The return of Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian in Star Wars: Episode IX should be an interesting moment. While he's a hero of the Rebellion and played a key role in the destruction of the second Death Star, he's been conspicuously absent from the events of The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. When Leia's plea for rescue fell on deaf ears at the finale of the previous film, that pain was all the more visceral for knowing that Lando was out there somewhere and not answering.