Donald Glover Desires His Star Wars Film to Carry Pleasure to the World

Donald Glover has some thoughts on Star Struggles and never everybody goes to love them. “Star Wars, I adore it, however typically or not it’s tremendous critical,” the Lando Calrissian actor advised the Wall Street Journal. “Typically or not it’s, like, method too critical. It’s like every little thing that has to do with the Skywalkers, is like so critical.”

That’s not the tone the actor is hoping to convey to a possible Lando film, which he and his brother Stephen Glover are developing. “Lando, I feel the most effective half about him is he’s a scoundrel, you recognize, and I really feel like folks can relate to that,” Glover mentioned. “And he’s most likely like, ‘Man, this warfare is whack. I want cash,’ which I really feel everybody can relate to. So, I need to simply convey enjoyable to Star Wars. I simply need it to be enjoyable.”

Talking with the Journal about a variety of matters, the multi-hyphenate artist was requested what he needs to convey to Star Wars with Lando and that was the message: “Enjoyable.”

“As a Star Wars fan myself, I feel it’s necessary that there simply must be extra enjoyable being had,” Glover mentioned. “It’s very onerous to have enjoyable proper now. It’s powerful as a result of there are very critical issues occurring and people are the one issues that join us, weirdly, so I get why issues are critical. However a part of the human expertise, I imagine, is we now have a accountability to have enjoyment and I simply really feel like we’re missing in that division.” Watch the total interview under.

A joyous Lando film sounds superior. However, earlier than that may turn out to be a actuality, a brand new Star Wars film—in any respect—has to come back into existence. We all know that The Mandalorian and Grogu would be the first Star Struggles movie in seven years when it opens in theaters Might 2026. There’s additionally a second Star Wars film slotted for launch in December 2026. We don’t know which one that’s however we do know that, in 2023, the studio announced three potential movies: a forward-looking Rey film, a Jedi origin story by James Mangold, and a Disney+ wrap-up film by Dave Filoni. The final one seems like The Mandalorian and Grogu, however isn’t. All of which is to say, two years in the past Disney wasn’t snug sufficient to make information of Glover’s challenge official. So the probabilities we’ll see it anytime within the subsequent three years or so appear very slim.

io9 reached out to Lucasfilm for any further clarification on the Lando challenge and can replace this piece when or if we hear again.

Do you agree with Glover although? Is Star Wars too critical? And is Lando the suitable character to vary that?

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