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[TheShadowLord]

I have this terrible feeling that they are going to kill him off too.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...iams-returning-as-lando-calrissian-xi-1125818

The actor, who famously played the galactic gambler Lando Calrissian, will reprise the role for Star Wars: Episode IX, the next Star Wars installment from Lucasfilm.

Chatter about Williams joining the production, which is set to begin later this summer, increased in recent days when the actor bowed out of an upcoming sci-fi and pop culture convention citing a conflict with a movie schedule. Sources confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that Williams will indeed be returning to the Star Warsfilm franchise for the first time since 1983’s Return of the Jedi. The Lando Calrissian character made his suave debut in 1980's Empire Strikes Back.

Williams has in recent years returned to the role that fuels his appearances on the convention circuit, voicing Calrissian in various cartoon series and video games.

 

[TheShadowLord]

edit: can a mod move this thread please?

 

[MilkyJoe]

He's as dead as a Star Trek away team security guard...

 

[The Scrivener]

He's as dead as a Star Trek away team security guard...

Bi-bi Lando, nice knowing you!

Edit: Ah sorry, I don't know my actors, I thought it was the young one from Solo, the "bi-sexual" one. I'll get my coat...

 

[CJY]

Lando “dead as a dodo” Calrissian

 

[Grinchy]

I wonder what Rey will do better than him before he dies.

 

[Revolutionary]

Pretty surprised, honestly. He was slurring his lines so badly in Battlefront 2, I thought a return to live action SW was out of the question.

 

[888]

Meh. Still not interested in IX.

 

[MayauMiao]

Should be on off topic.

 

[nordique]

The last jedi killed the franchise for me. Still sad over how they completely dropped the ball on Luke

Also not a gaming discussion topic lol

 

[Caffeine]

is he being used as a nostalgia plot device that will be killed off in the movie like all the other og cast. I feel like this disconnected trilogy is crutching too much on the previous trilogy and doesn't have its own identity.

 

[MDSLKTR]

Only Respawn new game can single handedly save the franchise.

 

[ExpandKong]

I have this terrible feeling that they are going to kill him off too.

Well yeah, can’t focus on ultimate Jedi badass Rey with all those pesky lovable OT characters laying about. They’ll probably have Lando and Chewie die from carbon monoxide poisoning after they leave the Falcon running too long inside a hangar.

I wonder what Rey will do better than him before he dies.

She’ll probably bankrupt the first order by winning all the money in the galaxy in a high-stakes space poker tournament.

The last jedi killed the franchise for me. Still sad over how they completely dropped the ball on Luke

My favorite part was when Luke, who tried to save Darth Vader and even the fucking Emperor from the dark side, jumped immediately to

Spoiler

attempted child murder

as a solution to the problem with his nephew.

 

[Ka-Kui]

He's not straight and he's not white, so I think he's got a chance of coming out looking good.

 

[The Skull]

He's not going to have a good time. "Hi Lando! Luke, Leia and Han are dead. You're getting killed in 3...2...1..." They missed the chance to have all the original cast on screen together, which would have been a huge love letter to fans of the original. Dedicating each movie to killing off the previous mains was one of the worst creative decisions I've ever seen. Detracts massivley from the new characters, if you can call them that.

 

[Catphish]

He's not going to have a good time. "Hi Lando! Luke, Leia and Han are dead. You're getting killed in 3...2...1..." They missed the chance to have all the original cast on screen together, which would have been a huge love letter to fans of the original. Dedicating each movie to killing off the previous mains was one of the worst creative decisions I've ever seen. Detracts massivley from the new characters, if you can call them that.

100% agreed.

 

[Caffeine]

My favorite part was when Luke, who tried to save Darth Vader and even the fucking Emperor from the dark side, jumped immediately to

Spoiler

attempted child murder

as a solution to the problem with his nephew.

actually Kylo was 23 when he started jedi training and is around 28-29 now.

