Haarspalter said:
Rogue One does not work on its own. It’s a cinematographic parasite that adheres between Episode III & IV. SOLO on the other hand works on its own. A person who never saw a single STAR WARS movie could watch SOLO without any previous knowledge.

This is very true. R1 is a fake stand-alone, while, this time Solo really is a stand-alone (one shot or trilogy ?).

You nevertheless get plenty of references that serve no purpose and complete scenes recycled from Ep 4-5 and even 7… with a “teenage point of view” which is kinda super lame (the kissing scene aboard the falcon is very embarrassing).