RUMOR Darth Vader in Han Solo movie ?

Vader is not needed here.save him for the Kenobi movie .

 

I think Vader's abesnce is actually needed for this film to seem valuable in the release schedule, at least to me.

See, look at the current release schedule-

TFA, December 2015- Relatively lighthearted, soft relaunch of franchise
Rogue One, December 2016- Dark war movie
TLJ, December 2017- Presumably dark second entry in trilogy
Han Solo, May 2018
Episode 10, May 2019- Big, possibly dark trilogy finale.

After two years of relatively dark Star Wars films, I think it's beneficial for the series to take a breath of fresh air and go on a space pirate adventure that isn't too badly mired in any other storylines, especially right before the Trilogy concludes. I consider Han Solo to be the big breath before the storm that is EPX.

 

Nah Vader should take a break, although I would like the imperials to still cause him & chewie trouble.