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William December Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, novelist and painter. He has appeared in over 100 films and television roles over six decades. He is best known for portraying Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise and has also appeared in critically acclaimed and popular titles such as Mahogany (1975), Scott Joplin (1977), and Nighthawks (1981), as Harvey Dent in ...
The Lando Calrissian Adventures is a 1983 trilogy of science fiction novels by L. Neil Smith. Set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, the novels chronicle Lando's smuggling days before the events of the original Star Wars trilogy. The series has been described as "space pulp", and highlights the differences between Lando and Han Solo. [36]
Williams in 2016. This is the filmography for American actor Billy Dee Williams.He has appeared in over 100 films and television roles over six decades. He is most known for portraying Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise and has also appeared in critically acclaimed and popular titles such as Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Mahogany (1975), Scott Joplin (1977), and Nighthawks (1981), as ...
Donald Glover's performance as Lando Calrissian was praised by critics. [159] [160] On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Solo has an approval rating of 69% based on 482 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10.
Matt Lanter portrays Anakin in the animated film The Clone Wars (2008), Felicity Jones portrays Jyn Erso in Rogue One (2016), and Alden Ehrenreich portrays a young Han Solo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). Anthony Daniels is the only actor to have appeared in all films in the franchise, appearing as C-3PO in all except Solo, in
The trilogy brings both The Adventures of Lando Calrissian and The Han Solo Adventures trilogies into chronological context with the Star Wars Expanded Universe timeline, whereas before, the time periods of these trilogies were somewhat ambiguous, being known only to have occurred sometime prior to the events of A New Hope.
Billy Dee Williams was cast as Lando Calrissian, making him the first black actor with a starring role in the series. [88] [95] He found the character interesting because of his cape and Armenian surname; Williams believed this gave him room to develop the character. Williams said Lando was much like himself—a "pretty cool guy". [10]
She leads them to Lando Calrissian, an accomplished smuggler and pilot who agrees to join the mission with his ship, the Millennium Falcon, in exchange for a share of the profits. The theft is a success, but Han and Qi'ra become sympathetic to the cause of the rebels who are trying to prevent the syndicates and the Galactic Empire from gaining ...