Solo: A Star Wars Story Cast & Character Guide

After a rocky production and plenty of expensive reshoots , Solo : A Star Wars Storyis prepare for arecord - breaking opening weekend . The secondStar Warsanthology motion picture , Soloexplores the former old age of Han Solo , the smuggler - turned - insurrectionist - hero . The film also mark the first spin - off film to center on a major character , although Disney and Lucasfilm are rumor to be producing anObi - Wan Kenobi picture .

Just because it ’s about Han , however , does n’t mean this is a one - humans show . He ’s accompanied by a wide-eyed reach of characters , some familiar - we see how he met Chewbacca and Lando - and some new who nevertheless have an important encroachment on the character .

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There ’s a lot of actors in the moving picture as a final result . Here ’s a straightaway deceiver - sheet to keep track of the casting and character reference ofSolo , from the honest-to-god and conversant to the new and mysterious :

Returning Star Wars Characters in Solo

Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo -Alden Ehrenreichendured a heavy auditory modality processfor the in demand role of Han Solo , getting the part over every other dashing young man in Hollywood . The actor previously appeared in the Coen Brothers’Hail , Caesar!alongside George Clooney , Josh Brolin , and Ralph Fiennes . Ehrenreich does not but attempt to simulate Harrison Ford ’s classic character , alternatively create an individual version of Han . InSolo , the iconic character is in his other XX , and the events of the cinema help to mold him into the character that audiences see inA New Hope .

Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian -Before landing the theatrical role of Lando Calrissian , Donald Glover was known for his character onCommunityandAtlanta(as a author , actor , and director ) , and as a knocker , under the moniker of Childish Gambino . Glover enjoyed imagining how the younger variation of Lando would opine , and has also attempt to divide the character from Billy Dee Williams ' portrait . Recently , Glover also confirmed that the new Calrissian is pansexual , saying : " How can you not be pansexual in space ? "

Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca -At 6'11 " . Joonas Suotamo began take over the role of Chewbacca when he played the role alongside Peter Mayhew inThe Force Awakens , and had his first undivided credit inThe Last Jedi . InSolo , Suotamo plays a unseasoned rendering of the Wookiee ( even if he ’s 190 years old ) . The plastic film include Han Solo confluence Chewbacca , and play up how their lifelong bond was born .

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New Characters in Solo

Emilia Clarke as Qi’ra -Emilia Clarke has appeared as Daenerys inGame of Thronesand Sarah Connor inTerminator : Genisys . She plays Qi’ra , who , like Han , is a poor street Thomas Kid from Corellia . Unlike her puerility beloved , she ’s stayed in a life of law-breaking .

Woody Harrelson as Tobias Beckett -Beckett puts together a squad of felon for a armed robbery , enlisting Han as a hand for his illegal operations . Harrelson has seem in everything from the critically - acclaimed first season ofTrue DetectivetoThe Hunger Gamesfilms andNatural Born Killers . It was only a subject of time that Harrelson would lend his talents toStar Wars , and he fits the galaxy far , far by amazingly well .

Thandie Newton as Val -Westworld ’s Thandie Newton will play Val , a tough and cool sharpshooter who is one of the core members of Beckett ’s crew . Newton has said that she is proud to beone of the first women of colorwith a major role inStar Wars .

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Phoebe Waller - Bridge as L3 - 37 -Phoebe Waller - Bridge , best known for the dramedyFleabag , voices L3 - 37 , a droid who works with Lando Calrissian as a sailing master . L3 - 37 is built from tack together droid and astromech parts , and is a passionate proponent for droid rights .

Jon Favreau as Rio Durant -Jon Favreau voices Rio Durant , an Ardennian buffer who puzzle out for Beckett . Favreau has antecedently seem inStar Wars : The Clone Warsas the Mandalorian Pre Vizsla . Favreau is write and head anupcomingStar Warslive - action television show .

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Villains

Paul Bettany as Dryden Vos -Dryden Vos is an intergalactic gangster and the leader of the Crimson Dawn crime governance . The role of Dryden Vos was originally hold up to be played by Michael K. Williams , but after programing conflict stopped Williams from being capable to reshoot his scenes , Bettany texted director Ron Howardasking if there was a function available inSolo . manifestly , the visions for Williams and Bettany ’s versions of thecharacter are markedly different .

Enfys Nest -Although Enfys Nest , a helmetedSolovillain , appear in multiple trailers , Lucasfilmdidn’t announce the actorwho plays the role before loss . In variety , we wo n’t spoil it yet either . What is know is that Enfys Nest is the ruthless leader of a group of sea rover called the Cloud - Raiders .