Ron Howard Narrates Star Wars Arrested Development-Style in a Not-So-Subtle Spot for Solo

'The story of a family who wants to rule the galaxy'

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We won’t know if Ron Howard was able to whip Solo: A Star Wars Story—a film originally directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller; they were replaced by Howard after months of stories about a tumultuous production—into something worthy of the franchise until later this month.

What we do know? That Ron Howard can narrate the hell out of anything—especially stories about wacky families messing things up. So why not get him behind a mic again?

That’s exactly what Star Wars has done with Howard narrating a delightful Arrested Development-style spot about Star Wars: A New Hope in a not-so-subtle ad for the new film.

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