Iron Man and The Lion King director Jon Favreau will be heard in the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story, director Ron Howard confirmed on Twitter today. Back on February 2nd, Favreau tweeted a picture of himself alongside Howard and Solo co-writer Lawrence Kasdan. Today, Howard quote-tweeted Favreau and revealed what they were all doing together, explaining that Favreau would be voicing a very important alien character in the film. Howard said, "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".
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
— Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) February 2, 2018
This is not Favreau's fist time lending his voice to a Star Wars character. He previously voiced the Mandalorian Death Watch leader Pre Vizsla on the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He appeared in six episodes across three seasons. You can see a behind the scenes featurette featuring Favreau talking about his The Clone Wars role below,
Solo: A Star Wars Story hits theaters on May 25th, 2018 and stars Alden Ehrenreich (Hail Caesar!) as Han Solo, Donald Glover (Atlanta) as Lando Calrissian, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Qi'Ra, Woody Harrelson (True Detective) as Beckett, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) as L3-37, Thandie Newton (Westworld) as Val, and Paul Bettany (The Avengers) as Dryden Vos. The film is directed by Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind), with a script by Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back) and his son Jon Kasdan (The First Time).
Source: Ron Howard (Twitter)
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