'Han Solo' Movie To Feature Another 'A New Hope' Location?

The young Han Solo movie will have a lot of references to the original "Star Wars" trilogy. Director Ron Howard has been dropping hints about the upcoming movie and, more recently, he posted a photo that might look familiar to long-time fans of the sci-fi franchise. 

Han Solo did not join the Rebel Alliance until that fateful meeting in the Cantina between the space smuggler (Harrison Ford) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in "Star Wars: A New Hope." However, Howard recently posted a photo that seems to point toward a very important location in the sci-fi universe: Yavin 4, a moon that once held the secret base of the Rebel Alliance in Episode IV. 

On Twitter, the filmmaker asked his followers to translate a writing in hieroglyphics. According to Uproxx, Paul Bateman, who is a friend of "Star Wars" conceptual artist Ralph McQuarrie, translated it to Yavin 4. 

Howard did not confirm nor deny that the clue does point to Yavin 4 and the rebel base that it houses. However, it does not come as a surprise that the location will once again be referenced in the young Han Solo movie considering its significance in the franchise. In fact, it was also in Yavin 4 that certain important scenes were set, including this celebration in "A New Hope."

If true, Yavin 4 would not be the first location from the original trilogy to be featured in the still-untitled young Han Solo movie. A leaked set photo from earlier this year speculated that the upcoming movie will also feature Tattooine, Luke Skywalker's home planet and the base of the operations of crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Many hoped that the movie will also address why the slug-like alien creature is after the space smuggler. 

The young Han Solo movie is set to be released in 2018. It will star Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke and Woody Harrelson.