Donald Glover’s FX show, Atlanta, is seeing tons of success right now. The rapper/actor also welcomed a baby recently, and now he’s got even more good news to bring home – he’s been cast in a Star Wars film!
A tweet from the Star Wars account officially confirmed the news, revealing that Donald would be playing a young Lando Calrissian in a spin-off movie that focuses on a young Han Solo.
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Per the film’s official site:
“Lucasfilm announced today that Donald Glover, an acclaimed actor, award-winning writer, and Grammy-nominated artist, will be playing the part of Lando Calrissian in the still-untitled Han Solo Star Wars film, helmed by directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Glover will join Alden Ehrenreich — previously cast as Han Solo — in bringing two iconic Star Wars characters back to the big screen, but at a time in their lives previously unexplored. This new film depicts Lando in his formative years as a scoundrel on the rise in the galaxy’s underworld — years before the events involving Han, Leia, and Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back and his rise to Rebel hero in Return of the Jedi.”
The film doesn’t have a title yet, but it’s set to be released in 2018.