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

Donald Glover has some thoughts on Star Battles and never everybody goes to love them. “Star Wars, I adore it, however typically it’s tremendous severe,” the Lando Calrissian actor instructed the Wall Street Journal. “Typically it’s, like, approach too severe. It’s like every thing that has to do with the Skywalkers, is like so severe.”

That’s not the tone the actor is hoping to deliver to a possible Lando film, which he and his brother Stephen Glover are developing. “Lando, I believe the perfect half about him is he’s a scoundrel, you recognize, and I really feel like individuals can relate to that,” Glover stated. “And he’s in all probability like, ‘Man, this battle is whack. I would like cash,’ which I really feel everybody can relate to. So, I wish to simply deliver enjoyable to Star Wars. I simply need it to be enjoyable.”

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

“As a Star Wars fan myself, I believe it’s vital that there simply must be extra enjoyable being had,” Glover stated. “It’s very arduous to have enjoyable proper now. It’s powerful as a result of there are very severe issues taking place and people are the one issues that join us, weirdly, so I get why issues are severe. However a part of the human expertise, I consider, is we’ve got a duty to have enjoyment and I simply really feel like we’re missing in that division.” Watch the complete interview beneath.

A joyous Lando film sounds superior. However, earlier than that may change into a actuality, a brand new Star Wars film—in any respect—has to return into existence. We all know that The Mandalorian and Grogu would be the first Star Battles 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 feels like The Mandalorian and Grogu, however isn’t. All of which is to say, two years in the past Disney wasn’t comfy sufficient to make information of Glover’s mission 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 mission and can replace this piece when or if we hear again.

Do you agree with Glover although? Is Star Wars too severe? And is Lando the fitting character to alter that?

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