Donald Glover’s Lando might return in a future Star Wars mission

There doubtless received’t ever be a direct sequel to Solo, however that doesn’t imply it’s the final we’ll ever see of the characters from that film. In a video interview with GQ, Donald Glover confirmed that he and Lucasfilm are “speaking” about him reprising the function of Lando Calrissian in a future Star Wars mission. Glover didn’t share any particulars however was clearly open to a return.

Donald Glover would play Lando once more

Donald Glover performed a youthful Lando Calrissian in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, however Billy Dee Williams introduced the character to life in The Empire Strikes Again. He appeared in Return of the Jedi in 1983 and The Rise of Skywalker in 2019 as nicely.

Again in 2020, Lucasfilm revealed a slate of upcoming Star Wars tasks, together with a Lando “occasion collection” for Disney+. The story was being developed by Justin Simien, creator of Expensive White Folks, however we haven’t heard something about it since then.

It’s totally doable that that is the mission Glover is speaking to Lucasfilm about.

“I’d like to play Lando once more,” Glover stated within the GQ video. “It’s a enjoyable time, to be him. It simply needs to be the correct solution to do it. […] I’m not all in favour of doing something that’s simply gonna be a waste of my time or only a paycheck. I’d a lot fairly spend time with those who I get pleasure from. It simply needs to be the correct factor, which I believe it may very well be. Lando is unquestionably anyone I’d like to hang around with.”

“We’re speaking about it,” he added. “That’s as a lot as I can say, you already know, with out [Lucasfilm president] Kathleen Kennedy, like, looking me down.”

There’s an opportunity that we’ll hear extra about this mysterious mission at Star Wars Celebration 2023, which will likely be held April 7-10 at ExCeL London in England.