--- title: Harrison Ford Gave Alden Ehrenreich the Most Han Solo Advice description: Now that fans have gotten a look at Alden Ehrenreich as young Han Solo, the Star Wars newcomer is dishing on how he prepared for the role. canonical: https://time.com/5138174/harrison-ford-alden-ehrenreich-han-solo-advice/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-07T21:25:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:19.735Z og:title: Harrison Ford Gives the Most Hilarious Star Wars Advice og:description: Ford got snarky during his lunch meeting about the galaxy far, far away og:url: https://time.com/5138174/harrison-ford-alden-ehrenreich-han-solo-advice/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a8ab76c3f5fbc90/6988f516096a9467096a0c82/star-wars-princess-leia-han-solo-luke-skywalker.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: star-wars-princess-leia-han-solo-luke-skywalker.jpg File type: og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Harrison Ford Gives the Most Hilarious Star Wars Advice twitter:description: Ford got snarky during his lunch meeting about the galaxy far, far away twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a8ab76c3f5fbc90/6988f516096a9467096a0c82/star-wars-princess-leia-han-solo-luke-skywalker.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Harrison Ford Gave Alden Ehrenreich the Most Han Solo Advice About Joining the _Star Wars_ Universe > Sponsored content. 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Sunset Boulevard/Corbis/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 7, 2018 9:25 PM UTC Now that [_Star Wars_](http://time.com/5136345/game-of-thrones-creators-star-wars-movie-series/)fans have gotten a look at [Alden Ehrenreich](http://time.com/4321458/alden-ehrenreich-young-han-solo/) as young Han Solo in the [first trailer for _Solo_](http://time.com/5133267/the-first-full-trailer-for-solo-a-star-wars-story-is-here/), the galaxy far, far away newcomer is dishing on how he prepared for the role. In an interview with [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/07/solo-star-wars-alden-ehrenreich-interview/)that was published on Wednesday, the 28-year-old actor revealed that he had lunch with the OG Han, Harrison Ford, to get his take on playing the space smuggler. However, in typical Han fashion, Ford apparently offered up some pretty snarky advice for his successor. “He said a great thing when I met him,” Ehrenreich said. “‘Tell them I told you everything you needed to know, and that you can’t tell anyone.'” Ehrenreich went on to explain why he was so eager to sit down with Ford and chat about their shared character. “I wanted to meet him because I just felt generally it wouldn’t be right to do the movie without some kind of contact with him, and I’m really glad I did,” he said. “He was very, very supportive. 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