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‘Star Wars’ Star Harrison Ford Gives His Advice To The Actor Playing Young Han Solo

| Nov 16, 2015 09:01 AM EST

Harrison Ford is Han Solo in J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens."

"Star Wars" actor Harrison Ford has revealed the advice he would give to the actor playing young Han Solo.

Ford has played Solo in previous "Star Wars" film installments and he is set to reprise his role in J.J. Abrams' upcoming space sci-fi film "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens." In his interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actor said I would have said "Talk to your director. Watch the movies. And welcome aboard. Make it your own."

Ford's response was the same manner that Solo would have done in the same scenario, according to Cinema Blend. As per the publication, Ford did not try to "brush off" the next actor who would have the role and did not take-off a long speech on how Solo was important in the "Star Wars" franchise at the same time.

"The Age of Adaline" actor Anthony Ingruber has been pushed by the film's fans to play young Solo, as per Cinema Blend. According to the publication, Ingruber had done a brilliant job of imitating Ford in the film and in some videos online. The publication added that the young actor resembles Ford in his younger days. However, the actor who is set to inhabit the role is yet to be revealed.

Meanwhile, Abram's "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens," which is set 30 years after the events in the "Return of Jedi." Aside from Ford, the film stars an ensemble of both old and new heroes and villains played by Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill, Max von Sydow, Simon Pegg, Gwendoline Christie, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, and Carrie Fisher, among others.

Abrams' "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens" hits theaters on Dec. 18 while Gareth Edwards's "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" premieres on Dec. 16, 2016. Meanwhile, Johnson's "Star Wars: Episode VIII" is slated to premiere in theaters on May 26, 2017 while Colin Trevorrow's "Star Wars: Episode IX" premieres in 2019.

Watch the "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens" international trailer here:

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