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Donald Glover to star in ‘StarWars’ spinoff

Star Wars has released a statement saying that Donald Glover will be playing the role of smuggler Lando Calrissian in the new Star Wars spinoff.

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October 23, 2016

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Actor Donald Glover attends the world premiere for "The Martian” on day two of the Toronto International Film Festival at the Roy Thomson Hall, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 in Toronto. NASA scientists and engineers served as technical consultants on the film. The movie portrays a realistic view of the climate and topography of Mars, based on NASA data, and some of the challenges NASA faces as we prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet in the 2030s. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Glover_TIFF_2015.jpg)

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On Friday, October 21st, the Star Wars site released a statement saying that Donald Glover will be playing the role of smuggler Lando Calrissian in the new Star Wars spinoff that will follow Han Solo.

Donald Glover in Star Wars

The main role of Han will be played by Alden Ehrenreich. He won the role over larger name actors such as Miles Teller, Logan Lerman, Dave Franco and Ansel Elgort.

“We’re so lucky to have an artist as talented as Donald join us,” said directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.

“These are big shoes to fill, and an even bigger cape, and this one fits him perfectly, which will save us money on alterations. Also, we’d like to publicly apologize to Donald for ruining Comic-Con for him forever.”

Hello, what have we here? Donald Glover is Lando Calrissian in the untitled 2018 Han Solo Star Wars Story. https://t.co/ChueOBd0fv pic.twitter.com/54JOBM1P9K

— Star Wars (@starwars) October 21, 2016

Congratulations Donald Glover. I think we’re going to have to check it out when it gets released!

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