Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke will join an already star-studded cast for the upcoming Han Solo standalone Star Wars film.
Although Clarke’s role is yet to be announced (Chewbacca has not been officially ruled out), there is some speculation she could play Jenny, who was Han Solo’s supposed girlfriend at the time of Episode IV: A New Hope. Jenny — played by Jenny Cresswell — had her scenes with Han Solo in the Mos Eisley Cantina removed from the final cut.
Clarke joins Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover, who were cast as young Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, respectively.
Emilia Clarke is heading to a galaxy far, far away in the upcoming untitled Han Solo Star Wars movie.https://t.co/5EntiY4ktq pic.twitter.com/o1M2fTWTp0
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Phil Lord and Christopher Miller will direct the untitled film, which is slated for a 2018 release. Lawrence Kasdan, who helped write The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, wrote the screenplay with his son Jon.