 

[The Skull]

My favorite part was when Luke, who tried to save Darth Vader and even the fucking Emperor from the dark side, jumped immediately to attempted child murder as a solution to the problem with his nephew.

That's what I never got. People try to defend it as Luke seeing the future and getting PTSD, but it's like he never tried to save Ben and then also abandoned his sister and best friend after losing their son to the dark side. Even after that, I could never imagine Luke doing that to people he cared. about I can quite happily accept that characters change over time but to the point where he just gave up, that's quite unbelievable and it was just used as a device to keep him away for the first movie. Also, how the hell did Snoke get to Ben? Through those Skype force calls? There's too much inconsitency now for epiosode IX to be a satisfactory conclusion to this mess of a trilogy.

 

[rabbity-thing]

Star Wars has a proud tradition of killing off villains and mentors/father figures. I don't really see Lando fitting either category. My guess is he easily survives his Ep. 9 role.

Also.... why is this thread here?

 

[Grinchy]

She’ll probably bankrupt the first order by winning all the money in the galaxy in a high-stakes space poker tournament.

lol I can seriously imagine that. Lando was knocked out of the tournament early on. He looks dejected on the sidelines, but at one point he turns around and spots Rey with a huge stack of chips, putting Darth Maul all-in. Rey has only king-high, but wins the tournament anyway because she called Darth Maul's queen-high bluff. Lando's face has a look of dismay like Han's when Rey one-ups Han's abilities on the Millenium Falcon.

And then Lando dies choking on the olive in his martini and Rey wields a quadruple lightsaber to defeat Darth Maul in combat.

 

[AlexxKidd]

edit: can a mod move this thread please?

Lol, yeah I thought this was for a video game at first. Then I read the op and I'm like, and I care, why?

 

[infinitys_7th]

I wonder what Rey will do better than him before he dies.

She'll build the Millenium Falcon nav computer a new body to run around in, and then romance it.

Lando will die a cuck v_v

 

[Straight Edge]

Lando should’ve been the contact in canto bight.

 

[cryptoadam]

Basically its oh crap we killed everyone off from the OT (even Akbar!!!) lets dig someone up because now we have no nostalgia to feed off of.

Maybe you shouldn't have killed of Luke and Han so quickly?? We down to the B team players now.

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

Recalling Lando's distinct swagger from the original just reminds me that no one in the Disney franchise has any blood flowing through them, as they all seem like creations of a corporate HR pamphlet. If they bring him back, he'll be as mild as the rest; better to leave him alone.

 

[TheShadowLord]

Basically its oh crap we killed everyone off from the OT (even Akbar!!!) lets dig someone up because now we have no nostalgia to feed off of.

Maybe you shouldn't have killed of Luke and Han so quickly?? We down to the B team players now.

Harrison Ford wanted Han to die since Return of the Jedi though. He got what he wanted.

 

[Gander]

That is cool about Billy Dee but the big news is they might be bringing in Ventress which will finally put a legit villain in this thing and it makes everybody happy because she is a badass female.

 

[iconmaster]

Lando should’ve been the contact in canto bight.

That might have made the little sidequest worth it.

 

[The Skull]

That might have made the little sidequest worth it.

True dat. Instead we got stuck with Adam Sandler's water-boy. Such a waste.

 

[nordique]

My favorite part was when Luke, who tried to save Darth Vader and even the fucking Emperor from the dark side, jumped immediately to

Spoiler

attempted child murder

as a solution to the problem with his nephew.

I was aghast at that scene

I walked out of the film thinking “the special effects were pretty good...I mean certain camera angles were epic...how on earth did I feel more satisfied with the prequel trilogy than this film?”

As time has gone on, the taste has only become worse

 

[NickFire]

Having him back is cool and all, but the problems with the current story line run too deep for this to do much. Fix Luke's story arch, and give Rey some backstory. That's the gyst of what needs to happen above all else IMO.

 

[cryptoadam]

Harrison Ford wanted Han to die since Return of the Jedi though. He got what he wanted.

