What the generational model might have to say about the commercial success of Solo: A Star Wars Story, and the extent to which it is (or should have been) a remake of Casablanca.

The IMDB pages for Solo

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3778644/

Star Wars (since retitled A New Hope)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/

And Casablanca

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/

Another analysis of why Solo should have emulated Casablanca - no impact on my analysis, incidentally, as I didn't read it until after recording was complete. But it ends up in much the same place and for similar reasons.

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/06/the-key-to-the-young-han-solo-movie-casablanca-of-course/

Not-too-subtle references to Han-Shot-First throughout what I'm looking at.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_shot_first

Here’s my original blog post that summarizes my Generational Stories.

http://stories.generationalize.com/2015/12/four-stories.html

And how Han is a Nomad even at the end:

http://stories.generationalize.com/2016/01/the-force-awakens-han.html

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