Donald Glover’s Lando will thankfully be a Star Wars movie, not TV

Solo: A Star Wars Story apologists, rejoice: Not only is Donald Glover’s proposed spinoff series Lando still happening, but as the star’s brother/creative cohort Stephen Glover revealed this week, it’s being redeveloped as a Star Wars movie.

Whether that means it actually gets to hit theaters in one of the current release date slots held by the franchise or if it’s still destined for Disney Plus is unclear — and might be for some time, since no work on the project can actually take place as long as screenwriter members of the Writers Guild of America remain on strike with hopes of negotiating a contract with the studio-backed Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. But for an idea first floated in 2018 and formally announced in 2020, it’s a promising update —especially for Star Wars fans hankering to go back to the movies.

Solo: A Star Wars StoryThe film was released in summer 2018 and received lukewarm reviews. Everyone loved Han Solo, but few needed the rogue’s backstory explained. Ron Howard, a George Lucas approved director (who was able to direct the prequel), took over the film after a series of behind-the scenes shakeups.WillowIt was not the triumphant end to the Star Wars Saga that many had hoped for, rather it was the slow and plodding finish of the promised champion. This is not good! Kathleen Kennedy, her predecessors and producer Kathleen Kennedy were all great! You can also read more about the advantages of SoloThe casting is perfect for Chris Miller and Phil Lord who both left the production in mid-production.

Alden Ehrenreich, a low-key MVP of this year’s Oppenheimer, found his own footing as Han Solo, Emilia Clarke was so dashing as the femme fatale Qi’ra that Marvel Comics has been compelled to keep a good thing going in the Star Wars books, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge came closest to the spirit of Anthony Daniels’ C-3PO as L3-37 (even if she wound up incarcerated in the mainframe of the Millennium Falcon at the end…). Glover’s Lando was mischievous and slick. He also appeared to be pansexual. It was a full blast of ’70s throwback stud energy that reverse-engineered Billy Dee Williams’ original trilogy performance into something fitting of Childish Gambino.

A pitch is a slang term for a loud noise. Lando standalone series always made sense, a new hope that Star Wars could both tip its hat to the past — as it always must, it seems — but break off from tradition to find a new vibe in the galaxy. Previously, You are welcome to Dear White People Justin Simien had been set up as the showrunner for the Disney Plus version, but it appears he’s left the company. Donald and Stephen Glover are now in charge of the project, having played an important role in creating the FX Series. Atlanta.

Stephen Glover remained silent on the future of LandoWhen he first appeared on television Pablo Torre Finds Out podcast earlier this week, but couldn’t help letting it slip that he and Donald are thinking bigger than what a TV series might allow. “The idea right now is to do a movie,” Glover said, squirming a bit over the obvious fact that if he revealed too much both Lucasfilm and likely the WGA would be knocking at his door. “That’s the thing, right now because of the strike, it’s kind of [a game of] telephone.” Variety confirmed late on Thursday with Lucasfilm Ltd. that the project is indeed being developed as a feature film.

Lucasfilm’s Star Wars release schedule is plotted out with dates, but no titles. Untitled Star Wars movies are currently on the schedule for December 18, 2026 and May 22, 2026. A third is scheduled for December 17, 2027. A few films have actually been announcedYou can also find out more about the following: could fill those dates as soon as both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA contracts are settled and development/production resumes: A Dave Filoni-directed film that ties up the strands of Mandalorian and Ahsoka; Indiana Jones: The Dial of Destiny director James Mangold’s Star Wars prequel set 25,000 years before the original trilogy that delves into the origins of the Force; and a movie helmed by documentarian and Ms. MarvelSharmeen Obaid Chinoy, the director of Rey’s film.

Add to Cart Lando to the potential heap — and bet on it? I wouldn’t doubt that kind of Sabacc player.