Either the Death Star is in the Han Solo movie or Ron Howard is messing with us

That Han Solo solo movie may have just made a huge reveal. Like, so-big-it-might-be-mistaken-for-a-moon huge.

Director Ron Howard's latest photo from the set prominently features a Death Star trooper helmet, sitting atop what appears to be a control panel of the fully-armed-and-operational-battle-station sort.

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But what is the Death Star doing in the Han Solo movie?

Han sees the Death Star for the first time in the original Star Wars, and his standalone movie is confirmed to take place years before those events.

Indeed, based on what we know of the Han Solo film, it seems unlikely that the Death Star's even been completed by that point. Maybe he gets to see it while it's still under construction, or maybe another character is involved with the Death Star plans unbeknownst to Han. Who knows?

That question is rhetorical, of course, because anyone who actually knows the answer isn't telling.

In the meantime, though, maybe now's a good time to get reacquainted with how, exactly the Death Star got made. Good thing Rogue One's available on Netflix now, huh?