Disney Has Found Its Young Han Solo for Star Wars

Alden Ehrenreich Is The New Han Solo

♦According to our friends over at Deadline, Disney have announced that the search for the young Han Solo has been completed and he will be played by Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!)

Alden Ehrenreich will play Han Solo in Disney’s stand-alone Star Wars movie, confirming what Deadline reported exclusively three weeks ago. Sources say that the Hail Caesar! star is negotiating to seal the deal.

The standalone Han Solo film, which is expected to simply be called Han Solo: A Star Wars Story in keeping with this year’s Rogue One, is currently in preproduction under directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Perhaps anticipating the confirmation of Ehrenreich’s casting, Miller commemorated this week’s “May the 4th” festivities by tweeting out the first official image from the production – Han Solo’s trademark blaster:

Can't wait to get "shooting"!#MayThe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/HlteYut6m0

— Christopher Miller (@chrizmillr) May 4, 2016

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