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The upcoming Star Wars spin-off Solo: A Star Wars Story was set to be directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, but the pair were replaced by Ron Howard in June, a few weeks before the completion of principal photography. Lord has now commented on their departure for the first time.

The director, who is best known for The Lego Movie and the Jump Street films, was asked about the situation in an interview with Vulture. Lord gives a unsurprisingly diplomatic answer that nevertheless recognises that there were serious differences in the approach to the movie that led to him and Miller being fired. “We had the most incredible cast and crew and collaborators,” he said. “I think in terms of us leaving the project, I think everybody went in with really good intentions and our approach to making the movie was different than theirs. That was a really big gap to bridge, and it proved to be too big.

“Sometimes people break up, and it’s really sad, and it’s really disappointing. But it happens and we learned a lot from our collaborators and we’re better filmmakers for it. We’re really proud of the work we did on the movie and we wish everybody the best.”

Although the official statement issued by Lucasfilm at the time of Lord and Miller’s exit suggested that it was an amicable departure based on “creative differences,” subsequent reports stated that they were in fact fired due to clashes with Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy and co-writer and Star Wars veteran Lawrence Kasdan.

Last month it was rumored that Howard had reshot a lot of the film–possibly up to 80% of it. Co-star Thandie Newton subsequently denied that this was the case, but even if the reshoots were less extensive than initially thought, there is no doubt that the length of Howard’s production was far longer than the few weeks of reshoots that were initially suggested. Production recommenced in June and didn’t finish until mid-October. In addition, the scale of the reshoots meant that at least one role had to be recast, with Paul Bettany replacing Michael K. Williams.

Solo: A Star Wars Story stars Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo and Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, with Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian. Woody Harrelson, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Emilia Clarke also star. It hits theaters on May 25, 2018.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, the Animal Crossing game for mobile that was announced during a Nintendo Direct in October, finally has an official release date. The game will launch worldwide on November 22, according to the game’s Twitter account.

Pocket Camp soft-launched in Australia late last month. It’s common for big games to launch in smaller markets for the purposes of testing before coming to major regions like North America and Europe.

Pocket Camp was initially due out sooner, but Nintendo delayed it to make room for Fire Emblem Heroes and Super Mario Run. While the delay might have been a bummer, the timing of its release good if you’re traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday and are looking for something to play on your way to wherever you may be going. What’s less than great is Pocket Camp requires an internet connection.

Pocket Camp is free on iOS and Android. Like other free games, Pocket Camp also features microtransactions; you can spend real money to purchase “Leaf Tickets” to speed up your progress. These can also be acquired through gameplay.

Nintendo says Pocket Camp will have have regular content updates, including “seasonal events” along with furniture and outfit items that you can get for a limited time.

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Pokémon Go studio Niantic has today announced a new event for dedicated Pokémon Go players, which the developer has dubbed its “first-ever Global Catch Challenge.”

Players will be challenged to catch a combined three billion Pokémon in just seven days, and there will be a variety of awards unlocked should the community reach key milestones during the challenge.

The rewards on offer for the Global Catch Challenge.

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Sega has announced that Valkyria Chronicles 4 will be coming to the Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One here in the west sometime in 2018.

This latest installment in the popular alternate World War 2 fantasy series will take place during the same timeframe as the original Valkyria Chronicles but feature a new cast of characters.

Valkyria Chronicles 4 will also bring back the BLiTZ battle system, which blends strategy, RPG, and real-time third-person shooter elements.

A new Grenadier class and battleship support options have been added, as well as ‘Last Stand’ actions and larger scale battles.

Additionally, the familiar hand-drawn art style and the return of Hitoshi Sakimoto as composer sees the series return to its roots after becoming more of a more hack-and-slash style game for this year’s poorly received spin-off Valkyria Revolution.

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