Editorial Staff
Cult “Star Wars” comic book characters Tag and Bink were supposed to be making their live-action debut in “Solo : A Star Wars Story” – so where are they?
According to writer Jonathan Kasdan, he too was surprised director Ron Howard cut the particular scene from the movie.
“One of the things we went back and forth on a lot is that both Larry [Kasdan, co-writer] and I felt that it was important to see Han in the Imperial Academy, in the Navy, because we wanted to see him become this pilot, “Kasdan tells ComicBook.com. “And from the first draft through the last draft, there was a chunk of the movie — Very short. Like, I’d say 80 seconds long — That showed him in the Imperial Academy doing some sort of flight things, sort of disobeying a direct order, and getting kicked out.
“And as he’s getting kicked out, he’s being sort of moved out of the official courtroom by Tag and Bink, played by [me] and Toby Hefferman, our [first] AD. And we were certain that these scene was going to remain because it’s a crucial moment in his life. And it was the last thing to come out. It was heartbreaking.”
The main reason why Kasdan was certain Howard wouldn’t cut the scene is because Howard’s wife was also in the sequence.
“We were so sure, too, that Ron actually put his wife, Cheryl, who has to be in all his movies because it’s his only superstition, into the scene because he’s like, ‘Well, this is the one thing that isn’t coming out.’ And then it did come out, and Ron had to get Cheryl over to Disney and CGI her into another shot just so we weren’t cursed. So, when I think you’ll see Tag and Bink is on the Blu-Ray, because no way we’re putting that on Blu-Ray without the Imperial Academy sequence. It’s a great sequence, too.”
