Apparently, Han Solo movie screenwriter Jon Kasdan is a fan of the books and so not only did he decide to put them in the movie, he’s playing one of the roles, with the film’s first assistant director Toby Hefferman playing the other part.
We then get to see a little bit about how the characters made it into the movie.
What’s possibly more interesting, however, is an exchange that follows the tweet.
Kevin Rubio, the writer of the original comic series apparently wasn’t aware that his creations were going to make their feature film debut until he saw Ron Howard’s tweet.