Emilia Clarke Cast in Han Solo Stand-Alone Movie

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The official Star Wars site announced the casting of Emilia Clarke (30) of Game of Thrones fame for Han solo stand-alone movie.

 

StarWars.com is excited to announce that Clarke, known for her stirring portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones, will join the upcoming untitled Han Solo Star Wars movie. Clarke’s role will round out a dynamic cast of characters that Han and Chewie will encounter on their adventures.

Clarke joins Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover — previously cast as Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, respectively — in the highly-anticipated film, which is set prior to the original Star Wars trilogy.

 

 

 

We will follow this story as it develops and new details about Clarke’s role come to light.

 

As of yet untitled Han Solo stand-alone movie, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller is set for release in May, 2018.

 

 

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54 thoughts on “Emilia Clarke Cast in Han Solo Stand-Alone Movie

  • November 19, 2016 at 2:09 am
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    Another British brunette, must be Rey’s mother!

    • November 19, 2016 at 2:43 am
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      Yup, Sally Skywalker.

    • November 21, 2016 at 2:37 am
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      No offense, but you’re being an idiot right now.

      She’s clearly Snoke.

      • November 21, 2016 at 8:14 am
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        By the Force, I think you’re onto something!

  • November 19, 2016 at 2:19 am
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    Damsel #01

  • November 19, 2016 at 2:22 am
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    I LOVE Delicious Targaryen….dude, she’s super-dreamy

  • November 19, 2016 at 2:43 am
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    The Force is strong with Game of Thrones.

  • November 19, 2016 at 2:49 am
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    Great addition to an intriguing movie.

  • November 19, 2016 at 3:05 am
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    Han and Lando better not touch her Krayt Dragons.

  • November 19, 2016 at 3:33 am
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    Han love interest IMHO

    • November 19, 2016 at 5:24 am
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      Chewie’s love interest, duh!

    • November 19, 2016 at 8:35 am
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      Han? Nah. She’ll definitely be the smooth galactic entrepreneur’s latest venture. 😉

      In all seriousness, considering the type of female characters featured in this era of Star Wars and what I’ve seen of the actress’s characterization in Game of Thrones, I’m guessing she won’t need or even want a man in her life. Could Han be interested in her? Of course, but I wouldn’t expect it to be reciprocated.

    • November 19, 2016 at 12:14 pm
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      Lando’s love interest.

  • November 19, 2016 at 5:14 am
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    Any news if this is the role Tessa Thompson and Zoe Kravitz were up for? If so, maybe they cast Clarke so as to make Ehrenreich appear tall enough as Han ( by comparison ) – I imagine Tessa Thompson would be too tall for Ehrenreich perhaps?

    • November 19, 2016 at 5:20 am
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      Umm, I’m pretty sure they cast her because she plays one of the most popular characters in the single most popular TV show on the planet.

      • November 19, 2016 at 5:33 am
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        When did they cast Penny from Big Bang Theory?

        • November 19, 2016 at 10:23 am
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          Is Big Bang Theory popular outside the US?

          I’ve heard the notion that Game of Thrones is the most successful TV show worldwide bandied about a lot. Don’t know what metric is being used, but I’ve been biased toward it due to the fact that I teach a student body of students from all around the world, and Game of Thrones seems to be wildly popular across the board among them.

        • November 19, 2016 at 10:26 am
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          Just looked it up and at least a few sources cite number of worldwide downloads and number of countries that broadcast Game of Thrones (170) as the metric for claiming it’s the most popular TV show globally…

          • November 19, 2016 at 10:33 am
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            Then why didn’t they cast male actors from GoT?

      • November 19, 2016 at 1:57 pm
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        Also they liked her audition and she’s a good actress.

      • November 20, 2016 at 1:04 am
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        Because otherwise nobody would take any notice of this little “Star Wars” thing.

    • November 19, 2016 at 3:34 pm
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      I hope its not because that would likely make this character Sana Solo unless they have completely taken the character out of the script and replaced her with a white woman.

