39 Facts About Lando Calrissian

Landonis Balthazar "Lando" Calrissian III is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise.

Lando Calrissian was introduced in The Empire Strikes Back as an old friend of Han Solo and the administrator of the floating Cloud City on the gas planet Bespin.

In Return of the Jedi, after becoming a general in the Rebel Alliance, Lando Calrissian helps rescue Han from Jabba the Hutt and leads the attack on the second Death Star.

Lando Calrissian is portrayed by Billy Dee Williams in the original trilogy, as well as the sequel film The Rise of Skywalker, marking one of the longest intervals between portrayals of a character by the same actor in American film history.

Lando Calrissian appears frequently in the Star Wars Expanded Universe of novels, comic books and video games, including a series of novels focused on him.

Lando Calrissian is portrayed by Billy Dee Williams in The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker, and by Donald Glover in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Lando Calrissian first appears in The Empire Strikes Back as the administrator of Cloud City, an old friend of Han Solo, and the previous owner of Han's ship, the Millennium Falcon.

Lando Calrissian had reluctantly agreed to betray Han and company after Vader threatened to put Cloud City under the Galactic Empire's control if he refused.

Lando Calrissian allows Vader to freeze Han in carbonite and give him to bounty hunter Boba Fett ; when Vader takes Leia and Chewbacca prisoner Lando Calrissian's conscience gets the better of him, and in the ensuing evacuation of Cloud City he helps them escape in the Falcon.

In Return of the Jedi, Lando Calrissian goes undercover to help Luke rescue Han from crime lord Jabba the Hutt.

Lando Calrissian then takes the pilot chair in his old ship, the Millennium Falcon, and leads the attack on the second Death Star.

Lando Calrissian leads the Rebel strike on the battle station, and personally destroys its power core, causing the station to explode.

Lando Calrissian then joins the other Rebels on Endor in celebrating their victory and the end of the Empire.

Lando Calrissian did not appear in the first film of the sequel trilogy, The Force Awakens.

Lando Calrissian finally reappeared in 2019's The Rise of Skywalker, marking one of the longest intervals between portrayals of a character by the same actor in American film history.

Lando Calrissian first appears in The Rise of Skywalker on Pasaana, guiding Rey, Poe Dameron, Finn, and Chewbacca toward a clue for the whereabouts of the Sith wayfinder.

Lando Calrissian reappears much later in the film, upon Leia's death, and he tells a grieving Poe that he, Luke, Leia, and Han were similarly unprepared when they were fighting the Empire, but that they were able to succeed because they had each other.

However, Lando Calrissian agrees to join the team in exchange for a percentage of the profits from the mission.

Lando Calrissian later takes the Falcon and abandons the team, but Han tracks him down and wins it from him in another game of sabacc, having stolen the card Lando Calrissian had up his sleeve to let him cheat.

Kathleen Kennedy said, in a statement, that a film focusing on Lando Calrissian could happen, but it would not be a priority at the time.

In "The Siege of Lothal", the crew of the Ghost approach Lando Calrissian for help in getting off of Lothal, which is under Imperial occupation.

Lando Calrissian is mentioned on occasion in various other episodes, becoming one of a couple of aliases employed by series protagonist Ezra Bridger.

Lando Calrissian is the lead character in Marvel Comics' Lando, a five-issue miniseries set shortly before the original Star Wars trilogy.

Lando Calrissian has a brief appearance in Marvel's comic miniseries Shattered Empire, set after Return of the Jedi.

Lando Calrissian is the lead character in the comic Lando Calrissian: Double or Nothing, a five-issue miniseries set just before Solo: A Star Wars Story.

The novel Star Wars: Last Shot reveals that between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, Lando Calrissian is considering settling down with a Twi'lek girlfriend.

Lando is a supporting character in Legends novels that took place after Return of the Jedi commonly depicted Lando as getting involved in a variety of entrepreneurial schemes, including Nomad City in Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy and the Kessel Spice Mines in the works of Kevin J Anderson.

The Lando Calrissian Adventures is a 1983 trilogy of science fiction novels by L Neil Smith.

Lando Calrissian further estimates that it will be the first in a trilogy of his adventures.

Lando Calrissian is arrested and brought before the colony's corrupt governor and the sorcerer Rokur Gepta, who will let him keep his life and liberty if he can locate the legendary Mindharp of the ancient and long-lost Sharu civilization.

Lando Calrissian comes under trial for having a weapon, illegal on the planet.

Lando Calrissian is offered a smuggling deal as an alternative to execution.

In Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Lando Calrissian is an unlockable playable character, having the characteristic of being able to kiss Leia's hand if she is nearby.

Lando Calrissian is a playable character in the multiplayer aspect of the 2017 game Star Wars: Battlefront II.

Author Adilufu Nama wrote in 2008 that Lando Calrissian "offered a new benchmark in the status of black representation in science fiction cinema".

Lando Calrissian was chosen as the 11th best Star Wars character by IGN and the 12th best Star Wars hero by IGN's Jesse Schedeen, who said that he was one of the characters he would most like to see in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

Williams felt that the situation would have been different if Lando Calrissian had been played by a white actor.

The one thing I always find myself explaining is that Lando Calrissian didn't betray Han and his friends.

Lando Calrissian was dealing, as best he could, with a situation that was presented to him by the Empire upon their arrival.