The star had already revealed that he plays a character called Beckett in the film, but now we know a little more about him.
“What I can say he’s a good character, he is a mentor to Han and a criminal, but good at heart,” he told the Evening Standard.
The fact that he’s a mentor to the titular character has long been rumoured, but the nods to his positive influence and good nature are certainly new.
He added: “I am totally psyched to be making a Star Wars film. But the secrecy is on another level.”
The new comments come a few weeks after he previously claimed the Han Solo film is the best Star Wars effort to date.
“You know, any movie’s only as good as the director or in this case directors,” he said.
“I have a suspicion, because if you look at all the movies, there’s a lot of great stuff, but one might not be not as good with the writing in this or the acting in that or the directing in that.
“This has great actors, great directors, great script, and I really feel like we’re gonna make the best one.”
The Han Solo film is the second of a planned line of spin-off movies for the franchise.
After the huge success of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story last year, more films are in the pipeline – although no specifics have been announced yet.
Obi-Wan Kenobi is rumoured to be getting his own tale, which Ewan McGregor has said he is interested in.
The Han Solo film – still officially untitled – releases on May 25, 2018.
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