io9 informs us that the set seen in Denny’s new commercial (embedded below) for the theatrical release of Solo: A Star Wars Story wasn’t just put together for the sake of the commercial. The set is actually a faithful recreation of one of the sets (referred to as a “lodge” according to Denny’s chief operating officer John Dillon) that we will be seeing on screen in Ron Howard’s film next month. It was designed by Solo production designer Neil Lamont and Star Wars lead creature supervisor Neal Scanlan and features alien creatures that make an appearance in the standalone film as well.
Today is the official public debut of Denny’s Solo themed menu and collection of trading cards and drinking cups.
It’s no spoiler to reveal that in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Han is going to win the Millennium Falcon from Lando in a game of Sabacc. Well, this spot is called “Hand of Sabacc”—and at a Denny’s event in Los Angeles, Chief Marketing Office John Dillon revealed that Solo production designer Neil Lamont and creature supervisor Neal Scanlan helped make it.
Lamont and Scanlan are two of the people largely responsible for the look of the movie, and together they recreated the exact set (which Dillon called a “lodge”) and table where Han and Lando will play this fateful hand of cards in the movie. The aliens you see in the commercial are largely from the movie as well. So, basically, put Donald Glover and Alden Ehrenreich in this and it’s kind of its own mini-preview of one of the most legendary moments in Star Wars history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIWiCjiYi7o
