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2018 · Movie · PG-13 · your starting pointIf Solo: A Star Wars Story is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Movies like Solo: A Star Wars Story, ranked
1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Director Ron Howard brings the same heist-movie momentum and practical stunt work to this ensemble-driven rebellion story, where ragtag underdogs pull off an impossible mission against galactic odds.
2. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Director Ron Howard brings the same kinetic, character-driven heist energy that made the original trilogy's best moments work, trading the Millennium Falcon's cockpit for a gritty criminal underworld where loyalty and improvisation matter more than grand destiny.
3. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)
Director Ron Howard's kinetic approach to standalone adventure returns here through a former stormtrooper turned lone gunslinger navigating morally grey missions across the Outer Rim, prioritizing practical stunts and character-driven heist moments over sprawling mythology.
4. The Mandalorian (2019)
Director Ron Howard's kinetic action sequences and focus on a scrappy protagonist surviving through cunning in the criminal underworld translate directly to The Mandalorian's episodic bounty-hunting adventures across lawless space.
5. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Ron Howard's kinetic direction and practical stunt work create the same breakneck pacing and tangible spaceship thrills that make Solo's heist sequences crackle.
6. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Ron Howard's direction captures the same breakneck pacing and practical-stunt filmmaking that defined the original trilogy, delivering swashbuckling space adventure through a smuggler's rise instead of a hero's journey.
7. Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
Ewan McGregor brings the same roguish charm and physical comedy to a former Jedi on the run that made Han Solo's origin story work, trading smuggling runs for covert rescue missions across a hostile empire.
8. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Director Rian Johnson brings the same kinetic action sequences and morally gray character dynamics that define Han's origin story, trading the criminal underworld for a rebellion in desperate flux.
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