While I don’t regret having skipped the Super Bowl this year (Go Giants!), I do bemoan the fact that I didn’t take to Twitter as soon as the teaser for the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story teaser trailer because, boy, were people excited and it only increased as the full trailer dropped this morning! But it wasn’t over the seeing the Millennium Falcon take off with the young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) at the helm, it was the first peek of Donald Glover (who had put production on the second season of his show, Atlanta, on hold for) as the suave smuggler Lando Calrissian.
And it wasn’t hard to see why, as the teaser featured the Glover draped in a fur coat (thankfully not Wookie fur or that would’ve been awkward), confidently smiling and posing for a slew of camera flashes, a similar attitude that many fans were hoping to see from the movie’s title character in the clip. And even as the full trailer was unleashed and we got to see Calrissian look terrified alongside Solo and Chewie as they navigate through a tangle of tentacles. But those tiny snippets were enough to send fans into a frenzy, taking to Twitter to not only share excitement but plenty of memes as well.
I’m excited for the Lando movie pic.twitter.com/QZEkS1OqDv
— Mundy (@dickfundy) February 4, 2018
still time for SOLO to change its title pic.twitter.com/7Mp9y8KOKD
— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) February 5, 2018
Many have already proclaimed that Ehrenreich is no Harrison Ford, which is true, it might be because this film will show how the space rouge got his swagger. But I’m sure it doesn’t help when you’re trying to fill the shoes of such an iconic character that everyone has opinions on, and the same can certainly be said of Glover, who even as a fan himself has to tackle the role that Billy Dee Williams made famous, but he might have a bit more wiggle room with the role than Ehrenreich. But I have a feeling that the film will likely show Solo picking up some of that cocksure confidence from not only Calrissian but his mentor, Beckett (Woody Harrelson), as well.
But with all Star Wars trailers, looks can totally be deceiving as they have a habit of taking certain quotes out of context in order to keep fans guessing. We’ll just have to theorize while we wait for it to finally hit theaters on May 25th.