Hollywood Reporter: Billy Dee Williams returning as Lando Calrissian in Episode IX

Keldroc · Jul 9, 2018

I see the TLJ hate brigade is going to make keeping up with Episode 9 news impossible to stomach, just like everything else about TLJ on the internet.

Sorry you didn't like the best Star Wars movie, boys. JJ will dumb it all right back down for you, I'm sure.

Deleted member 5666 · Jul 9, 2018

Keldroc said:
I see the TLJ hate brigade is going to make keeping up with Episode 9 news impossible to stomach, just like everything else about TLJ on the internet.

Sorry you didn't like the best Star Wars movie, boys. JJ will dumb it all right back down for you, I'm sure.

Yep. Its been 7 months. When I see a movie I dont like I move on. Its just insanity at this point to still feel the need to rant in every last SW thread.

Robdraggoo · Jul 9, 2018

Come on JJ old buddy, don't let me down.

Also, star wars threads on Resetera get worse all the time.

saenima · Jul 9, 2018

Rendering... said:
For a direct sequel not to bring back previously featured characters, apparently. Which is unreasonable because the point of sequels is to continue a preceding story, and the first two parts of the sequel trilogy already brought back a bunch of classic characters.

Sorry to patronize you with such a basic explanation, but you asked.

It was sarcasm. I wasn't really asking you to tell me what i want.

I actually don't mind too much them digging up these characters from their tombs, it's the way they're being used that i don't care for.

Syf · Jul 9, 2018

Well now I have one reason to watch it.

Cormano · Jul 9, 2018

Wormsign said:
How you doin' Chewbacca? Still hanging around with that loser?

Savage

Not · Jul 10, 2018

YEEEEEEEEEE

Owarifin · Jul 10, 2018

Brian McDoogle said:
Dedicated to those that still complain about blue/purple hair:

Dern is awesome, but she should have been an alien.
More high ranking aliens are needed this trilogy.

She could have been Asian, but then Rose should have been an Alien.
More Alien/Human love is needed...

Cranster · Jul 10, 2018

I can't wait to see the fanbase bitch and complain about this!

Edit: Too late.

Deleted member 11039 · Jul 10, 2018

Cheebo said:
I am seriously baffled by these posts. I mean did no one watch Star Wars since 1977? They been killing off main hero characters since day one. Nearly all the good guys in the kids show The Clone Wars got offed one by one in the films.

Do you REALLY want to turn this into a super hero franchise where everyone has plot armor?

Try to think just a little harder here.

They haven't been bringing back aged heroes of past movies and offing them in new installments since 1977. That's something totally new to this new era of Star Wars flicks.

And so far they haven't really come up with a lot for these characters to do. You can argue Luke obviously and Chewy is about the same. Leia is ok I guess but she's basically a much duller version of her old character and is sleeping half of TLJ. 3PO is background dressing. R2D2 has been turned into a rolling deus ex machina. They had poor Han totally regress back to his smuggling days and get gutted with little to show for it.

Odds aren't good that they'll find something interesting for an old Lando to do.

Deleted member 42221 · Jul 10, 2018

Oh nice, back-pedalling on moving away from nostalgia! Just what I wanted!

For real, I hope this movie is good, but I worry they'll just make something so fanservicey that TFA looks like Funny Games in comparison.

And I loved The Force Awakens - it's my favourite Star Wars - but they could only really get away with that nostalgia trick once.

kickz · Jul 10, 2018

Puck Beaverton said:
Time to kill off more of our favorites

Kill the past!

I wonder if they can bring back Obi Wan and kill him one more time to

kickz · Jul 10, 2018

Anth0ny said:
Lando goes on a suicide run with chewie, threepio and r2. The falcon explodes and everyone dies

Let the past die

LMAO, this needs to happen

mavericktopgun · Jul 10, 2018

Megalosaro said:
I'm curious how leia will be handled

Opening crawl.

AcademicSaucer · Jul 10, 2018

Fuck this, make new shit you hacks

Objektivity · Jul 10, 2018

I hope Lando saves the galaxy/universe whatever and Rey and Kylo die. Is that subvert-y enough for some of you?

Reven Wolf · Jul 10, 2018

Objektivity said:
I hope Lando saves the galaxy/universe whatever and Rey and Kylo die. Is that subvert-y enough for some of you?

Ahh the classic strawman argument, I'm sure you have very reasonable and well thought out opinions lol.

Objektivity · Jul 10, 2018

Reven Wolf said:
Ahh the classic strawman argument, I'm sure you have very reasonable and well thought out opinions lol.

