Donald Glover better spread his black man magic!
The “Atlanta” creator and star has joined the cast of Disney and Lucasfilm’s Han Solo Star Wars spinoff in the role of Lando Calrissian.
The exciting news was announced via the official Star Wars Twitter account on Friday.
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
The Lando character was originally played by Billy Dee Williams in the 1980 film, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
I’m totally here for this!
Congrats to Donald.