Woody Harrelson May Teach Han Solo to Shoot First in 'Star Wars' Origin Story

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Update (1/11): It's confirmed, Woody Harrelson will play mentor to young Han Solo in the next Star Wars non-trilogy standalone movie. On the franchise's official site, directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller say:

“We couldn’t be more excited to work with an artist with as much depth and range as Woody. His ability to find both humor and pathos, often in the same role, is truly unique. He is also very good at ping pong.”

Original story (1/4): Woody Harrelson is officially a franchise whisperer. He did all four Hunger Games movies, he's top-lining this summer's War for the Planet of the Apes, and now he's being tractor beamed into the Star Wars universe. Variety reports that the 55-year-old two-time Oscar nominee is in early talks to play the mentor to a young Han Solo in the next A Star Wars Story anthology movie, an origin tale for the character pioneered by scruffy-looking nerf herder Harrison Ford.

"The ensemble has already begun filling with rising stars," Variety writes, citing anonymous sources, "but executives wanted this role to go to an actor with considerable clout, and started meeting with actors over the past several weeks." Harrelson's previous nerd-leaning projects include A Scanner Darkly and Zombieland.

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