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Jon Favreau To Voice Important Character In Solo: A Star Wars Story
Both director Ron Howard and Jon Favreau have confirmed on Twitter that Favreau will voice an important alien character in Solo: A Star Wars Story. They wrote:
@RealRonHoward and Lawrence Kasdan #starwars #solo pic.twitter.com/VGSi2fH0Zs
— Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) February 2, 2018
Wondering why we r all together? @Jon_Favreau is voicing a very cool & important alien character for #HanSolo Flattered & fortunate I could pull him away from his #LionKing directing duties https://t.co/W5N7YoAlq6
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) February 14, 2018
The film will be released on May 25. It was directed by Ron Howard (who took over from Phil Lord and Christopher Miller) from a script by Lawrence and Jon Kasdan. It stars Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Joonas Suotamo and Paul Bettany.
Here’s a synopsis: Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.