βBilly Dee Williams is returning to a galaxy far, far away.The actor, who famously played the galactic gambler Lando Calrissian, will reprise the role for Star Wars: Episode IX, the next Star Wars installment from Lucasfilm.
Chatter about Williams joining the production, which is set to begin later this summer, increased in recent days when the actor bowed out of an upcoming sci-fi and pop culture convention citing a conflict with a movie schedule. Sources confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that Williams will indeed be returning to the Star Warsfilm franchise for the first time since 1983βs Return of the Jedi. The Lando Calrissian character made his suave debut in 1980βs Empire Strikes Back.β
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‘Star Wars’: Billy Dee Williams Reprising Role as Lando Calrissian