Donald Glover made his debut in the Star Wars universe in 2018 with his role as Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy recently spoke to CinemaBlend about the progress of a series centered around Glover’s character, revealing his busy schedule is the only thing stopping it from going ahead.
“You need to ask Donald,” she said. “He’s the one that holds all the cards here. But there’s no movement. I will say that honestly. But it’s not for lack of trying. It’s just that he’s a very busy guy. He’s got another series, and I think one other thing, and then he’ll come our way. So patiently waiting.”
Donald Glover was asked about working on a Lando Calrissian project during his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in March.
“Am I? Just telling all my business,” he said. “No, yeah, I have a lot of things. I like to blossom and then go away. Right now is definitely the start of another one of those. I have like a ton of stuff I’ve been working on, but I just want it all to come out at the same time, so I feel like that’s what’s important.”
Speaking to Screen Rant in 2018, Donald Glover talked about what he’d like to see next from Lando Calrissian, while reflecting on the character’s appearances in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi under Billy Dee Williams.
“I really just want to see him, like doing all of that. Still doing anything,” he explained. “Like, I think that would just be fun to just see him just like… Because like we see him change so many… He’s just like, I think charismatic and people like, you know what, you should own this city. You should own Cloud City, like that kind of thing like, or winning.
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“So I think it would be just nice to see like, oh, like, ‘I’m a General and now I’m mad at this hotel,’ and then now, I’m just like… I think that will be just funny but also cool to see like how far charm gets you. Almost like a Catch Me If You Can. A space Catch Me If You Can.”
I mean if Gambino is going to do a Star Wars film or TV show it better have a plot and a dramatic arc also interesting characters and not be some “we’re so arty” bs like Atlanta where nothing really happens and everyone seems thrilled about it
Sounds like Atlanta wasn’t for you! haha. As a Star Wars fan, i feel that way about Mandalorian and Bobafet. Nothing happens and everyone seems thrilled by it.
I will say it took me a while to truly understand ATL. I was always asking myself is this show brilliant or boring? After learning about the intention and the inspiration that goes into it, a light sorta went off. I get it now and its back to being fully brilliant. Its just not the spoon-fed type of entertainment we are used to where everything is explained and obvious. That the show feels confusing and disjointed is often the intention. Takes a little work.