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Dreamcasting Han Solo: The Dashing Dudes Who Have (and Shouldn’t Have) Made the List!

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The most ruggedly handsome space pirate ever to grace the big screen is getting a reboot. That’s right butts and butterscotches, the man, the myth, the lying, thieving, heart-stealing Han Solo is going to have his own movie. And although Harrison Ford has definitely still got it, this movie takes place in between Episode III and Episode IV, before Han meets Luke and Leia. And do you know what that means? It means we get to see Han Solo at the ripe old age of 25 (ish), played by a new and hopefully startlingly handsome young actor. Which brings us to the most important matter of the hour—which young actor has the look, the charisma, the wit, the charm, the heart to play the roguish devil that is Han Solo? A list was released yesterday with who the casting has been narrowed down to; and, needless to say, we have some THOUGHTS. We’re going to take a VERY CLOSE look at the men they’ve narrowed it down to and offer some of our absolutely-asked-for opinions on who some other KILLER options could be.Which man has just the right combination of all of Han’s best traits? WE SHALL SEE.

Sparkitor’s note: It has been mentioned that our picks for young Han Solo are overwhelmingly white, which we cop to! The choices were guided by the Hollywood shortlist, which itself is very white both because that is how Hollywood rolls, and because Harrison Ford is a white man. Do we think that an actor of color is out of the running for young Han? Absolutely not! We would love to see a less familiar face take the role and make it theirs.