Solo: A Star Wars Story actor Donald Glover has revealed that he's been "scanned" by Disney, so that his likeness can be used at any point in the future.

Which basically means that Disney now owns his likeness for the rest of time and can do whatever they want with it.

"I'm scanned into Star Wars now, my face and body," Donald told The New Yorker.

"Who's to say that at some point they won't take that scan and say, 'Let's make another movie with Donald. He's been dead for fifteen years, but we can do whatever we want with him.'"

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In all likelihood, that scan will probably be used to introduce the Donald Glover version of Lando Calrissian into action figures or computer games – as part of a Battlefront 2 DLC update, for instance – but it wouldn't be the first time that the franchise has used digital scans and archive footage to make a movie either.

For example, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story managed to use CGI to bring back actor Peter Cushing, despite the man having passed away 22 years earlier, as well as digitally recreate a young Princess Leia for the closing shot too.

In any case, it seems Glover's likeness is now forever Disney's. Forever, and ever, and ever *evil laugh*.

Donald Glover is playing the younger version of Billy Dee Williams' classic Star Wars character in the upcoming spin-off, and he recently opened up about the advice that the veteran actor gave to him before taking on the role.

"I had a lot of questions," Glover recalled. "And then he just told me, 'Just be charming,' and so I was like, 'OK!' I just kind of did that.

"He said, 'Just be interested in things.' Lando has, I wouldn't say eccentric, but eclectic tastes. So I tried to work that into the role as much as possible."

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As for the advice he received from Williams on playing the franchise's first black character, Glover explained: "[It's] about being yourself as much as possible.

"Making the character a real person, rather than the whole identity for a whole group of people."

The actor has also promised that Solo would be "a lot more fun" than previous Star Wars movies. Well, we are counting on his word.

Solo: A Star Wars Story will hit cinemas on May 25.

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