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50 free Solo: a Star Wars Story trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Solo: A Star Wars Story is the Han Solo origin film that lost its directors halfway through, brought in Ron Howard to reshoot around 70 percent of it, and became the first Star Wars film to lose money at the box office. It is also the film that gave the Millennium Falcon a personality, put Donald Glover in a cape, and ended with a villain nobody expected to see again. These 50 questions cover the whole film: Han and Qi'ra's escape from Corellia, the coaxium train heist on Vandor, Tobias Beckett's crew, Dryden Vos and Crimson Dawn, the Kessel Run, L3-37's revolt, and the card game for the Falcon. There are production questions too: the working title, the internal codename, the Dolomites shoot, the Lord-and-Miller firing, the Dryden Vos recast, John Powell's score and John Williams's new Han theme, the Super Bowl trailer and the $393 million gross. Easy questions stick to the cast and the plot; the expert tier asks about cinematographers, voice actors who were replaced after the premiere, and who was nearly Lando. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a Star Wars night.
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Q 01Who ended up directing Solo after its original directors were dismissed?
Ron Howard
Howard had turned down the chance to direct The Phantom Menace years earlier.
Q 02Which screenwriter's son Jonathan finished the Solo script while he worked on The Force Awakens?
Lawrence Kasdan
Lucas had commissioned the elder Kasdan to write a Han Solo prequel in 2012, before the Disney sale.
Q 03Which directing duo was fired from Solo in June 2017?
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
They believed they were hired to make a comedy; Lucasfilm wanted only a comedic touch.
Q 04In which year was Solo released?
2018
It arrived just five months after The Last Jedi, which analysts blamed for franchise fatigue.
Q 05Who plays the young Han?
Alden Ehrenreich
Over 3,000 actors were seen for the part, which Chris Miller called one of the hardest casting challenges ever.
Q 06Who plays the young Lando Calrissian?
Donald Glover
Critics said his Lando outshone the title character; Billy Dee Williams called him brilliant.
Q 07Which Game of Thrones star plays Han's childhood friend Qi'ra?
Emilia Clarke
Clarke signed on for future instalments, though no sequel was ever made.
Q 08Who plays Han's mentor Tobias Beckett?
Woody Harrelson
Bale had earlier been in discussions for the part.
Q 09Who voices Lando's droid co-pilot L3-37?
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
She wore a costume on set and was erased in post-production to leave the droid's innards.
Q 10Who plays the scarred crime lord Dryden Vos?
Paul Bettany
Bettany texted Howard to ask for a part and was flying to London two weeks later.
Q 11Which actor was originally cast as Dryden Vos before the reshoots?
Michael K. Williams
His version was a motion-capture alien he described as half mountain lion, half human.
Q 12On which planet do orphans Han and Qi'ra grow up?
Corellia
They belong to a gang run by the serpent-like Lady Proxima.
Q 13What is the name of the starship fuel at the centre of the heists?
Coaxium
Enfys Nest gives Han one vial of it at the end, enough to buy his own ship.
Q 14On which muddy planet is Han serving as an infantryman when he meets Beckett?
Q 21Maul orders Qi'ra to meet him on which planet?
Dathomir
Dathomir is Maul's homeworld, the planet of the Nightsisters.
Q 22Han is given the surname Solo when he joins what?
The Imperial Navy
He enlists as a flight cadet to escape Corellia after Qi'ra is captured.
Q 23On which planet does the damaged Falcon land to process the stolen fuel?
Savareen
It is there that Enfys reveals her crew are rebels and Lando deserts in the Falcon.
Q 24On which snowy planet does the failed train heist take place?
Mimban
He had been expelled from the Imperial Flight Academy for insubordination.
Q 15Who leads the Cloud Riders, the pirates who wreck the first heist?
Enfys Nest
They turn out to be rebels striking at the syndicates and the Empire.
Q 16Which crime syndicate does Dryden Vos serve?
Crimson Dawn
Its true leader is revealed in the final minutes to be Maul.
Q 17From which planet's mines does the crew steal unrefined fuel?
Kessel
L3-37 starts a slave revolt there while the others grab the shipment.
Q 18Han killing Beckett deliberately echoes which moment from the 1977 film?
Han shooting Greedo
The writers confirmed the callback to the Mos Eisley cantina moment.
Q 19Who is revealed as Dryden's superior at the end of the film?
Maul
Ray Park returned to play him, with Sam Witwer providing the voice.
Q 20Who provides the voice of Maul in the film?
Sam Witwer
Witwer had voiced him in The Clone Wars and Rebels; Serafinowicz's recorded lines were dropped for continuity.
Vandor-1
Beckett's partner Val and the pilot Rio both die in the attempt.
Q 25Tobias Beckett was based on which literary character?
Long John Silver
Jon Kasdan also cited Unforgiven, Heat and The Big Lebowski as influences.
Q 26Under what working title did filming begin at Pinewood in January 2017?
Star Wars: Red Cup
Red Cup is a nod to Solo cups, the American party staple.
Q 27What was the film's internal codename during development?
Harry and the Boy
It was originally meant to follow The Force Awakens, before Rogue One took that slot.
Q 28Location filming in May 2017 took place in which Italian mountain range?
The Dolomites
Sites included Tre Cime di Lavaredo and Monte Piana in Veneto.
Q 29Which island group also hosted filming in May 2017?
The Canary Islands
Rogue One and The Last Jedi also used Spanish and Atlantic island locations.
Q 30Roughly what was the film's production budget?
$300 million
Reports said it needed around $600 million worldwide to break even.