Update On Han Solo Movie

 

It was recently learnt that the upcoming Han Solo movie may be about to cast a young Lando Calrissian, and it now seems as if the Phil Lord and Chris Miller film is also seeking a non-white female lead. The news comes from a Tweet posted by Mashable’s Jeff Sneider, and should probably just be taken as a rumour for now until we hear something a tad more concrete.

According to him, the Han Solo search for a female lead “was down to 4 girls…and they weren’t white.” That’s interesting for a number of reasons. Not only will it point to the Star Wars Universe continuing to get even more diverse, but there’s a very good chance that we already know who this character is.

Looking at the recently released Star Wars comic book series from Marvel, this could very well be Sana Solo/Sana Starros, a woman who “married” Han as part of their cover for a heist they pulled off at some point in his past. Sana took the vows a little too seriously though and later tracked down Han (and Leia) following the events of A New Hope.

It’s obviously far too soon to assume that Sana is the female lead referenced above, but it would be a nice bit of connectivity on Lucasfilm’s part. They closely monitor everything that happens in the comics, so the character returning for the still untitled Han Solo movie isn’t outside the realm of possibility