Star Wars Spin-Offs Are About Li'l Han Solo & Boba Fett

Remember when fanboys complained George Lucas did too much explaining and connecting-the-dots in the Star Wars prequels? If you don't react the same way to this, you may officially shut the Hell up forever.

Entertainment Weekly reports the first two planned standalone Star Wars films (aiming for release alongside the sequel trilogy) are centered on a young Han Solo and Boba Fett.

Solo films (No pun intended) giving back-story for both isn't exactly the best idea. We saw how much fans soured to the "Boba was a clone little kid!" origin of the intergalactic bounty-hunter in Attack of the Clones. And telling us where Captain Solo came from? We're talking about two characters that thrive in their mysteriousness. Giving us the details of them learning to walk and shoot a laser-gun for the first time takes away from that.

One thing you have to hand them. Going this route allows for the return of Darth Vader. Don't know how they're going to overcome that obstacle for Episode VII.