Jon Kasdan

Jon Kasdan is an actor, director, and screenwriter. He co-wrote the 2018 Anthology film Solo: A Star Wars Story with his father Lawrence Kasdan, and has a cameo in the film alongside first assistant director Toby Hefferman—as Tag and Bink, two characters that first appeared in the Star Wars comics published by Dark Horse Comics. After the release of the film's home video release, which was missing a audio commentary track, Jon Kasdan released a series of four posts on his Twitter profile with 52 facts about the making of the movie. He was later also hired to work on the script for the fifth Indiana Jones film, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, also produced by Lucasfilm, taking over from David Koepp.

In response to if the concept of the Cloud-Riders originated from the 1977 Star Wars Legends comic, Star Wars (1977) 9, or if it was just coincidental, Kasdan replied on Twitter that it was no coincidence, as when he, Christopher Miller, and Phil Lord settled on swoop bikes, they found the Star Wars Legends Cloud-Riders when browsing through Wookieepedia, and the name stuck. During the development of Solo: A Star Wars Story, the writers and directors again researched Wookieepedia for spaceports on Corellia, where they found the name of "Coronet City Spaceport" and decided to use it for the film.

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