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When it was revealed that Woody Harrelson was in talks to join the stand-alone Star Wars movie centering on Han Solo , playing „an early mentor“ to the fan-favorite smuggler, two competing thoughts immediately came to mind. Thankfully, only one of them was „Please, don’t make Woody Harrelson play Daddy Solo. “
To be fair, it’s neither impossible nor unlikely that could be the case. As Rogue One demonstrated, Star Wars is a franchise that’s steeped in daddy issues , to the point that the excuse can’t be made that it’s all part of a familial saga and therefore unavoidable. At this point, this far into the series with so many movies about fathers, it would be more of a surprise if Harrelson wasn’t playing Han’s father. Does Star Wars know any other way of motivating its lead characters?
Of course, if Harrelson isn’t playing Solo Sr. (a role that should really be played by a CGI Sean Connery, who’d have to reveal that they called the space dog „Han“ just for the Easter egg potential alone, let’s be honest), then it raises the question of just what kind of a mentor Han Solo would have anyway. He’d have to be a criminal, of course — how else would Han end up mixing with the wretched scum of the galaxy if he hadn’t been led astray at an early age?
Turns out, the now noncanonical Expanded Universe had a figure that already fit this need: The spectacularly named Garris Shrike debuted in the 1997 novel The Paradise Snare by A. C. Crispin, the first in the series „The Han Solo Trilogy. “ As the series title suggests, it’s a three-book cycle that fills in the backstory of Han before he appeared onscreen, with his earliest days dominated by Shrike — a bounty hunter turned space pirate who essentially adopted Han when he was a child and taught him everything he knew. (Again with the father figures.)
Shrike was hardly the charming rogue that Solo would turn out to be; he was a crueler, more evil character whose nature eventually pushed Han away and led to an ill-timed death, just before he could have explained Han’s origins to him. Using Shrike — or a Shrike-a-like, at least — would offer up an antagonist for the Solo movie that involved personal stakes for the hero without having to resort to the familiar threat of the Empire. If only Shrike was available to the filmmakers…
Well, perhaps he is. Although the Expanded Universe has been consigned to the trash can of Star Wars mythology, it’s worth bearing in mind that one character has already „crossed over“ into the canonical version of events, with Thrawn being introduced into Star Wars: Rebels in its third season — what’s to stop Shrike following suit? Just as long as he’s not reworked into being Garris Solo along the way, of course.

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The season premiere of Celebrity Apprentice drew an average of 4.9 million viewers and a 1.3 rating in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demo, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The outlet notes those numbers are down a significant 35 percent from last year’s Donald Trump-hosted premiere of the show.
NBC did heavy promotion for the new Apprentice , with TV spots highlighting a cigar-chomping, no-nonsense Schwarzenegger poised to take over the boss position played by Trump for 14 seasons. The network also teased Schwarzenegger’s replacement line for Trump’s “You’re fired;” Schwarzenegger’s updated catchphrase, revealed on Monday night’s episode, is “You’re terminated.”
The show also drew some buzz when it was reported that Trump would retain his executive producer credit on the show (though he said he would not have any involvement in it whatsoever).
Neither factor appeared to help the show in the ratings, however, as the 21st season premiere of ABC’s The Bachelor led all network programs Monday night with an average of 6.6 million viewers and a 2.2 rating in the key demo.
The premiere of the Schwarzenegger-led Apprentice — which features celebrity contestants including Boy George, Jon Lovitz, WNBA star Lisa Leslie and Jersey Shore alum Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi — drew mostly poor reviews. In his review of the two-hour first episode, New York Times television critic Mike Hale wrote that Schwarzenegger’s “cautiousness and rigidity make him a poor fit” for the show.
“With Mr. Schwarzenegger, there’s no joy, just a — you’ll pardon the word — robotic professionalism,” Hale wrote. “His rebukes don’t have enough bite, his stares don’t have enough menace.”
Meanwhile, the Washington Post ‘s Hank Stuever wrote that the new show suffers from the “utterly rote fashion with which it is being conducted” and failed to take advantage of the opportunity to reinvent itself.
The New Celebrity Apprentice airs Monday nights on NBC.
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LONDON, Jan. 4 (UPI) — The only way to celebrate a scorpion score is with a scorpion dance.
Olivier Giroud did both Sunday against Crystal Palace at Emirates Stadium. Giroud put Arsenal up 1-0 on Crystal Palace in the 17th minute of the match.
Alexis Sanchez took a through-ball down the left flank and bounced it to Giroud with his right foot. The ball coasted over a defenders head, neatly behind Giroud. Giroud then flicked his right foot backwards and tapped the ball with his heel. The touch was just enough to get it into the near post for the opening score of the game.
Giroud celebrated the score with teammates by imitating various scorpion movements with his legs.
Arsenal went on to win the match 2-0. The Gunners battle Preston at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 at Deepdale.

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Starlet Mocha Uson, a staunch supporter of President Duterte, has been designated to the board of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), Malacañang confirmed Thursday.
Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said Uson, also a controversial blogger, was appointed to the MTRCB on Jan. 3 along with Jeremiah Jaro.
Asked why Uson was named to the state agency created to review films and TV programs, Andanar said: “Why not?” CBB

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