Cannes 2018: Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke walk the red carpet for Solo: A Star Wars Story premiere

Cannes: The Han Solo spinoff Solo: A Star Wars Story has touched down at the Cannes Film Festival, bringing its cast and a full-sized Chewbacca to the French Riviera extravaganza. Director Ron Howard, wearing a hat that read “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” introduced his cast Tuesday before the film’s international premiere at Cannes. [caption id=“attachment_4470707” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] (From L-R) A person wearing a costume of the character Chewbacca, actors Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton and Joonas Suotamo pose for photographers during a photo call for the film Solo: A Star Wars Story at the 71st international film festival, Cannes. Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP[/caption] Stars Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson and “Chewbacca” actor Joonas Suotamo posed for photographers to promote the biggest Hollywood blockbuster at this year’s festival. Solo is the third Star Wars film to land at Cannes, following Attack of the Clones in 2002 and Revenge of the Sith in 2005. It will be released in France on 23 May, two days before its release in the United States. [caption id=“attachment_4470713” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Aiden Ehrenreich (L) and Emilia Clarke (R) with a person wearing a costume of the character Chewbacca at the Cannes premiere of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_4470709” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Actress Emilia Clarke poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Solo: A Star Wars Story at Cannes. Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_4470711” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Solo: A Star Wars Story Director Ron Howard poses during a photo call for the film at the 71st international film festival, Cannes. Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP[/caption]