At the same time, the characters are beloved which means that we want to see them again.
Donald Glover says on Ellen that he can’t just try to follow in Billy Dee Williams footsteps, he has to make the role his own in some way.
Playing a role that has been played before can be even tougher, however.
The idea of seeing who they were earlier in their lives is too attractive an idea to pass up, we just hope that neither Donald Glover nor Alden Ehrenreich, who will play Han Solo, screws it up.