With the young Han Solo Star Wars spinoff gearing up to go into production early in the new year, Variety caught up with leading man Alden Ehrenreich during the premiere of his new film Rules Don’t Apply, and managed to get a few words on the project from the actor.
“I’m allowed to say that I’m really excited about Donald Glover’s casting [as Lando Calrissian],” said Ehrenreich. “I think he’s going to be great in the role because he’s such a talented and interesting guy. And I can say that Chewbacca’s in the film, although I know that’s not a huge spoiler. He’s as much younger as I am in the film, so, I think he’s like 190 — or something — years old. I don’t think there’s a huge growth spurt for him from 190 to 210, so he’s probably about the same height.”
It is of course no surprise that Chewbacca will feature alongside Han and Lando in the movie, and we can probably expect to hear about a few more returning characters over the next couple of months.
The as-yet-untitled Han Solo movie is set for release on May 25th 2018.
Originally published November 12, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
