Talk:Lando Calrissian

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Anyone know more about how he became a general?

I think a mention is made to the Battle of Tanaab. What is his little maneuver? -- RKZ

The article Battle of Tanaab covers it pretty well. --maru (talk) Contribs 05:51, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Class and accent

"(and indeed his policy of using ethnic dialects to identify classes of characters, such as giving some - though not all - senior Imperial officers British accents)."

Nevermind the fact that the actors who played the Imps WERE British, due to the fact that the film was shot in the U.K, and the extras were hired there. --Iorek Brynson

I deleted that and made a note to add it with a citation, if someone has a good reference for it. 152.23.196.162 07:32, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Overtly played"?

"Lando Calrissian was the only character in the original Star Wars trilogy to be overtly played by an African-American actor, Billy Dee Williams (though James Earl Jones supplied the voice of Darth Vader)."

Perhaps my English is failing me, but how does one "overtly" play a character? I'm guessing the point being made is that although the Star Wars saga had an African-American playing a prominent role, the actor was never seen, and the character himself was not actually black. If my interpretation is indeed correct, wouldn't it be clearer to say "Lando Calrissian was the only character in the original Star Wars trilogy to be visibly played by an African-American actor..."? I'm going to go ahead and edit it, feel free to refute/revert/discuss :) Also, I'm going to delete "African-American" and say simply "black", since "African-American" restricts the field to American actors, leaving the possibility that an actor of African descent was involved, he just was not an American. --RicardoC 04:01, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Lando's the man!

Colt 45 baby! ;) The Wookieepedian 14:24, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Last Paragraph

I have a question about the line of thought presented here regarding Han Solo leading an "immoral life of a smuggler." Is it really "immoral" to smuggle goods when all trade is effectively controlled by an evil Empire to begin with? This is akin to calling the Alliance "those immoral Rebels" for trying to overthrow the established Government. Just, you know, FFT. Wavy G 23:59, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're misled by the movies- most restrictions were imposed by local planetary governments and moffs, and so many of the restrictures made perfect sense. Furthermore, one of the most lucrative and popular things to smuggle was glitterstim, a spice whose body destroying effects are best compared to heroin and methamphetamine. --maru (talk) contribs 02:12, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really follow the Expanded Universe, so I wasn't aware that this was what Han Solo was smuggling. I always assumed he just shipped goods for Jabba the Hutt, who operated outside of the control of the Empire, therefore making it "illegal." Anyway, the local governors still answer to the Emperor, don't they? I think anyone who goes against this would be considered a "rebel" but that shouldn't be a statement against their personal character. But I guess if he's smuggling drugs, that really would be considered immoral. Oh, what difference does it make. It's only a movie. It's not really real (is it?). --Wavy G 21:16, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the governors and planetary government do in the end answer to the Emperor and their populace (hopefully), but that doesn't mean that the Empire is controlling everything- remember, the Empire, except when it took an especial interest in things, was essentially a federal government. If a system did not attract any attention, it had considerable autonomy. --maru (talk) contribs 21:20, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also in the last paragraph - someone has written that Calrissian served in the Clone Wars. I didn't hear that bit of dialog... please explain? Sentinel75 12:45, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, that is a bit odd. I'm fairly sure that Calrissian mentions the Battle of Taanab in that line; also, Calrissian would have been rather young during the Clone Wars. --maru (talk) contribs 02:08, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Taanab being during the Galactic Civil war. He was only 37 at Episode 3, so theoritically he could've fought, though he would've been a teenager. But I don't think this happened. User:Hibbidyhai

Vandalized?

The opening seems to be vandalized. Surely Lando is not Mali and Armenian, and there's several other vandalized areas.

POKETNRJSH 03:51, 20 February 2007 (UTC)POKETNRJSH[reply]

I've fixed some of it, but someone who knows the fandom needs to look over the article

Freepopcornonfridays 04:05, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't seem to be too much wrong with it. I added some "citation needed" tags in spots. I also don't know squat about the Yuuzhan Vong...they're too weird for me, so somebody who's read the NJO books will have to fix that. =) 152.23.196.162 07:32, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:31, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

LANDOOOOOO!

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Lando, you old smoothie... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.209.176.183 (talk) 22:45, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lando...you look like Gale Sayers. Ever seen Brian's Song out there in the galaxy? Middleeasternfilms (talk) 23:46, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A clone

The main Star Wars article states that Lando originally was supposed to be a clone: "In writing The Empire Strikes Back, Lucas initially decided that Lando Calrissian was a clone and came from a planet of clones which caused the "Clone Wars" mentioned by Obi-Wan Kenobi in A New Hope." According to the other article the sources for this are original screenplays and a book that goes by the name of "The Secret History of Star Wars". I think it's important to add this to the article but I rather won't do it as I have no access to the necessary sources. --F4LL0UT (talk) 09:05, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That would be rather controversial to add without being properly cited. I think we should try to find a source for it as it sounds like something good to include in character development. Carl Sixsmith (talk) 09:25, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]