VIDEO : George Lucas Thinks Ron Howard Will 'Be Great' Directing the Han Solo Movie

George Lucas says he thinks Ron Howard will ?be great? as the new director of the young Han Solo movie.There have been huge tremors in the Force over the past week, with the surprising firing of co-directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from the Star Wars anthology movie four months into production. Two days after their firing, Ron Howard was hired to take over directing with three weeks left on the shoot schedule. Since Lord and Miller?s departure, behind the scenes rumblings about troubles in the production ? including some reported issues with star Alden Ehrenreich?s performance ? have been reported, but on Tuesday, Star Wars creator gave a brief but solid vote of confidence to the production with praise for Howard.