Ron has helmed many FX heavy movies since Willow. And he was innovative enough to shoot several scenes in Apollo 13 aboard the aircraft used to briefly simulate zero gravity for astronaut training. Can’t get more “practical” effects than that. 😃
Glad I own the remastered Blu-ray disc, eventually the UHD too, for APOLLO 13. (Still trying to sell the digital copy code.)
He also really understands characters too. Cocoon, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Rush, etc.. Where it’s not solely focusing on the FX which delivers the film but everything else included.
So yes, I’m expecting this Han Solo film to be a character study with added FX shots to assist and compliment the story.
A an aside, I was gonna go see this no matter what and with Ron Howard having taken over directing duties, I’m more at ease with the premise.