Things We Saw Today: What Do We Think Is Happening In These “Desperate and Dangerous” Han Solo Set Photos?

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Time for some speculation, nerds! New Han Solo director Ron Howard recently shared two photos from the set, both of which he captioned as showing “desperate and dangerous times.” What do we think they show? Where do we think they’re set? Could this be Kessel? (via Deadline)

Shooting a scene about desperate and dangerous times.

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  • NASA is using origami to inspire new spaceship designs. (via NASA)

What did you see today?

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