Emilia Clarke in Star Wars Spin-off

Emilia Clarke from Game of Thrones will be in a new Star Wars movie with Alden Ehrenreich, who is playing Han Solo, and Donald Glover, who is set to play Lando Calrissian. The British actress is ready to change it up, from dragons to intergalactic space adventures.

The “yet-to-be-named” film will be a Han Solo spin-off and takes place before the movie “Star Wars: A New Hope”. The film will look at the formative years of Calrissian and Solo as they learn the ropes at being space smugglers or - “scoundrels on the rise” according to Lucasfilm.

Before Clarke accepted the role as the female lead, there were rumors that Naomi Scott, Tessa Thompson and Zoe Kravitz were being considered. In fact, even her fellow actor in Game of Thrones, Jessica Henwick, was in the running for awhile.

The film is scheduled to begin filming next year and will be in theaters by May 2018.

The name Emilia is feminine version of Emil, which is from the Roman family name Aemilius that is derived from the Latin word aemulus that means “excel, emulate, or rival”.

There are tons of notable people with the given name, from Emilia Appelqvist the Swedish soccer player to Emilia Attias the Argentine actress and model. Not to mention all the fictional character with the name, from Emilia Ridderfjell a character in the novel series the “Bert Diaries” or Emilia from William Shakespeare’s play “Othello”. Now Emilia Clarke the British actress will be on the list.