>> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU ON.
>> GOOD TO BE ON.
>> Stephen: I'M A LONG-TIME FAN OF RON HOWARD AND A
LONG-TIME FAN OF "STAR WARS."
YOU TOOK OVER DIRECTING THIS ONE ONE, "SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY,"
HALFWAY THROUGH.
HOW MUCH DID THEY TELL YOU BEFORE YOU AGREED?
WAS IT SO SECRETIVE, THEY SAID, JUST TRUST US, IT'S A "STAR
WARS" STORY, GET IN THERE?
>> I HAD TO SIGN AN N.D.A.
BEFORE I COULD EVEN HAVE THE CONVERSATION.
>> Stephen: WAS MICHAEL COHEN INVOLVED AT ALL IN THIS
CONVERSATION?
>> NO, WE WERE ABLE TO HANDLE IT INTERNALLY.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
LOOK, IT WAS A GREAT SCREENPLAY.
IT WAS AN UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE.
IT WAS NO MOVIE, NO SET OF CREATIVE PEOPLE WANT TO BE A
PART OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT WAS CREATIVE DIFFERENCES IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE AND ONCE I
KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE, I READ THE SCRIPT, AND
LARRY AND SON JOHN WROTE IT.
HEAR HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN HIS FOURTH OF THE "STAR WARS" MOVIE
STARTING WITH "EMPIRE STRIKES BACK."
I LOVED THE STORY.
IT SURPRISED ME.
OF COURSE, I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT WELL, WHAT'S THE STORY ABOUT
YOUNG HANS SOLO AND ADVENTURES THAT MIGHT DEFINE HIM, WHAT'S IT
GOING TO BE?
>> THE CASTLE RUN, I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU SPILL SOMETHING.
THE CASTLE RUN AND ALL INVOLVED.
( LAUGHTER ) >> AND WHAT I FELT ABOUT THE
SCREENPLAY IS, NO, THEY JUST ANSWERED QUESTIONS IN WAYS THAT
WERE SURPRISING AND VERY SATISFYING.
BUT, OF COURSE, THEN I LEARNED THAT, IN FACT, BEFORE EVEN
DISNEY BOUGHT LUCAS FILM THAT GEORGE LUCAS AND KATHY KENNEDY
AND LARRY WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS AND LARRY WAS SAYING,
OF ALL THE STORIES I COULD BE A PART OF TELLING ABOUT THE WORLD,
THE YOUNG HANS SOLO STORY IS ONE THAT I THINK WOULD OFFER A LOT
OF SURPRISES AND BE VERY INTERESTING, SO IT'S A TERRIFIC
STORY.
>> Stephen: YOU JUMP INTO THE MIDDLE OF PRODUCTION.
USUALLY A DIRECTOR COMES IN AND YOU'RE PART OF THE DIRECTING AND
DESIGN PROCESS, YOU'RE THERE AND THE WORLD'S ALREADY BUILT.
WHAT WAS DAY ONE LIKE?
>> WELL, IT WAS CHAOTIC AND I WAS ANXIOUS AND PUMPED UP AND IT
WAS A BIG ACTION SCENE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SET AND IT'S EVERYBODY THERE AND IT'S
DESTROYS AND AI -- ALIENS AND WOOKIEES AND BLASTERS RUNNING
AROUND.
I ORGANIZED THIS VERY COMPLICATED SHOT AND IT TOOK A
LONGER TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER AND THE ACTORS WERE PULLING HARD
TO TRY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, AND LANDO FLIPS THE
BLASTER TO HAN AND THE CAMERA IS PERFECT AND IT WENT BEAUTIFULLY
AND I FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT, BUT HERE'S THIS AMAZING THING
THAT HAPPENED, LET ME JUST TELL YOU, WHEN YOU GET A FIST BUMP
AND A FULL BODY HUG FROM CHEWBACCA, I MEAN, THAT'S AN
EXPERIENCE I WISH EVERY MOVIEMAKER COULD HAVE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S VALIDATION.
I WAS IN THE GALAXY FAR AWAY, BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE OKAY.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, OF COURSE,
WE KNEW YOU AS OPIE, ORIGINALLY, BUT YOUR BIG MOVIE BREAKOUT WAS
AMERICAN GRAFFITI, RIGHT?
>> WELL, YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHICH, AT THE TIME --
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND IT'S A MOVIE PEOPLE DON'T
SEE AS OFTEN AS THEY SHOULD.
IT WAS GROUND BREAKING FOR ITS TIME.
IT WAS HUGE.
>> A HUGE CINDERELLA SUCCESS, CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, DIRECTED BY
THIS MAVERICK INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER GEORGE LUCAS.
>> WHAT WAS HE LIKE BEFORE "STAR WARS"?
