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Stars flock to latest Wars premiere

Lucasfilm brought the biggest party in the galaxy to Hollywood on Thursday as rapt devotees gathered under the Millennium Falcon for the world premiere of the latest Star Wars spin-off. Solo: A Star Wars Story,

which gets its US release on May 25, tells the coming-ofage tale of smuggler Han Solo before he was the galaxy’s most adored scoundrel.

The glittering array of stars in Hollywood Boulevard included cast members Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton and Paul Bettany.

“One of my favorite movies growing up was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance

Kid. I think this movie has a little bit of the fun of that film,” said Ehrenreich, who plays Solo, on the red carpet. Hollywood's A-list – Star

Wars alumni or otherwise – turned out for the second in the anthology series of spinoff films that started in 2016 with Rogue One.

Among them were Mark Hamill, Ewan McGregor, Sofia Vergara, Alexandra Daddario, Benjamin Bratt and Johnny Knoxville.

The Disney-owned Lucasfilm delighted fans in April with a sneak peak of one of the most hotly-anticipated scenes from the movie, the first meeting between the young Solo and Glover's Lando Calrissian.

“A very slow week, but hopefully it will speed up as soon this movie comes out,” joked Glover, whose rap alter ego Childish Gambino has racked up a record-breaking 70 million YouTube views in just four days with his latest single This is America.

Glover said the best thing about playing Lando was the fans, who began recognising him as the galaxy’s sexiest gambler the very day he was announced for the part, when he went for a pizza.