"No one's going to play Lando Calrissian but me," Billy Dee Williams said, rapping his cane on the floor for emphasis. When we met, he was waiting for a call from Lucasfilm that never came.

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William December "Billy Dee" Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, voice actor, and artist. He is best known as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, first in the early ...

Lando Calrissian has been a part of the original group of Star Wars heroes since his first appearance in Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. He is the exact type of friend you'd would expect Han ...