Han Solo will officially be featured in his very own Star Wars film.

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Lucasfilm announced today that The LEGO Movie and 21 Jump Street directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are attached to direct the scoundrel's first standalone big screen appearance.Written by Lawrence Kasdan and his son Jon, the film will detail the events that led to Solo becoming the smuggler we first meet in the Mos Eisley cantina on Tattooine. Kasdan has written for Star Wars before, having penned the scripts of The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and the upcoming The Force Awakens This film is part of the Star Wars Anthology movies; a series of standalone films featuring key characters in the Star Wars universe. It is currently expected to debut on May 25, 2018.Originally, rumors about a Han Solo/Boba Fett anthology film suggested we would learn more about the conflict between the two. It should be noted that this is not the same film that Josh Trank had once been attached to direct, and it's unclear what Boba Fett's cinematic future - if there is one - will be.Star Wars: Rogue One is the first of the Star Wars anthology films . Written by Gary Whitta, John Knoll, and Chris Weitz and directed by Gareth Edwards, Rogue One is scheduled to hit theaters on December 16, 2016.

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