Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has revealed that Donald Glover‘s Star Wars character Lando Calrissian is getting a standalone movie.
“We think that the next spinoff will be dedicated to Lando Calrissian,” Kennedy told Premiere Magazine at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of Solo: A Star Wars Story. “Of course, there are still many stories to tell about Han and Chewbacca but Lando will be next.”
Check out Lando in Solo: A Star Wars Story when film hits theaters on May 25th.
UPDATE: Lucasfilm shoots down the report of a Lando film coming next, but it will happen “one day.”
“Following the publication of our article Lucasfilm informs us that there would have been a misunderstanding between our journalist and Kathleen Kennedy. ‘We would love to tell a story about Lando Calrissian one day, but it’s not relevant, it would be fun to tell the story of Han and Chewie…'”
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