Join us for a special reaction episode of the only Star Wars podcast that thought we were in trouble for a minute there but we're fine now, it's fine. We're joined again by Patrick's brother Brendan (and Chris' persistent head-cold) to dive into the first trailers for Solo: A Star Wars Story, and some breaking news.

Our first look at the upcoming Anthology film came almost 100 days before the movie's release, beginning a lightning media campaign, and we talk through our impressions. Luckily the trailers were followed by some surprising news out of Lucasfilm involving a new set of stories, overseen by Game of Thrones' showrunners, and we got to provide our gut reactions to that as well.

Among our talking points today:

• separating Alden Ehrenreich & Harrison Ford
• the threat of "rampant speculation" & managing our expectations
• what characters from Han and Lando's pasts will show up?
• first impressions of Han, Lando, and Qi'ra
• will Woody Harrelson's character be a rehash of his Hunger Games role?
• concerns over representation behind the camera
• can Disney do anything dark with Star Wars?
• what form could Weiss & Benioff's project take, and how it will differ from GOT
• an obligatory mention that The Old Republic is possible
• what's going on with the future movie release schedule?
• the relationship between Star Wars, Marvel's Cinematic Universe, and Disney at large

What did you think of the trailers and the announcement? Are you excited for Solo and this new series?

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