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Three years ago it was confirmed that Lucasfilm was working on a series about Lando Calrissian for Disney + with Donald Glover. But after much waiting, there are already some details of this production.
The Star Wars universe is constantly expanding, especially since Disney bought this huge franchise from Lucasfilm, with which they have released several movies and series for Disney+. However, it seems that the stories of the saga will unfold in the coming years within this streaming platform, as A new Lando Calrissian series with Donald Glover is coming.
As you will remember, it was in 2018 for the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story when the musician and actor played this iconic character, which Billy Dee Williams immortalized in George Lucas’s original trilogy. Two years later it was announced during Disney’s Investor Day that they would develop a production for Disney+ starring Donald Glover under the supervision of Justin Simien, who directed the new version of The Haunted Mansion.
Here’s what we know about Lando Calrissian’s series with Donald Glover on Disney+
However, Several years have passed since it was known that a series about Lando Calrissian would be coming but it hasn’t just premiered There is no information that they are working on it. Although after so much time in mere uncertainty, there is finally one or the other detail about this project that apparently indicates that it may have a green light.
It turns out that in an interview that Donald Glover gave for the magazine G.Q., confirmed that he was in talks with Lucasfilm about the possibility of returning to play Lando Calrissian in a series. And although he made it very clear that he would like to return, but there is still nothing clear with the plans that exist for the character in the future.
“It’s a fun time, being him. It just has to be the right way to do it. The time is gold. In the last two years, this pandemic really made people experience time… People realized that their time is valuable. You only get so much. I am not interested in doing anything that is a waste of time or just a paycheck. I prefer spending time with people I enjoy. It just has to be the right thing to do, and I think it could be. Lando is definitely someone I like to hang out with.”
However, it seems that Donald Glover’s dream of playing Lando Calrissian again. And it is that according to Variety, the musician and actor along with his brother, Stephen Glover will be in charge of writing the series of this iconic character for Disney+. At the moment, that is all that is known about this project, which at least is already known to be in development. Although everything indicates that it is a matter of time before they reveal more details.
