{"id":2717,"date":"2018-02-05T13:48:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2018-02-05T15:48:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T23:48:56","slug":"solo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/solo\/","title":{"rendered":"Solo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 1977: After I had seen <em>Star Wars<\/em> for the first time, and before I would ever know what kind of impact it would have on me, all I knew was that I wanted to be Han Solo.<\/p>\n<p>About a year or so later, <em>Star Wars<\/em> books started to appear, and among them was <em>Han Solo at Star&#8217;s End<\/em>, the first of the original Han Solo Trilogy, by the late Brian Daley.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, I had always imagined that they would make a movie about Han Solo and his early adventures.<\/p>\n<p>Flash forward almost 40 years:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dNW0B0HsvVs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who says that no one wanted this movie made has never met me.\u00a0 This, and the Jawas film\/TV series, are two things that I&#8217;ve wanted from <em>Star Wars<\/em> since first seeing it when I was 10 years old.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2719\" src=\"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Redcup_Dom_Tlr_1_Texted_h264_hd.00_01_13_00.Still032-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Redcup_Dom_Tlr_1_Texted_h264_hd.00_01_13_00.Still032-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Redcup_Dom_Tlr_1_Texted_h264_hd.00_01_13_00.Still032-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Redcup_Dom_Tlr_1_Texted_h264_hd.00_01_13_00.Still032-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Redcup_Dom_Tlr_1_Texted_h264_hd.00_01_13_00.Still032.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I sound biased, but this could be the best <em>Star Wars<\/em> film since <em>Rogue One<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2718\" src=\"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DVRt82DXUAA6dh7-692x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DVRt82DXUAA6dh7-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DVRt82DXUAA6dh7-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DVRt82DXUAA6dh7-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DVRt82DXUAA6dh7.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You might say I&#8217;m more than a little excited about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 1977: After I had seen Star Wars for the first time, and before I would ever know what kind of impact it would have on me, all I knew was that I wanted to be Han Solo. 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