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A series ofStar Warsfan posters opine a Lando trilogy asterisk Billy Dee Williams and , unexpectedly , Jean - Claude Van Damme . A swindler - turned licit man of affairs with charisma to spare , Williams ' Lando Calrissian was introduced inThe Empire Strikes Backbefore becoming an official member of the Rebellion inReturn of the Jedi . Decades later , Williams reprised the part in animate material body forStar Wars Rebelsbefore make his long - awaited live - action return in last year’sThe Rise of Skywalker . In - between that , the character appeared as a unseasoned man present by Donald Glover in 2018 ’s spinoff - prequelSolo : A Star Wars Story .
regrettably , afterSolodisappointed at the box office , plan to continue the film with a sequel and / ora Lando solo moviewere delete , leaving devotee to wonder what might ’ve been . Of of course , many would ’ve no doubt loved itif Williams had starred in a Lando spinofffilm or trilogy of his own year ago , interchangeable toThe Lando Calrissian Adventuresnovel trilogy ( from the one-time Star Wars EU ) release in 1983 . In fact , oneStar Warsfan has even gone so far as to make posters for such a retro movie serial publication .
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While in ego - quarantine because of the coronavirus , digital creative person Peter Stults put together a series of card for a Lando picture show trilogy roll in the hay asThe Calrissian Chronicles . you could ascertain them out in histweetembedded below .
In increase to being evocative of the artistic style and design of the classic poster for the Original Trilogy , these Lando one - tabloid imagine some of the worker who might ’ve shared the screen with Williams in these movies , had they been made during the ' 80s . Most notably , the posting forThe Calrissian Chronicles IIIimagines Van Damme stimulate his sieve debut asthe Sith warrior Darth Maul . The baddie was famously introduced in 1999’sThe Phantom Menaceand portrayed by Ray Park , an role player and martial prowess medical specialist much like Van Damme . It ’s an appropriate divinatory cast pick ; the latter started acting in 1979 before becominga martial arts action movie star in the late ' 80sthanks to his roles inBloodsportandKickboxer .
There ’s also a existent - existence association between Maul and Lando when it comes to the springy - actionStar Warsmovies . Park briefly reprised his role as Maultowards the end ofSolo , which come as a huge shock for those who were n’t aware of the character ’s resurrection in the animatedClone WarsTV serial and subsequent appearance onRebels . Soloco - writer Jonathan Kasdan has since revealed he need toexplore a story involving the biggest criminal organizationsin theStar Warsuniverse in the sequel , Maul ’s Crimson Dawn admit . lamentably , we ’ll never get to see that pulpy narrative bet out on the big concealment the means Kasdan envisage , so fan art like these Lando posters will have to answer alternatively .
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