--- title: Woody Harrelson Drops A Few Clues About His Star Wars Role description: Woody Harrelson wanted to talk about Wilson, but Jimmy Fallon was determined to get clues about his role in the Han Solo movie canonical: https://time.com/4710941/woody-harrelson-on-star-wars-cast/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-23T17:54:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:11.060Z og:title: Woody Harrelson Just Dropped His Star Wars Character's Name og:description: Star Wars fans, Harrelson just revealed a few details about the new movie og:url: https://time.com/4710941/woody-harrelson-on-star-wars-cast/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Woody Harrelson Just Dropped His Star Wars Character's Name twitter:description: Star Wars fans, Harrelson just revealed a few details about the new movie twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Woody Harrelson Just Dropped His _Star Wars_ Character's Name by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 23, 2017 5:54 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 23, 2017 5:54 PM UTC Woody Harrelson is giving up a few tidbits about his upcoming _Star Wars_ role. While [the cast photo](http://time.com/4677292/han-solo-spinoff-first-look-photo/?iid=sr-link1) makes it clear that Harrelson has a role in the upcoming [_Star Wars_ spin-off ](http://time.com/4653713/han-solo-spinoff-star-wars-greedo-reference/)about the life of the young Han Solo, few details are known about the film let alone Harrelson’s role in it. When he stopped by _The Tonight Show_ on Wednesday, Jimmy Fallon was determined to get some answers out of him, and while Harrelson skillfully avoided spilling the beans, he did drop some promising details. “I’m playing a guy named Beckett, who is kind of a criminal, and I am a mentor to Han,” he said, adding: “That’s all I can say.” When Fallon sneakily put the cast photo in front of him, Harrelson wouldn’t confirm or deny that the cast, which includes [Alden Ehrenreich](http://time.com/4409714/alden-ehrenreich-star-wars/) as Han Solo and [Donald Glover](http://time.com/4541587/donald-glover-lando-calrissian-han-solo/?iid=sr-link8) as a young Lando Calrissian, were sitting on Solo’s ship the Millennium Falcon. However, was willing to admit that the wookiee in the corner was indeed Chewbacca. Harrelson’s vagueness wasn’t limited to _Star Wars_ and the presumed airtight NDA he signed, though. When Fallon asked him about the origin story of his recent live-streamed film, _Lost in London_, Harrelson admitted he had a run in with the police, but was otherwise mum on the details. “Sometimes people misunderstand each other, tempers fly, and the next thing you know, you’re running from a sea of blue,” Harrelson said. Clearly the man knows how to keep a secret. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4710941/woody-harrelson-on-star-wars-cast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4710941/woody-harrelson-on-star-wars-cast/"},"headline":"Woody Harrelson Just Dropped His Star Wars Character's Name","datePublished":"2017-03-23T17:54:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:11.060Z","description":"Woody Harrelson was there to talk about Wilson, but Jimmy Fallon had a few questions first","url":"https://time.com/4710941/woody-harrelson-on-star-wars-cast/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies","Star Wars topic","Late Night Television","The Last Jedi","Late Night Comedy"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4710941/woody-harrelson-on-star-wars-cast/","name":"Woody Harrelson Just Dropped His Star Wars Character's Name"}}]}] ```