‘Atlanta’ star Donald Glover Cast in ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff

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Just this last Friday, the official 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.

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.”

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Billy Dee Williams, the man who played Calrissian in “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi,” had commented on rumors of Glover’s casting earlier in the year. Apparently, he is not happy about a new iteration of the character coming to the silver screen.

“I don’t know who Donald Glover is. But as far as I’m concerned, I would say they [”Star Wars” producers] should leave that character alone. I don’t think you can do any more than what I did with that character. I think I made that character into something very special, and I can’t imagine anybody else doing it, to be very frank with you.”