ST Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) in Episode IX

A Finn-led Stormtrooper rebellion? Now that's something I would like to see. It would be ironic and fitting if the stormtroopers turned against the First Order given that the clonetroopers helped establish the Empire by turning against the Jedi.

 

How much do you want to bet that we'll get a small Lando scene in Act II but then he'll explain that while he's happy to help the Resistance he's too old to get in the trenches and we don't see him again for the rest of the movie? Then SURPRISE! Lando shows up possibly in the Falcon with a fleet of reinforcements in Act III right when the Resistance need help the most. It's such a cliche but I'm guessing that's what will happen.

Also I'm betting we'll get a scene where Lando goes to a sandwich shop for lunch, orders a sandwich and says, "c'mon ham old buddy don't let me down!"

 

Nothing greater can be done with Lando than having him next to Chewie in the Falcon for the final space battle of the saga.

Think about it. Rey will be dueling with Kylo. Poe will be in the Resistance command center or in an X-wing. Finn will be with soldiers in some ground battle or infiltrating a FO base.

So who's going to fly with Chewie? Can't be NIEN NUMB. You need a human interacting with the Wookie. It's got to be Lando!

 

Sounds good to me.

 

YO the reunion with Nien Nunb is going to be glorious.

 

Duuude. Just now realized that. It better happen!

 

Lando should enter the movie with Nien Nunb at his side guns blazing and kicking ass all over space.

 

Lando goes to Tatooine to make a supply connection. He goes missing. Rey, Finn, and Poe go on a rescue mission to save him. They find where he’s being held. They break in...and Lando’s yucking it up and partying with his connections.

 

I like that.

I like that too.

 

Lando: How you doin’, ya old pirate? So good to see ya!
Nien Nunb (surprised):

 

Lando: Are you still hanging around with that loser?
Chewie: *roars*

 

I should mention that Billy Dee can no longer stand without a cane due to back issues, so he'll probably be sitting during all of his scenes, unless they plan to edit out the cane. I'm guessing he'll be sitting in a chair shouting orders from the bridge of a cruiser or something. He does have a precedent for leading space battles.

 

or.....

Lando has a cane?

Seems like the easy solution here.

 

True. I didn't mean anything negative by it if that's how it seemed.

 

Perhaps they could put Lando on a cool hover device (I can't remember what those things are called), some of them are beginning to look pretty nifty. Much to the annoyance of those I noticed in YT videos who apparently were offended at the statement about Lando being pansexual and a possible romantic relationship with his droid in Solo, this hover device could actually be a sentient droid. Oh, would this be a wonderful joke. Sorry, couldn't help it.

But I'm half serious:



I mean they could build their own and make it look like it totally belongs in Star Wars.

 

Yeah, what are they gonna do about the cane??? This is clearly an insurmountable problem for Lucasfilm, and possible grounds for installing new leadership.

 

If they do have Lando flying the Falcon in a final space battle, then his participation can't really overshadow the new heros. He can have his hero moment somehow, but it can't be equal to him blowing up DS2 in ROTJ. He could have a side mission similar the "Disabling the shields around DS2" in ROTJ, but they won't have him deliver the final shot that brings down the FO. Him flying the Falcon is as close to a sure thing as you can get, but what will the situation be is anyone's guess.

 

Stunt double for any running, walking...wide shots with a stand-in, etc....Or should I say "walk-in"...

 

Not sure why there is an issue with a man and a cane on here.

 

Do you think Lando would settle for a mere cane? Pfft.

 

I'm pretty sure he had a cane in Legends so problem solved

 

He’d have a fancy cane, of course.

There’s a little bit of ageism in this discussion, though. And a perhaps unconscious contempt for those with disabilities. There’s nothing wrong with an older Lando relying on a cane. Especially if it has some fun dual uses. Like a Bond-style gadget being hidden inside.

 

My body is falling apart and I'm not even 40 yet. I am less able than most my age. This is one reason I consider all mobility aids, not only canes.