Solo A Star Wars Story: Donald Glover fuels Lando Calrissian spin-off rumours

Glover is, by all accounts, one of the best things about the new movie – which hits UK cinemas on Thursday.

Rumours have escalated in recent weeks that Lando will be the next Star Wars character to get their own spin-off, and indeed the stars of Solo have been dropping hints about the sequel options in their contracts.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Glover confirmed his interest in returning to the iconic character made famous by Billy Dee Williams in the original trilogy.

“It would always be fun to be Lando again. I would love to do it again,” he said.

“It’s really fun. The movie, I feel like, is wide open.

“I feel like with the Skywalkers, it’s hard, because it’s almost like the Bible. There’s a story that you have to tell, and the lineage of that family.”

He added: “I feel like out here its like, yeah, we’re just like hustlers and gamblers and space pirates, essentially, so you can do a lot more and have a lot more fun.

“And I like those movies a lot. I like the comedy of them, the silliness and also the adventure. I think it would just be fun to do.”

Glover is joined in Solo by Alden Ehrenreich as the titular Han, made famous by Harrison Ford in the first trilogy, and then again in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Ehrenreich spoke on The Ellen Show about his experience of meeting Ford – whom he was warned may not be friendly.

“I had lunch with Harrison, it was awesome,” he said.

“Everyone prepared me, like, ‘he can be grouchy’, but he was great.

“He was supportive, really nice, he was very kind to give us his blessing.”

Solo has had generally positive reviews from critics; achieving a 71% score overall – the lowest for any Star Wars movie since the prequel trilogy.

But that’s still a very decent rating considering the ropey production process, which saw Phil Lord and Chris Miller replaced by Ron Howard mid-way through filming.

Solo: A Star Wars Story is out on Thursday in the UK.