Ron Howard teases Star Wars fans again with a cryptic Han Solo tweet

To Jedi or not to Jedi?
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Marcus Gilmer
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Ron Howard decided to take his Untitled Han Solo Movie teasing game to the next level with a photo containing cryptic symbols.

Howard, who really, really loves to share stuff from the set like one extended humblebrag, included the cutesy question, "Can anybody translate for me? #McQuarrie" OH RON, YOU CAD LOL.

EW's Nick Romano has some sensible suggestions for what it all may mean, pointing out the reference to Star Wars' famed concept artist Ralph McQuarrie and the similarities to symbols seen at the Lothal Jedi Temple in the animated Star Wars: Rebels television series.

The force-sensitive character Ezra Bridger has an experience in the temple involving visions, a lightsaber duel, and the endangerment of someone close to him, quite similar to Luke Skywalker's vision in the spooky cave on Dagobah in The Empire Strikes Back.

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Romano mentions a McQuarrie concept called The Temple of the Blueleaf Cluster in which the script appears. That temple is based on Yavin 4 and has appeared in some Star Wars: Legends properties (i.e., the old Expanded Universe from the years before Disney bought the franchise).

Bringing things full circle, the temple, which contains a blue energy crystal, is on the same moon of Yavin from which the Rebel Alliance launches their attack on the Death Star in A New Hope.

Okay, so, it's gotta be some spooky Jedi stuff, right? And this being a Star Wars film, there's not going to NOT be a Jedi or Jedi reference in it at some point, right?

Fine, I am just going to assume it's a Jedi because that's what Star Wars internet is all about.

Or maybe it's Snoke.

Or Darth Plagueis.

Tell me, Ron. Please.

Topics Star Wars

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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