Back in May, we learned that hottie Alden Ehrenreich was cast as “the young Han Solo” in one of the many, many Star Wars spinoffs/reboots/whatever movies coming out. This film will follow Han Solo’s adventures before he even met up with Luke and Leia. Out of the short-list of actors up for the role, I thought Alden was a decent choice. He’s cute in a smirky way, which sort of fits for Han Solo. Now there’s a new casting situation, and it’s making me soooo happy! They’re looking for an actor to play a young Lando Calrissian. YAS. The original Lando was played by the excellent Billy Dee Williams. It’s going to be difficult to find someone to fill those shoes.

Han Solo is getting a gambling buddy — his standalone “Star Wars” spinoff film is casting a young Lando Calrissian. Fans have speculated about which of the characters from Solo’s complicated past might turn up in “Han Solo,” and now we know at least one. The Cloud City cassanova was originally played by Billy Dee Williams, and the current code name in casting circles for young Lando is “Chance” — perhaps a reference to the character’s appreciation of cards and dice.

Though we met Lando in “The Empire Strikes Back” — in which Darth Vader forced him to betray Han, Leia, Chewbacca and C-3PO when they turned up at Cloud City — he has a long history with Solo that we may see parts of in the new standalone film. Lando famously lost the Millennium Falcon to Solo in a game called sabacc — though he got to fly it again in “Return of the Jedi.”

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So… we get to dream-cast a young Lando, basically. Who should it be? I enjoyed Corey Hawkins in Straight Outta Compton – he played a young Dr. Dre – and he’s tall and suave enough, I think. Michael B. Jordan would be the “fan favorite” choice, but I have qualms about the idea of putting MBJ in a supporting role, you know? MBJ should get his own movie, not play second fiddle to Alden. Anthony Mackie’s name will probably be put on some list, but I kind of think Mackie is too old to play Lando in this version, when both Lando and Han are supposed to be in their 20s. You know who I thought of first though? Donald Glover. COME ON! It should totally be Donald Glover.

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