Bill Watters/WireImageWhile his character was ultimately redeemed in the original Star Wars trilogy, Billy Dee Williams says it was rough going in real life after his Lando Calrissian sold out Harrison Ford's Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back. To En.
Bill Watters/WireImageWhile his character was ultimately redeemed in the original Star Wars trilogy, Billy Dee Williams says it was rough going in real life after his Lando Calrissian sold out Harrison Ford's Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back. To En.
Star Wars legacy icon Billy Dee Williams addresses the speculation about Naomi Ackie's Jannah being Lando Calrissian's daughter in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
While his character was ultimately redeemed in the original Star Wars trilogy, Billy Dee Williams says it was rough going in real life after his Lando Calrissia
Bill Watters/WireImageWhile his character was ultimately redeemed in the original Star Wars trilogy, Billy Dee Williams says it was rough going in real life after his Lando Calrissian sold out Harrison Ford s Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back.
To Entertainment Weekly s Dagobah Dispatch podcast, the cinematic scoundrel says "for a lot of years" after the events of 1980 s Episode V in which Lando cut a deal with Darth Vader that landed Solo in a block of carbonite fans weren t shy about sharing their anger.
"When I would pick my daughter up from school, the kids would run up to me and say, You betrayed Han Solo! " the 86-year-old actor said. "I d go on an airplane and the airplane stewards would say, You betrayed Han Solo! "
Billy Dee continued, "So finally, I said, Look, think about the whole situation. You re up against a pretty formidable character in Darth Vader. And then there s, of course, Boba Fett. And these people were invading my s