I guess it was a bit unfortunate that Carrie Fischer passed away but it does seem like the plan was to kill all of them all along anyways.

If you kill Han (which he wanted) then don't kill Luke and Carrie in the 2nd movie. Now they played all the nostalgia cards. They even killed Akbar god damn it!

Its kinda step down. You go from Luke/Leia/Han to Lando. I mean Lando was cool and all but he isn't the big 3.

 

[cryptoadam]

Having him back is cool and all, but the problems with the current story line run too deep for this to do much. Fix Luke's story arch, and give Rey some backstory. That's the gyst of what needs to happen above all else IMO.

Rian and Kathleen killed any chance of that though.

JJ gave them a nice pass for a lay up and they shot a brick.

Luke is dead, so unless they have ghost Luke all of next movie there isn't anything that can be fixed. Rey's parents are nobodies. So unless they pull a huge retcon they killed that storyline as well.

Not to mention ruining Finn, Poe and Mazz and Snoke. TLJ was character assassination on the work JJ did. And TBH I didn't even really like TFA that much and could feel JJ's mystery boxes all over it. But expand on those boxes don't stomp on them and throw them in the trash.

 

[MoFuzz]

They listened to Harrison and killed off Han, which was dumb.

They didn't listen to Mark and killed off Luke, which was dumb.

They put all of their eggs in the Carrie basket, which although tragic, due to her passing, was dumb.

Now, to put butts in the seats, they're bringing back Lando?

LOL, too late, don't care.

 

[NickFire]

Rian and Kathleen killed any chance of that though.

JJ gave them a nice pass for a lay up and they shot a brick.

Luke is dead, so unless they have ghost Luke all of next movie there isn't anything that can be fixed. Rey's parents are nobodies. So unless they pull a huge retcon they killed that storyline as well.

Not to mention ruining Finn, Poe and Mazz and Snoke. TLJ was character assassination on the work JJ did. And TBH I didn't even really like TFA that much and could feel JJ's mystery boxes all over it. But expand on those boxes don't stomp on them and throw them in the trash.

Rey can be fixed. Whose to say the claim her parents were nobodies wasn't false, or that Rey herself was a nobody who Luke trained and that neither remembered by design for her own survival? And Luke, well, perhaps he became so strong in the force that he learned to teleport himself and did not actually die? I'd accept it.

 

[cryptoadam]

Rey can be fixed. Whose to say the claim her parents were nobodies wasn't false, or that Rey herself was a nobody who Luke trained and that neither remembered by design for her own survival? And Luke, well, perhaps he became so strong in the force that he learned to teleport himself and did not actually die? I'd accept it.

Ya it would basically take retconning the entire 2nd movie, which the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if they did that.

They may as well just say everything from TLJ was all a force induced dream that Rey had and just go from there.

TLJ killed the characters set up in TFA and the only hope is to basically say everything you saw in TLJ was a lie. Which is stupid and makes TLJ pointless but it might be the only way to save the 3rd movie.

 

[mckmas8808]

Bi-bi Lando, nice knowing you!

Edit: Ah sorry, I don't know my actors, I thought it was the young one from Solo, the "bi-sexual" one. I'll get my coat...

This could have been funny too. Yeah wrong guy.

 

[TTOOLL]

RIP in peace

 

[NickFire]

Ya it would basically take retconning the entire 2nd movie, which the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if they did that.

They may as well just say everything from TLJ was all a force induced dream that Rey had and just go from there.

TLJ killed the characters set up in TFA and the only hope is to basically say everything you saw in TLJ was a lie. Which is stupid and makes TLJ pointless but it might be the only way to save the 3rd movie.

Considering TLJ was already stupid and pointless, nothing of value will be lost.

 

[cryptoadam]

Considering TLJ was already stupid and pointless, nothing of value will be lost.

Disney should just pretened TLJ didn't happen and the next movie will be Episode 8.

