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Spoilers below forSolo: A Star Wars Story.
The last Disney character I was genuinely excited about wasTessa Thompson inThor: Ragnarok.
Do you need anything?
her owner, Lando Calrissian asks her duringSolos big, daring mission.
Equal rights, she replies.
(Her mind!)
At long last, Star Wars has finally giving us the droid weve been looking for.
But L3-37 is this movies saving grace.
Or just plain old castor oil?).
Lando gets a heros entrance, illuminated by a spacey chandelier as he holds court at the Sabacc table.
After Landos win, he starts negotiating with Han and Qira about coming on board their heist.
Scamming, smuggling, price negotiations, blah blah blah.
Offscreen, a voice: No!
The camera cuts to a lanky, long-limbed droid.
This is L3-37, in all her glory!
Shes post-woke Twitter, #resist, think-piece-slacktivism-bullshit.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, L3 was a revolutionary.
Shes adime, top of the line, cute face, slim waist, with a big behind!
(I dont watch a lot of TV because ittakes too long, but thats awhole other thing.)
But Phoebe Waller-Bridgedidnt even know what a droidwas before auditioning forSolo.
(Basically: fuck your canon, dude!)
L3 is a injection of fun into a decidedly dreary Star Wars installment.
Where nearly everything else in this movie feels either borrowed or stale, L3 is incandescent.
The very seriousSolois better with this wacky love story!
The idea that theres a droid toying with Landos heart is a jolt of pure joy!
But, alas, Star Wars is gonna star war.
This is Solos movie, and Alden Ehrenreich isreportedly signed upfor two more.
With any starjustice, wed get a stand-alone Lando prequel with plenty more L3 scenes to go around.
