Last month it was officially announced that Phil Lord and Chris Miller would be directing a Star Wars Anthology film based on Han Solo. Up until now, all we knew about what is being planned was that the story "focuses on how young Han Solo became the smuggler, thief, and scoundrel whom Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi first encountered in the cantina at Mos Eisley."

The screenplay is being written by Lawrence Kasdan and Jon Kasdan, and now, thanks to EW, we have some more information to share with you regarding the movie. There's no information on what actors they are looking to cast in the role, but they are looking for someone in their late teens or early twenties. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy says:

“He’ll definitely be probably in the high teens, low 20s. We’re not introducing you to a 10-year-old Han Solo.”

Even though fans are excited about this movie, there's still the question on how much of Solo's past should remain a mystery. When asked about that, Kennedy replied:

“Those are exactly the questions we’re asking. There’s got to be a reason for [the stand-alone film] to be. And obviously the thing that Star Wars has always done so well is it doesn’t spend a lot of time [explaining] the stories that have come before. We don’t want to do that either. We don’t want to spend time going back and answering a lot of questions that, quite frankly, I don’t think people want answered.”

They've obviously come up with some kind of story for the character that they feel needs to be told. When asked how the studio plans on handling the story, she gives a little insight into what we can expect:

“I think the key here is that we are identifying an event or events in Han Solo’s life that gives you some idea of who he is and why he is the character we have all known to love.

“You can imagine, given who we’ve chosen to come in and direct, it should be very entertaining and funny. Han Solo is the character inside Star Wars that everybody knows has a wit and sense of humor. So that’s what this should be.”

She obviously isn't going to give any big plot points, but it's safe to assume that his past could involve other characters like Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, Jabba the Hutt, and maybe even Greedo.

Kasdan was offered to help develop several different Star Wars projects that Lucasfilm is looking to tackle, and out of all of the projects they put in front of him, he chose Han Solo. He said he told Lucasfilm, "I would write a movie about Han Solo. He’s always been my favorite."

He's the favorite of a lot of Star Wars fans, and I can't wait to see what Kasdan comes up with for the character. I know he won't let us down.

The Han Solo film will be released on May 25th, 2018.