In an exciting official announcement there will now be a Han Solo prequel, as part of the Star Wars anthology series of movies, which will stand-alone from the forthcoming new Star Wars trilogy.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the duo behind The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street and Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, will direct the movie which will be based on a script by the legendary Lawrence Kasden, a man who previously co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back, The Return Of The Jedi and the forthcoming Force Awakens.

The Han Solo movie will be a prequel as we journey back to explore exactly how Solo ended up as the most famous space smuggler and thief in that galaxy far, far away.

The Han Solo prequel is slated fro release on May 25th, 2018.