There's no official annoucement yet, but is has been confirmed by Deadline that the rumors are true - Alden Ehrenreich has now signed on to play the young Han Solo in Phil Lord and Chris Miller's Han Solo "A Star Wars Story" film due out in 2018. Lawrence Kasdan and Jon Kasdan are penning the script which will focus on how young Han Solo became the smuggler, thief, and scoundrel whom Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi first encountered in the cantina at Mos Eisley.