What strawman? It's what I want from IX. Let's just go balls to the wall subvert-y I've come around to you guys side.

Reven Wolf · Jul 10, 2018

Objektivity said:
What strawman? It's what I want from IX. Let's just go balls to the wall subvert-y I've come around to you guys side.

The fact you keep claiming that people like TLJ because of subversion for the sake of subversion.

Objektivity · Jul 10, 2018

Reven Wolf said:
The fact you keep claiming that people like TLJ because of subversion for the sake of subversion.

But there is a contingent of "lol, cry moar nerds!" TLJ fans. So I'm partially right about the subvert-y thing.

Reven Wolf · Jul 10, 2018

Objektivity said:
But there is a contingent of "lol, cry moar nerds!" TLJ fans. So I'm partially right about the subvert-y thing.

That's not the same at all lol. .

The cry more is against hyperbolic people that shit on the movie without an ounce of thought or actual analysis.

Objektivity · Jul 10, 2018

Reven Wolf said:
That's not the same at all lol. .

The cry more is against hyperbolic people that shit on the movie without an ounce of thought or actual analysis.

It is though because they're all like "Yeah, subvert-y subversion! Take that you nerds!" not realizing they are nerds too.

Hydeus · Jul 10, 2018

Han is not here anymore Lando. You can have what you always wanted.

Reven Wolf · Jul 10, 2018

Objektivity said:
It is though because they're all like "Yeah, subvert-y subversion! Take that you nerds!" not realizing they are nerds too.

I'm going to have receipts for that because the most I see is more things like hoping Rose has an even bigger role (especially because of the pissed off misoginists and alt right peolpe screaming SJW all the time.

Sordid Plebeian · Jul 10, 2018

I hope Finn and Rose have to track down Lando and find him on Canto Bight

Aprikurt · Jul 10, 2018

Most of you are so grumpy. I wonder if when your first child is born you'll scream out "Great, another irritating character to add to the cast. Hope Abrams knows what he's doing with this one".

Surfinn · Jul 10, 2018

I come in here to celebrate this great news and instead realize just how many people actually thought the message in TLJ was to let the past die

excelsiorlef · Jul 10, 2018

Aprikurt said:
Most of you are so grumpy. I wonder if when your first child is born you'll scream out "Great, another irritating character to add to the cast. Hope Abrams knows what he's doing with this one".

I think they secretly will hope they aren't actually the father because it would mean that their kid is a nobody instead of a Kenobi or Skywalker.

Cassius Bright · Jul 10, 2018

Hype for Episode 9 has been restored (after The Last Jedi originally killed it)

ZeoVGM · Jul 10, 2018

nicolasacmf said:
So far, this is the only reason I have to watch IX after what TLJ was. JJ Abrams doing the lord's work, salvaging this absolute trainwreck.

lol

Good lord, you guys.

MHWilliams · Jul 10, 2018

BILLY DEE!

I'm down. Abrams will likely be more safe and blockbustery, but it'll be interesting to see him do an ending and how he ends this trilogy.

Aprikurt · Jul 10, 2018

ZeoVGM said:
lol

Good lord, you guys.

I wonder if some day these people will be in an actual train wreck. And realise that, no, not even metaphorically is Luke Skywalker grumpily milking an animal "a trainwreck".

John Harker · Jul 10, 2018

Sweet. I'm all for it. It's going to be hard to top The Last Jedi but in JJ I trust

Objektivity · Jul 10, 2018

MHWilliams said:
BILLY DEE!

I'm down. Abrams will likely be more safe and blockbustery, but it'll be interesting to see him do an ending and how he ends this trilogy.

It would be cool if he walked back stuff from Vlll and IX was real fan service-y just to upset the other half of the fandom. I wouldn't put it past him, obviously not for the reason I stated.

Thorn · Jul 10, 2018

RIP Lando then.

ZeoVGM · Jul 10, 2018

Objektivity said:
It would be cool if he walked back stuff from Vlll and IX was real fan service-y just to upset the other half of the fandom. I wouldn't put it past him, obviously not for the reason I stated.

No, that would be absolutely embarrassing and childish.

MHWilliams · Jul 10, 2018

Objektivity said:
It would be cool if he walked back stuff from Vlll and IX was real fan service-y just to upset the other half of the fandom. I wouldn't put it past him, obviously not for the reason I stated.

