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Alden Ehrenreich, plays titular smuggler ‘Han Solo’

“Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you.” ―Darth Vader to Leia Organa

Well it looks like the Bothan spies are out in ‘Force” once again.

There was always going to be pressure over the making of a new Star Wars film. Add to the mix a film that promised to tell the origin story of one of the franchise’s best-loved characters, and it becomes Hollywood’s most irresistible secret.

The fact, then, that the highly anticipated film has been beset with production problems, including the unexpected departure of original director duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller – known for goofball blockbusters The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street – last summer (death in the Great Pit of Carkoon in the Dune Sea of Tatooine), five months after shooting began. Lord and Miller were fired by Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy, who has also produced the last four Star Wars films, citing “creative differences”.

Now an anonymous actor from the film has gone on the record to explain just how chaotic life behind the scenes of Solo: A Star wars Story really was. The source told Vulture that it was apparent that Lord and Miller just didn’t have the experience to deal with the kind of big budget sci-fi action film Solo: A Star Wars Story was expected to be, and insisted on dozens of takes: “After the 25th take, the actors are looking at each other like, ‘This is getting weird.

“[Lord and Miller] seemed a bit out of control. They definitely felt the pressure; with one of these movies, there are so many people on top of you all the time. The first assistant director was really experienced and had to step in to help them direct a lot of scenes.”

A spokesperson for Lord and Miller told Vulture: “This information is completely inaccurate”, but couldn’t cite specific inaccuracies.

Harrison Ford has left huge galactic shoes to fill, and despite thousands of hopefuls, Alden Ehrenreich still needed assistance to step into the role of Han Solo on set.

In fact, in March, an acting coach was brought on to help the 28-year-old get into character: “Lucasfilm wanted something very specific: copying someone else. Alden’s not a bad actor – just not good enough,” the anonymous source told Vulture.

“You could see his acting became more relaxed. He became more Harrison-like. The coach helped!”

What’s more surprising is that once Lucasfilm bosses started to clock that Lord and Miller weren’t creating the film they had envisaged, the majority of the cast and crew were reportedly left in the dark about the making of the movie: “It was crazy”, the actor recalls. “They fired our bosses. Everyone was texting each other: ‘Did you see the news? Do you think they’re doing reshoots?’ It was messy. And it was crazy how everything got leaked to the press.”

With Howard’s arrival, however, came change: “When he came on, he took control and you could feel it. He got respect immediately. He’s really confident. A really easy guy to work with.”

Solo: A Star Wars Story hits theaters on May 25th, so the wait is almost over.

Lucasfilm did an amazing job of keeping anything from leaking and it paid off because the Solo teaser has silenced a faction of Star Wars fans who were ready to trash the 45-second spot.

We still haven’t really seen Alden Ehrenreich’s Han Solo up close, so there’s still plenty of mystery to intrigue fans who are impatiently waiting for even more footage.

Just weeks remain before the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, and fan’s are hoping the film will live up to the extreme hype.