Donald Glover Talks His 'Star Wars' Role as Young Lando For the First Time: Watch

It was revealed last week that Donald Glover will play the young Lando Calrissian in Star Wars' upcoming Han Solo origin movie. Now, the actor/musician (and new father) is speaking about the exciting role for the first time on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "I'm very honored. It's a very big deal," he told the host. "There's this thing going around on the internet of me in a Star Wars T-shirt when I was in high school."

"That was the first toy I had. Lando. My dad gave it to me. I had a Darth Vader one, too," Glover continued. “I told my dad immediately. He was like, ‘Aww.’ My mom was in the back. She was like, ‘Don’t mess it up! Don’t mess this up!’ ‘Cause Billy Dee [Williams]—like, that’s hers.”