He first showed up with his swagger in 1980 and from the looks of it, Lando's not done yet!
After appearing in spoofs of the movies on Robot Chicken, he most recently showed up in the season 1 episode of Star Wars Rebels titled "Idiot's Array", with a heavy hint that he's going to be featured in future episodes as well.
Living up to his self-title of Galactic Entrepreneur, Lando wants in on the big action. What's big right now? The new trilogy of course!
It looks like we may get to see him work his charm on the ladies & out swindle swindlers on the big screen again. During an interview with Vanity Fair, Lawrence Kasdan (who for those not familiar, wrote the screenplay for Empire Strikes Back, and co-wrote the screenplay for Ep.VII) dropped a tasty breadcrumb our way.
At the end of the interview, Bruce Handy asked "My son wants to know: Are we ever going to see Lando Calrissian again in a Star Wars movie?
Kasdan answered with "Right now, there's no Lando Calrissian in this movie, but I don't think he's finished in any way, shape, or form."
Not exactly a precise answer about his chances to appear in the movies, but it does tell us that Lando is far from being written off.
It is worth noting that during an interview with Cinelinx back in February, Billy Dee Williams did address the issue of his fans disappointment that Lando would not appear in Ep. VII. During that interview, Williams stated " Yeah, people were pretty upset about it. But I uh... I may very well...I have a feeling I'm going to show up. There's nothing I can really discuss about it at this stage."
[From the context of his answer, he was talking about the new trilogy in general, and not just Ep.VII.]
You can read the Vanity Fair interview here, and Billy Dee Williams' Cinelinx interview here.
What do you think? Will Lando show up in Episodes 8 or 9, or is he just going to be a mainstay in the books/comics and the animated Rebels series? Chime in on our Facebook group!
Source: Vanity Fair, Cinelinx
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