Solo: A Star Wars Story
Donald Glover’s ‘Lando’ Is Coming To Movie Theaters, Not Disney+
Donald Glover will be reprising his role as a young Lando Calrissian again, but it won't be as a Disney+ series.
Thandiwe Newton Was Not Happy With How Her Character Was Killed In ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Star Wars takes place in a galaxy far, far away, but it still is trouble by Earth’s biggest problem, the treatment of actors of color. Thandiwe Newton is the latest Black thespian to call out the iconic sci-fi film franchise’s handling of Black, Brown, and Asian characters in the films. Solo: A Star Wars Story already owns the title of being the lowest-grossing Star Wars film, and now it will be known as the film that killed off Thandiwe Newton’s character for no reason at all. Speaking with Inverse in an interview published on Wednesday (Aug.25), Newton revealed she was “disappointed” with how her character was handled in the movie that served as the origin story of smuggler turned reluctant hero of the rebellion Han Solo. Th...
Who’s Scruffy Looking? Harrison Ford Stars in Solo Deepfake Video: Watch
“Harrison Ford” and “Billy Dee Williams” in Solo: A Star Wars Story, image via YouTube/Shamook Deepfake technologies have become increasingly common, and while their applications are almost entirely evil, every once in a while a person uses those programs for something trivial and fun. So it is with this latest deepfake by YouTuber Shamook, which answers the question: What if young Harrison Ford had played young Han Solo in the 2018 prequel Solo: A Star Wars Story? To be fair, it’s more of a partial answer. As creator Shamook acknowledges in a pinned note, the technology of faking voices is “still a way off from sounding really good.” So instead we get prequel actor Alden Ehrenreich’s voice coming from a de-aged Harrison Ford’s smirking lips. The video is only two m...
Donald Glover Rumored To Be Reprising His Role As Lando Calrissian In His Own ‘Star Wars’ Spin-off Series
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Solo: A Star Wars Story might’ve bricked harder than something that Westside Gunn could have Virgil put his John Hancock on, but Donald Glover’s rendition of Lando Calrissian was impressive enough to land him his own Disney+ series based on the fan favorite Star Wars character. On the latest episode of Kessel Run Radio podcast, the “fastest Star Wars show in the galaxy” touched a few subjects including the return of Hayden Christiensen (Aiden Skywalker/Darth Vader) for Disney+’s Obi Kenobi series and John Boyega moving on from the Star Wars franchise. But it was their revelation that Donald Glover would be reprising his role as Lando Calrissian that caught our ear. According to the hosts, rumors have been swirling that Donald and Disney have com...
