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Solo: A Star Wars Story recently wrapped production and dropped a reassuringly entertaining full-length trailer, which we broke down here. On Sunday, director Ron Howard took to Twitter to remind us who everybody’s probably going to be talking about in what might end up being a trilogy: Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian.

#Lando in action! One of several…let’s call them… moments of heightened irritation for Lando @donaldglover #May25 #HanSolo pic.twitter.com/B4fhbLjqwH

— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) April 29, 2018

thank you ron for this gif so i can really appreciate lando’s “wait…did he just shoot the FALCON”? look https://t.co/XayC9VMKsi

— slaybrams (@hansoleaux) April 29, 2018

Lando was also a standout during a screening of Solo: A Star Wars Story footage at CinemaCon last month. Variety praised the footage (a scene of Han and Lando gambling) and Birth Movies Death also noted Lando’s stand-out performance.

Via Disney

There was also huge fan response to this recent poster of the whole cast:

Via Twitter

People inevitably honed in on one character in particular:

The more I see promotional material from SOLO the more certain I am is that LANDO is the movie we all actually wanted

— Columbina (@EccentricFlower) April 25, 2018

We know who the true star is the movie is by the characters placement. Hey Lando. https://t.co/o4UHHngaa4

— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) April 20, 2018

It's weird that they've gone for a poster with only Lando on it, but I like it https://t.co/xFMK7YlMRG

— Wayne 1.0 (@WaynePentony) April 19, 2018

When you KNOW you’re the real star of this movie. pic.twitter.com/WUQfORVCe5

— Anson Ling (@ns0n) April 19, 2018

At least one person made a compelling case that Lucasfilm knew exactly what they were doing.

The subliminal messaging in this poster is not subtle….
LANDO: A Star Wars Story pic.twitter.com/gDcBXYPM1T

— Melissa Russell's (@MelissaRussells) April 20, 2018

Some people — like Quelynace and the appropriately-named LandoSWAG77 — thought the poster could be even better, though:

Via Twitter

Love the #SoloAStarWarsStory poster. #Lando #sabacc pic.twitter.com/q6n80Ep3jI

— Renee Lascala (@ReneeLascala) April 19, 2018

Better movie?

Lando has more interesting potential for a prequel than Han because we meet Han in a dive bar and nobody ever wondered how someone ended up in a dive bar.

We meet Lando when he's governor of his own fucking planet, having formerly been a scoundrel. I'm curious about THAT story.

— April Daniels (@1aprildaniels) April 20, 2018

The closer the SOLO release date gets, the more obvious it becomes that it should’ve been LANDO.

— MZS (@mattzollerseitz) April 21, 2018

This new Lando movie looks great. https://t.co/6bMou74cyr

— Chris Prince (@ChrisPrincey) April 19, 2018

I can only wish to be as cool a Lando in this poster pic.twitter.com/V0pc3Si89Q

— EKANA (@Ekana_Stone) April 19, 2018

Lando Calrissian stealing focus in a Star Wars poster is a long-standing tradition, it turns out:

Just so you know, Lando has been stealing Star Wars posters since 1981…#solo pic.twitter.com/3Nxsj4e74l

— Alan Fewings (@JoeScaramanga) April 20, 2018

And those capes! A new Star Wars tie-in novel, Last Shot, recently revealed he has an entire cape closet, and it’s been spotted in footage from the movie, too:

Lando Calrissian cape update: pic.twitter.com/SxXQd4omN8

— Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (@Hello_Tailor) April 20, 2018

I’m dying

Young Lando takes time out of a boarding action to change into a different colored cape

— Clint O. (@newtypeknight) April 19, 2018

Solo:
One would think #QiRa loves #LandoCalrissian cape closet aboard the #MillenniumFalcon in #SoloAStarWarsStory

pic.twitter.com/pGifH02dhk

— The Future of the Force (@futureotforce) April 27, 2018

The existence of Lando’s cape closet is proof that we are not in the darkest timeline. There is at least one darker, in which nobody in the movie opens that door. pic.twitter.com/9Uxq0tT2wt

— Alex Walsh (@PlanesNoSnakes) April 24, 2018

Commentary about his flair for fashion and overall je ne sais qua continued.

We just want to point out that Lando Calrissian’s car has a cape. Bless up. pic.twitter.com/Zz4NhProCf

— F.or A.ll N.erds = F.A.N.Bros (@FanBrosShow) April 10, 2018

That moment you realize Theo & Lando both wear Gordon Gartelle… pic.twitter.com/CVztMixXGC

— Jason Nieves (@JasonNieves) April 19, 2018

Ok. Am I crazy or is Lando’s shirt in the new #Solofilm poster a Gorden Gartrell? #starwars pic.twitter.com/Y54gJNlmeM

— Topher (@va_cc11) April 19, 2018

The new Solo poster looks like they told everyone that the movie was an action film except Lando, who they told it was a rom-com pic.twitter.com/jVcpuXH2YO

— MJ Franklin (@heyitsfranklin2) April 20, 2018

I feel like we're sneaky just getting the movie "Lando" here. WHICH IS FINE BY ME.

— Owen R. Smith (@inanedetails) April 19, 2018

How great would it be if they just said "You know what, the hell with it, we're changing the name of the movie to Lando."

— Dan Telfer (@dantelfer) April 20, 2018

Love this shot – so I created a little something!#SoloAStarWarsStory #Lando #DonaldGlover pic.twitter.com/fWwSSRwzD7

— Tom (@CyberSheff) April 19, 2018

Lando: A Star Wars Story opens May 25th.