Jon Favreau Joins Solo: A Star Wars Story

Joining The Young Scoundrel

♦ Solo: A Star Wars Story is out this May and they have just announced an addition to its cast in the shape of Jon Favreau. Courtesy of Newsarama, here’s a few details…

Ron Howard has announced that Jon Favreau has joined the cast of Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, giving voice to a “a very cool & important alien character.” The news came after Favreau posted a picture of him, Howard and Solo writer Lawrence Kasdan up on Twitter.

@RealRonHoward and Lawrence Kasdan #starwars #solo pic.twitter.com/VGSi2fH0Zs

— Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) February 2, 2018

Wondering why we r all together? @Jon_Favreau is voicing a very cool & important alien character for #HanSolo Flattered & fortunate I could pull him away from his #LionKing directing duties https://t.co/W5N7YoAlq6

— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) February 14, 2018

This is actually Favreau’s second role in Star Wars, as he actually voiced the Mandalorian rogue Pre Vizsla in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series. While Mandalorians’ are “aliens” in Star Wars lore (everyone is, essentially), given Vizsla’s human appearance and Howard pointing out that Favreau would “voice” a character, it would seem that it will be a seperate part. That, and Darth Maul actually beheaded Vizsla in the “Shades of Reason” episode, which in Star Wars’ timeline took place several years before the events of Solo.