'SOLO': RIO BLASTS BACK!

The epic Vandor heist of Coaxium from the Imperials hasn't gone smoothly for Beckett's gang, of which crack pilot Rio Durant is especially fighting for his life now against Enfys Nest's oncoming boarders of their escape craft. A memorable but sad moment from Solo - A Star Wars Story. We were great fans of the character, and Jon Favreau's fun voicing.

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'SOLO': INTRODUCING RIO DURANT!

Confidently taking the control reins of an Imperial Hauler vessel, the good-natured Ardennian alien mercenary/pilot Rio Durant (a terrific character name conceived by the Kasdans that wouldn't look out of place in a classic Humphrey Bogart B/W movie, for sure!) plays his part in the Conveyex transport heist, in a scene from the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story.

At home on and off screen as an actor and director, and now TV producer for an all-new STAR WARS live-action series for the not too distant future (set a short time after the events of Return of the Jedi),  of which he'll also be penning half the episodes, the ever-talented and highly likeable Jon Favreau brings a fun simian-toned voice to Durant as seen in early teaser footage.

'SOLO': EVEN MORE CHARACTER POSTERS!

More colourful character posters for the newly post production completed Solo: A Star Wars Story, including one for Paul Bettany's villainous role.

He may not be a well known name compared to his colleagues, but I have to say that I'm disappointed with Disney/Lucasfilm that Joonas Suotamo is not credited here- a fine successor to Peter Mayhew, Mister Suotamo more than deserves a proper acting credit on his poster, having now done three STAR WARS films and especially based on the scene-stealer teaser footage for the film shown so far! To me, this echoes the dismal time in 1977 when Anthony Daniels, Dave Prowse and Peter Mayhew were never named for their roles in marketing/publicity photos.