 

[Kadayi]

Harrison Ford wanted Han to die since Return of the Jedi though. He got what he wanted.

They should have told Ford to go fuck himself and used Dennis Quaid as a replacement. People wouldn't have been happy, but at least they'd been able to consider having the OT characters all together versus this shitslide rabbithole they've opted to go down. Kowtowing to Fords demands over the desire of the audience was a huge mistake.

 

[NickFire]

They should have told Ford to go fuck himself and used Dennis Quaid as a replacement. People wouldn't have been happy, but at least they'd been able to consider having the OT characters all together versus this shitslide rabbithole they've opted to go down. Kowtowing to Fords demands over the desire of the audience was a huge mistake.

I agree Disney has screwed the pooch with their SW treatment, but I actually liked how Han died. Really gave KR some evil chops.

 

[The Skull]

I agree Disney has screwed the pooch with their SW treatment, but I actually liked how Han died. Really gave KR some evil chops.

It did and it was nice to see how conflicted he was throughout the first movie, but they carried it on for far too long in TLJ. He's definitely the best character from the new trilogy for me. I can't see how his arc will finish though; with redemption, death or maybe even becoming a new emperor?

 

[Kadayi]

I agree Disney has screwed the pooch with their SW treatment, but I actually liked how Han died. Really gave KR some evil chops.

It's late in the evening, but I'm firmly in the "TFA was shit" camp, so I couldn't give a stuff about Emo Philips and his Daddy issues. Abrams basically reset the entire universe by pulling Empire 2.0 out of his ass for the toy sales effectively rendering the OT pointless. In doing so he also opted to put two senior citizens back into familiar roles that they should really have given up years ago in a coherent universe, simply for the sake of nostalgia. Harrison Ford in his prime as Han Solo as a cocksure Smuggler = cool. Harrison Ford in his 70s as Han Solo comes across more like a deadbeat grifter you cross the street to avoid less their bad luck is contagious. Leia still hoofing around in a space fleet....makes zero sense. These people are heroes of the new republic, known to everyone.....

 

[HoodWinked]

Disney should just pretened TLJ didn't happen and the next movie will be Episode 8.

have Luke Skywalker wake up at the beginning of episode 9 and say it was all a dream.

 

[Gander]

have Luke Skywalker wake up at the beginning of episode 9 and say it was all a dream.

This and Fuck Rian Johnson

 

[cryptoadam]

have Luke Skywalker wake up at the beginning of episode 9 and say it was all a dream.

It was all a dream I used to read Word Up magazine
Salt'n'Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine
Hangin' pictures on my wall Every Saturday Rap Attack, Mr. Magic, Marley Marl
I let my tape rock 'til my tape popped
Smokin' weed and bamboo, sippin' on private stock
Way back, when I had the red and black lumberjack
With the hat to match

 

[MC Safety]

I like Lando as a character. He's maybe one of three good characters in Star Wars.

But he's not a master hacker. He's a grifter and a politician and a guy who pulled off being a general. As much as I would have liked to have seen him in the last film, it would have been a shoehorn.

Maybe in the last film we can finally see a character who knew Han Solo react to his death the way a real human being might react to someone who died.

 

[Arkage]

Dedicating each movie to killing off the previous mains was one of the worst creative decisions I've ever seen.

100% agree. The new trilogy has turned into a "let's methodically kill beloved characters" fest. Plus with Fisher being actually dead they're going to have to remove her character as well. Who is even left for the last movie other than Lando? Chewy? C3PO? Woo. Star Wars is pretending to be Game of Thrones and it's not a good look.

 

[TheShadowLord]

100% agree. The new trilogy has turned into a "let's methodically kill beloved characters" fest. Plus with Fisher being actually dead they're going to have to remove her character as well. Who is even left for the last movie other than Lando? Chewy? C3PO? Woo. Star Wars is pretending to be Game of Thrones and it's not a good look.

Wicket,perhaps?