>> YOU KNOW, SKINNY AND QUIET, VERY WITHDRAWN, BUT UNBELIEVABLE
FOCUS, AND AN UNUSUAL WAY OF LOOKING AT STORIES AND MOVIES.
THAT WAS THE THING THAT BLEW ME AWAY THE MOST.
I ALREADY KNEW I WANTED TO BE A DIRECTOR.
I HAD ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED TO U.S.C. FILM SCHOOL, AND GEORGE
WILLUCAS WAS APPROACHING THE PROCESS IN WAYS UNLIKE ANYTHING
I WITNESSED BEFORE, A DIFFERENT CINEMATIC APPROACH, STYLE OF
DIRECTING ACTORS AND IT WAS ALL INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE.
I WAS VERY IMPRESSED.
WE SHOT ALL AT NIGHT AND IT WAS ABOUT 3:30 IN THE MORNING ONE
MORNING AND WE WERE STANDING OUT IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, THE
DRIVE-IN, MEL'S DRIVE-IN, AND I SAID, DO YOU KNOW WHAT MOVIE YOU
WANT TO MAKE NEXT?
AGAIN, HE'S VERY QUIET.
HE SAYS, I WANT TO MAKE THIS BUCK ROGERS MOVIE, FLASH GORDON
CLIFFHANGER BUT WITH STANLEY KUBRICK 2001 EFFECTS, YOU KNOW,
EVERYTHING GOES REALLY FAST AND MAKES A LOT OF NOISE AND THAT
WAS IT.
IF IT HAD BEEN ONE OF THOSE MOVIES WITH THOUGHT BUBBLES, I
WOULD HAVE SAID, THAT'S MORONICALLY STUPID.
DIDN'T GET IT AT ALL.
BUT I WENT TO SEE THE MOVIE WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT AND SAW IT
TWICE THE SAME DAY.
I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
>> Stephen: TALKING ABOUT LIFE COMING FULL CIRCLE, HERE YOU ARE
DIRECTING SOLO AND GEORGE LUCAS STOPS BY.
>> HE DID ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WHAT'S IT LIKE IF YOU'RE THE DIRECTOR O OF "STAR
WARS" AND GEORGE WIL LUCAS STOPS DOES EVERYTHING COME TO A HALT?
>> EVERYBODY'S JAWS DROPS AND IT'S LIKE SNAPPING TO ATTENTION.
HE DOESN'T SPEND TIME AT THE MOVIES NOW.
HE MORE OR LESS HANDED IT OFF.
HE'S BUSY BUILDING MUSEUMS, HE'S VERY PHILANTHROPIC, EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS THAT MEAN A LOT TO HIM.
WE REMAIN FRIENDS, SO TO ME IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE SHOW OF
SUPPORT AND RESPECT AND IT MEANT HE WOULD GO OUT OF HIS WAY TO
SHOW UP WITH HIS WIFE.
HE WAS TRYING TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY BUT HE DID LEAN OVER AND
SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT HAN WOULD REALLY DO THERE -- HE GAVE ME A
LITTLE JOKE -- AND I SAID, GUESS WHAT?
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT TAKE.
SO I KNOW WHEN I HEAR A GOOD IDEA.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: GOOD.
WELL, RIGHT NOW, IT IS MAY THE 4th.
MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU.
>> YES, IT IS.
>> Stephen: AID TICKETS ARE ON SALE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, AS OF NOW.
>> Stephen: AS OF NOW, THERE ARE TICKETS ON SALE, AND HERE'S
THE THING, A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR YOU, IS I KNOW WE'VE ALL SEEN
THE TRAILER ONLINE.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE ACTUALLY GOT OUR HANDS -- AND I'M SORRY
YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS FIRST, PROBABLY MAD AT THE PEOPLE WHO
PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT WE'VE GOT A NEW TRAILER FOR SOLO, A TOWARDS
STORY, YOU'RE IN IT AND YOU HAVE NEVER EVEN SEEN IT.
READY FOR IT?
>> I GUESS I HAVE TO BE.
>> Stephen: EXCLUSIVE NEW TRAILER.
♪ ♪ SUNDAY MONDAY "STAR WARS"
DAYS ♪ ♪ TUESDAY WEDNESDAY "STAR WARS"
DAYS ♪ ♪ THURSDAY FRIDAY "STAR WARS"
DAYS ♪ ♪ COME TO HAVE SOME FUN, FLU
THROUGH SPACE WITH YOU ♪ ♪ THESE WERE THE STARS ♪
♪ THOSE "STAR WARS" DAYS ♪ ♪ THESE "STAR WARS" DAYS ARE
YOUR AND MY "STAR WARS" DAYS ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: "SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY" APPEARS MAY 25.
RON HOWARD, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY J.J.
ABRAMS.







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