The latest Star Wars movie spinoff, Solo: A Star Wars Story, will get its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organizers announced on Friday.

A glitzy red-carpet premiere in the French coastal city is scheduled for May 15, 10 days before the film opens in theaters around the world, they said in a statement.

The film will be the second Star Wars anthology film, following the 2016 film Rogue One.

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