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Watch Bill Hader, Melissa McCarthy, Jeff Goldblum, and More Audition to Play Young Han Solo

Alden Ehrenreich may have nabbed the role of young Han Solo in the upcoming Star Wars spinoff, but from the looks of it, he had plenty of competition for the part. A whole slew of talent take their best shot at playing the scruffy-looking nerf herder in these “lost” Han Solo screen tests (from Conan), the latest installment in the grand comic tradition of fake Star Wars auditions.

Most of the tryouts are disasters: 50 Cent can’t hold a blaster properly, Melissa McCarthy doesn’t know a parsec from a parsnip, and Jodie Foster keeps mixing up Harrison Ford movies. Fortunately, Jeff Goldblum nails his screen test—and we know just who to cast alongside him as young Jabba the Hutt.

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