‘I’m Han Solo’: The Story Behind Star Wars Kinect and the Most Infamous Jason Derulo Parody of All Time – New York Magazine’s Intelligencer (2018)

TITLE
‘I’m Han Solo’: The Story Behind Star Wars Kinect and the Most Infamous Jason Derulo Parody of All Time

AUTHOR
Brian Feldman

PUBLICATION
New York Magazine’s Intelligencer

YEAR
2018

ARTICLE TYPE
Article

FROM THE ARTICLE
Is there any science-fiction character more iconic than Han Solo, the renegade spacefarer, sarcastic smuggler, hero of the rebellion? Solo appears again in theaters this weekend in the prequel Solo: A Star Wars Story, in which audiences will return to the world of Solo — his faithful friend Chewbacca; his less faithful colleague Lando Calrissian; his spacecraft, the Millennium Falcon; and, of course, the droids. Who can forget all of those famous Star Wars characters and moments, like when Han Solo said:

I’m picking up my blaster
Put it on my side
I’m jumpin’ in my Falcon
Wookiee at my side
I’m Han Solo

These are, as we all know, the lyrics to “I’m Han Solo,” an infamous parody of Jason Derulo’s “Ridin’ Solo,” which featured in the video game Kinect Star Wars.

GAMES MENTIONED
Kinect Star Wars

PEOPLE MENTIONED
Kevin Afflack
Jesse Harlin