Star Wars alum Jimmy Smits shares thoughts on a return to the franchise.

Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jimmy Smits is nearing a deal to join Anthony Ramos and Corey Hawkins in Jon M. Chu’s feature adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In the Heights for Warner Bros., Collider has exclusively learned. In the Heights, which won four Tony Awards, follows a bodega owner names Usnavi (Ramos) who strikes it rich and plans to leave his Latino neighborhood, only to have second thoughts. The film will feature a large ensemble whose storylines come to a head during a blackout one sweltering summer. [caption id="attachment_583584" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via …