HAN checks the note with the address of the arms dealer he got previously from a classmate. CAPUTZA was notable for its underground market and HAN was sure he would finally be able to get a blaster.


Scene VII: Shady canteen in CAPUTZA - Afternoon

We see HAN talking to a strange and improbable pair: a human-pig and an Aqualish thug. They seem eager to get rid of him. As HAN leaves in the direction of a table they pointed to, the couple steps inside a closet.


HAN RENOWITZ
Are you Bobby Fat?

BOBBA FETT
What do you want?

HAN RENOWITZ
I need a blaster.

BOBBA FETT
I don’t have nada for you, KID.

HAN RENOWITZ
I got money, Bobby.

BOBBA FETT
Whatever, meet me later around the corner.

(end of excerpt)


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Scene X: CORELLIA, School - Morning

HAN is at the school recess, behind a Tauntaun. He still couldn’t believe that the arms dealer had sold him a lame BB blaster. However, as he points the blaster at GREEDO’s right antenna, he seems confident in the modifications he made.

THE PROFESSOR
... and that’s why we don’t have Ewoks
in the petting zoo anymore, children.

A loud bang is heard as the ceiling of the petting zoo collapses. The camera turns to HAN who seems dumbfounded, looking at his blaster which appears to be leaking something.

THE PROFESSOR
Mister RENOWITZ! What have you done?!
That was the last straw!

(end of excerpt)


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Scene XIII: CORELLIA, Renowitz Mansion - Evening

Panning shot over the outside of the Renowitz mansion. We see HAN half-assedly working in the garden as KYLO angrily enters the house and slams the door. Through a window, we see ODDS unpacking some shopping bags. Cut to the living room.

KYLO RENOWITZ
I can’t believe that Hutt called me out on ethics
about the new business proposition!
How does he think I can afford your shopping sprees?!?

ODDS RENOWITZ
Oh dear, welcome home! I talked to HAN earlier and he seems a tad depressed.
Should we take him to Naboo on a little get away?
It’s been sooo long since our last holiday!

KYLO seems frustrated at her aloofness but resigned at the same time. He draws a cigar from his leather Gucci cigar case. C2M8 enters the room.

C2M8
Your worshipfulnessesses, dinner is almost ready!
It’s the most exquisite Bantha rib with sweet potatoes.

ODDS RENOWITZ
Oh no! There goes my diet, ahahah!
Oh, take these dresses upstairs for me, will ya, darling?

C2M8
Most certainly, your highness of the highs, madam, sir.
But I should attend to the dinner first.

ODDS RENOWITZ
That wasn’t a request, sweety pie.

KYLO RENOWITZ
Get me the lighter, will you?

Outside, HAN is cutting his fingernails with the garden shears. Suddenly, an explosion distracts him from his meticulous task. Smoke comes from the broken windows of the mansion as C2M8’s head falls right next to him.

C2M8
Dinner will be delayed for several minutes, master HAN!

(end of excerpt)


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Scene XVI: CORELLIA, Cemetery - Morning

Tracking shot of a line of attendees to MR and MRS KYLO RENOWITZ’s funeral. We hear some sobs but mostly whispered gossip. Words like ‘HAN’, ‘explosion’, ‘blaster’, ‘money’, ‘greedy’, ‘crazy’, ‘murderer’, ‘murderer, ‘MURDERER’ are repeated... As the tracking shot ends at the front of the line, zoom into HAN’s. He seems undisposed, holding C2M8’s head in his arm. JABBA TIURE is next in line.

JABBA TIURE
Fruti tuti, gagu HAN… Tutiti Han grandi,
tat ton KYLO, tat ton ODDS… kadukibacardi?
As JABBA starts weeping like a sinner on a Sunday morning, HAN asks C2M8 to translate.

JABBA TIURE
Me and a-KYLO go back the long time...
Me believe not those accusation on yousa.
I help you with future yousa need. Come in Caputza.

HAN
(below his breath)
Maybe it was my fault.

GREEDO and THE PROFESSOR come near HAN, GREEDO sobbing visibly.

THE PROFESSOR
I know this is a bad time, but I still have to inform you that, since the family court is investigating the incident, you have been expelled from the school. I’m sorry Mister RENOWITZ, but we have an image to preserve. I know you are cut out of your inheritance for the time being, but there are still fees to be paid...

As THE PROFESSOR starts walking away, GREEDO pulls on her sleeve.

THE PROFESSOR
Oh, right, GREEDO here wants you to know he is prepared to share his only, dirty blanket with you. You should take it, HAN, you don’t have a lot of friends left... and nowhere to sleep.

GREEDO seems to be trying to mutter something as he starts to lift his head. HAN furiously reaches for the blaster hidden in his pants and aims it at GREEDO’s right antenna. The scene ends with people around him, holding him off. ‘Crazy!’, ‘murderer’, ‘dangerous’, ‘stop!’.

(end of excerpt)


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Scene XVIII: CORELLIA, Hangar - Night

Wide shot of the hangar, many ships are leaving. HAN is carrying a small backpack. He seems much calmer and more contemplative than usual. Through his face we seem to glimpse his mind trying to explain to himself how he got there. He lowers his gaze towards the ground where he catches glimpses of his own reflection on some spilled gasoline. He speaks slowly, looking at C2M8 head which he holds in his hands in front of him.

HAN
Renowitz... Renowitz... my whole life I had to live up to a name and a legacy that doesn’t represent me. All these years I had this weight on my shoulders, had to appear a certain way, had to maintain an attitude befitting a class that I despise, had to see my artistic tendencies crushed by a father who cares more about hierarchy than love, a mother who can only show HER love in materialistic ways, instead of maternalistic ones... And now I’m being cast out, accused of bringing destruction to those whom, although never shown true affection by, I’ve always tried to make proud. Now they are making me leave. But that’s fine... I’ll follow my own path. If I have to go from Corellia, I’ll let go of everything. No more money. No more mansion. No more weekend mansion. No more friends. No more... Renowitz. Now... I am... SOLO!

As he finishes his speech it dramatically starts raining; HAN SOLO falls to his knees and lets out a shriek. HAN face shows the moment has reached PEAK MELODRAMA! After a few seconds he slowly rises and enters the spaceship Jabba has sent to collect him. The ship looks really fancy, one could even say it was like a space Cadillac. On the windshield we see “Express Millenium Falcon: Destination CAPTUZA”. He enters the ship without looking back.

END OF ACT 1