I doubt he will. Abrams was down with it.

http://www.businessinsider.com/what...e-last-jedi-according-to-rian-johnson-2017-12

"He was into it. And I remember that I pitched him the story at the very beginning, and he had notes, but he wasn't like, 'Oh my God, what the hell are you doing?' [Laughs] No, he was into it because I think he was into the storytelling. He's a great storyteller himself and he saw the potential of each one of these beats. I think he saw it for what we were going for, which is not... we weren't going for, 'Let's subvert a Star Wars movie.' We were going for 'Let's make a great Star Wars movie that has things in it that will push the limits of what we can do.'"

https://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/jj-abrams-star-wars-last-jedi-women-1201929593/

Asked if fan outcry would at all impact his vision for the upcoming film, Abrams was clear. "Not in the least," he said, adding, "There's a lot that I would like to say about it, but I feel like it's a little early to be having the 'Episode IX' conversation … I will say that the story of Rey and Poe and Finn and Kylo Ren — and if you look, there are three men and one woman, to those that are complaining that there are too many women in 'Star Wars' — their story continues in a way that I couldn't be more excited about and cannot wait for people to see."

Abrams has weathered this sort of blowback before. "I think everyone is going to have their point of view," Abrams said. "Certainly something I discovered early on in the 'Star Wars' world, is that you're going to have an incredibly passionate and vocal fanbase, and they're all going to have a lot of specific opinions."

Folks tend to forget that Abrams was the executive producer on TLJ. He was there for the whole thing. He essentially the same thing with Johnson did with Luke, with Han first. Maybe he'll mess with the parentage thing, but most of that stuff, he probably won't touch. He'll just go blazing to the end in a film that feels emotional resonate, but probably won't make a ton of sense on repeat viewings. It's his oeuvre.

You'll probably get a Force Ghost of Luke. *shrug*

Disco · Jul 10, 2018

Just in time to reveal the truth behind Finns ancestry

Lol....God I hope not

Lurcharound · Jul 10, 2018

I normally say "do what you want" with a character a'la Luke but in this case I find myself hoping:

Let him live
Let him fly off into sunset with Falcon
Don't make him related to Finn

It'll be nice to see him in role one last time though.

Fuchsia · Jul 10, 2018

Bor Gullet said:
As long as Chewie is safe I'm happy.

Yup. If Chewie dies I'm going to be holding back tears lol.

Temp_User · Jul 10, 2018

I'm thinking Lando's story arc would be like he is a legit and successful businessman who wants no part with the current rebellion but slowly gets pulled back in. And yes, i want him and Chewie to fly the Millenium Falcon right into the heart of an enemy's battle ship.

Deleted member 11039 · Jul 10, 2018

Qasiel · Jul 10, 2018

JJ has a habit of crashing iconic ships in his movies, so I'm guessing that Lando's going to die in his beloved Falcon...

Apart from that I'm really happy that Billy Dee's getting to reprise his role as Lando as I love that character.

Smelck · Jul 10, 2018

No one else left alive .......

Rendering... · Jul 10, 2018

saenima said:
It was sarcasm. I wasn't really asking you to tell me what i want.

I actually don't mind too much them digging up these characters from their tombs, it's the way they're being used that i don't care for.

That's fair I suppose.

Qikz · Jul 10, 2018

This is cool, but I could've sworn Billy Dee Williams hated Star Wars unless I'm thinking of someone else.

Quinton · Jul 10, 2018

He's gonna live. I bet the Falcon that he lives.

Wololo · Jul 10, 2018

MHWilliams said:
I doubt he will. Abrams was down with it.

http://www.businessinsider.com/what...e-last-jedi-according-to-rian-johnson-2017-12

https://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/jj-abrams-star-wars-last-jedi-women-1201929593/

Folks tend to forget that Abrams was the executive producer on TLJ. He was there for the whole thing. He essentially the same thing with Johnson did with Luke, with Han first. Maybe he'll mess with the parentage thing, but most of that stuff, he probably won't touch. He'll just go blazing to the end in a film that feels emotional resonate, but probably won't make a ton of sense on repeat viewings. It's his oeuvre.

You'll probably get a Force Ghost of Luke. *shrug*

EP can mean a lot of things in hollywood.Spielberg was still an EP on the transformers movies after 2007 despite having no involvement. Its ether a by name credit or you are actually involved. Id like to believe JJ was involved with the last jedi but i just dont see it. Its a Rian Johnson movie through and through.

HP_Wuvcraft · Jul 10, 2018

Bor Gullet said:
It would be hilarious if Lando outlived everybody. Subvert them expectations.

This also raises the question of if Solo is gonna have ripples into IX.

Quinton · Jul 10, 2018

HP_Wuvcraft said:
This also raises the question of if Solo is gonna have ripples into IX.

I read this as nipples.

I'm going back to sleep.

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