  • November 19, 2016 at 5:26 am
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    Glad she is getting a second chance after the terminator disaster.

    • November 19, 2016 at 6:44 am
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      The movie was bad.

      She was good in it.

      • November 19, 2016 at 8:13 am
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        I thought the movie was decent fun. Not the worst Terminator movie by any means. That award goes to Terminator 3. Emilia was okay in it too. She’s not my ideal choice of what Sarah Connor would look like in this alternate universe thing going on with Genysis but whatever.

        • November 19, 2016 at 1:07 pm
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          Can’t agree more. 😛

        • November 19, 2016 at 5:04 pm
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          Salvation was the worst for me.

          • November 20, 2016 at 6:56 am
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            Salvation was just taking itself way too seriously, and wasn’t really a fun movie.

            It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, but I’m sure someone who has seen it more recently could elaborate on why it wasn’t a “good” Terminator movie besides being drastically different from the other films.

      • November 19, 2016 at 8:29 am
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        Gonna have to agree to disagree on that one. 😉

  • November 19, 2016 at 6:58 am
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    She is going to be playing Dani Stargarion mother of Wookiees.

  • November 19, 2016 at 10:11 am
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    I have a bad feeling about this… unless she’s wearing a helmet all time. What about not casting faces that are too well known. What’s next? Benedict Cumberbatch?

  • November 19, 2016 at 10:22 am
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    Not a fan of this choice. Not a fan of the Han Solo film idea.

    I do really like Emilia otherwise… and I totally admit to being wrong about Gal Gadot and Anne Hathaway. So who knows… maybe I’ll be 0 for 3! 😛

  • November 19, 2016 at 10:40 am
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    how about the character played by Jenny Cresswell that was cut from the cantina scene in A New Hope

    • November 19, 2016 at 2:41 pm
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      …..why?

  • November 19, 2016 at 11:51 am
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    HAHAHAHA I myself am not sure about this movie, but come on, in the comments section even the casting of an actress not reprising anyone else’s role is a disaster!

  • November 19, 2016 at 12:55 pm
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    Mother of Trandoshians

    • November 19, 2016 at 1:49 pm
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      I seriously laughed a lot 😀

    • November 19, 2016 at 2:41 pm
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      Mother of Krayt Dragons.

      • November 19, 2016 at 5:46 pm
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        Perfect. I said mother of wookies and scrolled down and saw this. 🙂

  • November 19, 2016 at 1:25 pm
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    They really like british brunettes at Lucasfilm… Anyway, it was a good choice imo.

  • November 19, 2016 at 3:35 pm
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    She’s obviously talented. I don’t watch GOT but I understand that a lot of the actors involved are incredible. I just hope she isn’t taking a role from Tessa Thompson who would be such an awesome addition to the movie.

  • November 19, 2016 at 4:10 pm
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    Sister so you have a twin sister.
    (Han askes Lando)

  • November 19, 2016 at 4:36 pm
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    I can see her as female Mandalorian from The Clone Wars

  • November 19, 2016 at 4:38 pm
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    that’s amazing! I love her work

  • November 19, 2016 at 5:44 pm
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    She’ seems nice, always smiling and joking in interviews. I can’t say her acting has stood out in anyway. what’s more important is that they pick her for the right role.

  • November 19, 2016 at 5:45 pm
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    Yes. First mother of dragons now Mother of wookies.

  • November 19, 2016 at 9:55 pm
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    They went for fan service. Least excited i’ve been for a casting choice in these new Star Wars movies

  • November 20, 2016 at 3:49 am
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    This spiked my interest in the Han Solo spin off some what but still dont have a good feeling about this, hope they prove me wrong!

    Edit: You guys think she will portray a new character or existing? e.g.
    -Doctor Aphra

  • November 20, 2016 at 7:33 pm
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    I just hope her role will be subtle and not taking us “out” of the movie. I like Emilia but I didn’t liked her in GoT actually. My opinion is that she’s been miss-cast on that one.

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