Andrea Mandell

USA TODAY

Donald Glover scooped two Golden Globes for his TV show, Atlanta. on Sunday night, but when the actor arrived backstage, his upcoming Star Wars role was the question du jour.

How is Glover preparing to play the infamous smuggler and gambler, Lando Calrissian, in the upcoming Han Solo prequel?

“Not getting to eat anything enjoyable for the rest of my life,” Glover told gathered press, to laughter. “Lando’s a big deal to me. It was literally the first toy I ever got. When you have something that’s kind of iconic ... where people pay attention to it, it’s hard because you want to live up to the expectation. But all you can do is live up to your own. And Star Wars is really high."

Mostly, he added, "I really just want to have fun. The directors: (Christopher Miller and Phil Lord), they’re amazing. I love the guy who is playing Han (Alden Ehrenreich). It’s going to be a good time. It’s going to be fun. I’m getting ready to just have fun with those guys.”

Just to be clear, there were plenty of questions backstage about Atlanta, too, which won both best television comedy and best actor in a comedy for Glover.

As Glover explained, this show has been on his mind for years.

“I’ve been trying to make this show for a long time,” said Glover. “I went home, I guess like a year and a half after I did Bonnaroo, and my mom was clearing out my room. She handed my brother a box of stuff and he pulls out this letter I forgot I wrote, that I sent to him in college. And I was like: 'Yo, I had this dream where we write a show together.' So I guess it’s been on my mind for a long time.”

As they say, good things come to those who wait.