Solo's Donald Glover Reveals What It Was Like To Wear Lando's Cape

Solo : A Star Wars Storyactor Donald Glover has revealed precisely what it was like to assume the iconic costume of Lando Calrissian , single out the ness as the most exciting part of the supporting players to put on . After much behind - the - scene wrangling that saw Ron Howard take over fromPhil Lord and Christopher Milleras director , Solois finally set for release afterward this calendar month and theStar Warsmarketing machine is head into top gear , despite the huge secrecy still border the picture . Solois the second anthologyStar Warsmovie after 2016’sRogue Oneand is a prequel speculation for the iconic Han Solo , with Alden Ehrenreich take up the famous rolefrom Harrison Ford .

Soloalso marks the return of the fan - favourite Lando Calrissian . Lando appeared in bothThe Empire Strikes BackandReturn of the Jedi , run by Billy Dee Williams , but has yet to appear in the Modern trilogy of movies that began with J. J. Abrams’The Force Awakens . Star Warsfans will instead get to see a young Calrissian inSolowho will be portrayed by Donald Glover . As well as being celebrated for his medicine work as Childish Gambino , Glover is known for his time onAtlanta,30 RockandCommunity .

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Glover has now address about what it was like to put on the Lando Calrissian costume and take on the coming into court of such an iconic character from film history . The actor was asked by a buff on the officialStar WarsTwitter channelwhat it was like to wear the Lando costume for the very first time and duly respond :

" It was really great . The ness was the best part because you ’re waiting for the cape the total time but it was also a really capital flavour . And it looked so different but also the same as Lando always was so , yeah , I call back it was beautiful . "

As Glover suggests , the mantle is more honoring the design wear thin by Billy Dee Williams in the originalStar Warstrilogy than outright retroflex it ; the young interpretation has a more sleek and advanced design with a high arrest and , perhaps befittingly , looks somewhat newer . AlthoughStar Warstraditionalists might balk at the redesign , Glover ’s suggestion that the core of the kit remains true is entirely exact , as the newer version convey Lando ’s ostentatious yet wizardly personality absolutely .

Despite his massive success in television receiver , cinema and music - include the recent release of undivided " This Is America " to a rhapsodic response - it ’s pleasing to see that Glover still has a sense of childish excitement about playing such a fabled movie champion and it seems he was as excited to try on Lando ’s classic cape as any fan would be . It also appears that humble sentiency of marvel has translate onto the big screen , as former brushup ofSolohave singled out Glover ’s interpretation of Landoas a particular highlightof the moving picture .