'Han Solo' set photos show beat-up hot rods that George Lucas would love

You can't shoot a Star Wars movie these days without paparazzi sneaking on to the set.

That's what happened Friday, when TMZ published a series of sneaky candid photos from the set of the upcoming, still untitled Han Solo origin movie, currently filming in Pinewood studios, London.

Don't worry, spoilerphobes: there's almost nothing in these snaps that will ruin your enjoyment of the film when it releases a year from now (on May 25, 2018). Okay, young Han (Alden Ehrenreich) does appear to have acquired a few bruises in makeup, but would you expect anything less from a smuggler scoundrel?

More importantly, the pictures give us a clear sense of the movie's aesthetic, and it's good news for one Star Wars fan in particular: a Mr. George Lucas.

For one thing, filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller appear to have adopted Lucas' signature "used universe" style from the original trilogy -- that is, making their spaceships and equipment look beat up, greasy, and otherwise realistic.

For another, the picture looks as packed with vehicles as American Graffiti, the hit indie movie about one night of cruising that made George Lucas a wealthy man and funded the initial development of Star Wars. American Graffiti was based on Lucas' own teenage years as a speed racer in Modesto, California.

In particular, we're excited about the purple hot rod with the dusty gold trim -- some kind of landspeeder, presumably, if they remove the wheels in post-production. (There aren't a whole lot of actual wheels in the galaxy far, far away.)

Given that Harrison Ford first hit it big as a hot rodder in American Graffiti, this looks like a movie the famously crotchety actor could love too.