Well , away from the “ being cast in a Star Wars movie ” spot , that ’s out of reach for the immense legal age of us . But the residual is a wonderfully adorable anecdote .

Speaking to The Star Wars Show in a Modern consultation today , Glover revealed his first reaction to learning that he ’d be playing the young , eyebrow - raising incarnation of everyone ’s pet cape - wear Baron Administrator :

The day I find out I got [ the part ] , I remember … I bought like , a whole pizza pie , and went home and watched Empire Strikes Back .

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I gainsay literally anyone who ’s a regular lecturer of a site like io9 to say they have not had nights care this in their life . I sure have , I just … well , was n’t researching my purpose in an upcoming Star Wars film . I just desire both large quantities of pizza and The Empire Strikes Back . Have n’t we all wanted that , at some point ?

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