--- title: The New 'Solo' Trailer Teases a Major Star Wars Twist description: It doesn't look like young Han Solo is going to waste any time kickstarting his smuggling career in "Solo: A Star Wars Story." canonical: https://time.com/5233238/solo-trailer-2-teases-star-wars-plot-twist/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-09T17:46:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:10.574Z og:title: The New 'Solo' Trailer Teases a Major Star Wars Twist og:description: "Assume everyone will betray you" og:url: https://time.com/5233238/solo-trailer-2-teases-star-wars-plot-twist/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e79a03d9910ba25/69892d23656a3fa7e7bd4183/screen-shot-2018-04-09-at-1-34-15-pm.png?branch=production&width=960&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 960 og:image:height: 540 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-04-09 at 1.34.15 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The New 'Solo' Trailer Teases a Major Star Wars Twist twitter:description: "Assume everyone will betray you" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e79a03d9910ba25/69892d23656a3fa7e7bd4183/screen-shot-2018-04-09-at-1-34-15-pm.png?branch=production&width=960&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The New _Solo_ Trailer Teases a Major Star Wars Twist > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 9, 2018 5:46 PM UTC  Lucasfilm  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 9, 2018 5:46 PM UTC It doesn’t look like [young Han Solo](http://time.com/5138174/harrison-ford-alden-ehrenreich-han-solo-advice/) is going to waste any time kickstarting his smuggling career in [_Solo: A Star Wars Story_](http://time.com/5133267/the-first-full-trailer-for-solo-a-star-wars-story-is-here/). In a second trailer for the movie that debuted on Sunday, [Alden Ehrenreich’s](http://time.com/4321458/alden-ehrenreich-young-han-solo/) Han is shown joining forces with both old and new galaxy far, far away faces — including Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian and Emilia Clarke’s Qi’Ra — for a mission that appears to involve an action-packed train robbery. The preview features a number of nods to the original _Star Wars_ trilogy, from the card game in which Han won the Millennium Falcon to his famous “I’ve got a bad feeling about this” quip. But it’s a line from newcomer Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) that seems to allude to one of the franchise’s biggest twists. “Let me give you some advice,” he tells Han. “Assume everyone will betray you and you’ll never be disappointed.” This tip seems to directly hint at the moment in _The Empire Strikes Back_ when Han learns that Lando has sold him out to Darth Vader on Cloud City. Although it could also mean that _Solo_ will see Han suffer an earlier betrayal at the hands of someone he trusts, like his [childhood friend Qi’Ra](http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/star-wars/271751/solo-a-star-wars-story-emilia-clarke-character-qira). 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