This is absolutely perfect casting.
If you're going to have the balls to call Han Solo a "slimy, double-crossing, no-good swindler", then you're going to need a scoundrel that's capable of going toe-to-toe with the most beloved nerf herder in the galaxy. That's why we're delighted to discover that the supremely talented Donald Glover has been cast as Lando Calrissian in the new Star Wars Han Solo spin-off.
We already knew that
Alden Ehrenreich was previously cast as the young Solo - but if any character can go blaster-to-blaster with Chewbacca's best buddy, it's the rightful owner of the Millennium Falcon. We really want to see how he lost it to Han in that card game.
If anyone can capture the essence of Lando, it's Donald Glover. And we're not the only ones that are excited by the news of his casting.
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The film will focus on Lando in his formative years as a scoundrel on the rise in the galaxy’s underworld — years before the events on Bespin involving Han, Leia, and Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back and his rise to Rebel hero in Return of the Jedi.
Glover is in high demand right now having created and starred in the critically acclaimed FX series
Atlanta.
While he'll be known to fans of Dan Harmon's
Community as the silly, fun-loving Troy Barnes, Glover has shown an impressive creative range over the years. He is a Grammy-nominated rapper under the name Childish Gambino and has enjoyed success on the stand-up circuit too. In addition, Glover appeared in the Academy Award-nominated
The Martian, and will be seen in the upcoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming.
The untitled Han Solo movie is set for release in 2018.
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