True story: George Lucas wrote Han Solo as a Black guy. His first choice to play him was Glynn Turman, known for his work on The Wire, A Different World, Cooley High, and The Inkwell. Also considered was Billy Dee Williams, who, of course, went to on to play Lando Calrissian.
Turman got the part (though he didn’t know it at the time). In the end, they got cold feet because of Han’s romantic storyline with Leia, and decided to make Han white.
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