Christ just make him a man. Han Solo was never a cheeky young boy. Han Solo was always a man. I dont want to know what it was that scarred him. I dont want to see a Tiger Beat Teen Solo where they’re in Galactic High School. I dont need to know his orphanage or whether his mother was abducted by Sand People.
Solo should be an episodic unconnected galactic adventure film. I dont need to know him as a child. And besides kids in the Star Wars galaxy suck.
Of the very little we know about the film, we’ve been specifically told this is NOT an origin story. And he’s early to mid twenties. Hardly a child. And his age probably has more to do with some distance from ANH than wanting to show him as a “kid.”