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  Lando Calrissian
Lando served as gunner for Han on the Falcon, but the heroes of the war against the Empire were not enough, and the Rejuvenator and most of her complement of ships were destroyed.
Lando Calrissian was the only character in the original Star Wars trilogy to be visibly played by a fl actor, Billy Dee Williams (though James Earl Jones supplied the voice of Darth Vader, and a Rebel pilot in Return of the Jedi can briefly be seen to be fl before being shot down by Imperials).
Lando is further established as a con man, swashbuckler, and gambler, and even uses a disguised alter ego who resembles the Japanese cartoon character named Captain Harlock.
www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Lando_Calrissian.php   (2012 words)

  
  Lando Calrissian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lando served as gunner for Han on the Falcon, but the heroes of the war against the Empire were not enough, and the Rejuvenator and most of her complement of ships were destroyed.
Lando Calrissian was the only character in the original Star Wars trilogy to be visibly played by a fl actor, Billy Dee Williams (though James Earl Jones supplied the voice of Darth Vader, and a Rebel pilot in Return of the Jedi can briefly be seen to be fl before being shot down by Imperials).
It is surmised that one of the character functions of Calrissian is to act as a Han Solo surrogate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lando_Calrissian   (1836 words)

  
 Lando Lock Deck
Lando Calrissian (C) is the main focus of this deck.
The general strategy to beating Lando Calrissian (C) decks is to blitz your opponent and force them to either sacrifice all their units or let the damage through.
This is, of course, assuming your opponent is gunning for Lando Calrissian (C); if not, then they might be coming after you in Space, where they'll face asteroids running interference for your starfighters and Retaliate tricks with Yinchorri Fighters.
www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=swtcg/article/decklandolock   (721 words)

  
 Star Wars: Databank | Calrissian, Lando
Calrissian is at home in the shadowy reaches of the fringe, the underworld culture that permeates the galaxy.
Lando was the first of the two friends to go "respectable," a fate worse than death to some smugglers.
Calrissian volunteered in a daring mission to rescue Solo from Jabba the Hutt's fortress on Tatooine.
www.starwars.com /databank/character/landocalrissian   (802 words)

  
 JediDefender.com; Bringing Balance To The Force
The great little details on Lando include his wrist communicator thingy-ma-bob, which has a really nice silver highlight on what appears to be a mini view-screen, as well as silver highlights on his belt-buckle, and blue-grey highlights on his chest badge and collar tabs.
Lando's also sporting a mini-mullet there, it seems… I don't quite recall his hair being that mullet-like in the film, but that may very well be accurate – I'm not sure.
Lando's paint on his melon is downright atrocious, at least on my sample, and that's why I kept the head's paintjob separate for the “CON” portion, just like the head's sculpt.
www.jedidefender.com /reviews/general_lando.php   (1660 words)

  
 Lando Calrissian - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
Calrissian, born on Socorro, went on to become the Baron Administrator of Cloud City for a time before it was taken over by the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War.
Lando served the New Republic during the Caamas Document crisis in several ways, going with Han Solo, Lobot, and the Verpine slicer Moegid on a mission to the Imperial Remnant's capital Bastion in an effort to retrieve the document.
Lando Calrissian was portrayed on-screen in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi by actor Billy Dee Williams, who reprised the role for the radio adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back, in the video game Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, and the audio dramatization of Dark Empire.
starwars.wikia.com /wiki/Lando_Calrissian   (10683 words)

  
 Rebelscum.com: Star Wars Power of the Force 2 Photo Archives
Lando Calrissian has been called many things over the years; con artist, smuggler, and rogue.
Lando embarked on a galaxywide tour to see what the future held for him, eventually winning control of Bespin's Cloud City, a floating mining and gambling establishment infamous throughout the galaxy.
A fugitive from the Empire, Lando Calrissian's future now lay with the Rebel Alliance...and his first task would be to help rescue Han Solo.
www.rebelscum.com /POTF2lando.asp   (302 words)

  
 JediDefender.com; Bringing Balance To The Force
Lando Calrissian is a guy that hasn’t gotten a whole lot of focus from Hasbro.
Calrissian’s costume is beautifully sculpted and embodies the quality the VOTC line promised to deliver.
That said, Lando has fl cuffs and collar on his shirt that “shine” with a gloss coat, and Lando’s belt is also gloss fl.
www.jedidefender.com /reviews/votclando.php   (2772 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Adventures of Lando Calrissian (Star Wars): Books: L. Neil Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Shortly after arriving Lando is arrested on false charges and is given the option by the governor and an evil sorcerer to either suffer death/lengthy imprisonment, or to locate a mysterious treasure of the lost race of the Sharu.
Lando and Vuffi set off for the Rafa System, where they quickly find themselves in hot water with the local authorities and Rokur Gepta, the Sorcerer of Tund, who is to be their primary adversary throughout the three novels.
Lando Calrissian and the StarCave of ThonBoka weaves together some of the events and many of the characters of the first two volumes to bring some closure to the story.
www.amazon.com /Adventures-Lando-Calrissian-Classic-Star/dp/0345391101   (3274 words)

  
 MASSASSI STAR WARS, ARCHIVES, CHARACTERS, LANDO CALRISSIAN
As a result of Lando's betrayal, Han was encased in carbonite.
Lando realised the harm he had caused, no matter the cost the decided to evacuate the City and free Chewbacca, Leia and C-3PO.
During the Battle of Endor Lando flew into the super structure of the Death Star and destroyed the reactor core, causing the station's destruction.
massassi.yavin4.com /sw/c_lando.htm   (360 words)

  
 Galactic Hunter.com - Lando Calrissian (Jabba's Sail Barge) Review
Now in 2004, they revisit Lando Calrissian (Jabba's Sail Barge) with a highly posable version that, except for the lack of knee joints, is quite possibly the best we'll ever see.
Lando can also be posed to have both hands holding a lightsaber quite well, which the recently release Luke couldn't do without looking a little wonky.
Lando's helmet is a little tricky to get on and off since it's rubbery and you're probably going to be wary of ruining it.
www.galactichunter.com /reviews/04saga_0407skifflando.asp   (802 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The Adventures of Lando Calrissian (Classic Star Wars): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Three action-packed novels--Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon, and Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of Thonboka--follow the exploits of the intergalactic gambler, con artist, and rogue.
Finally, in 'Lando Calrissian and the StarCave of ThonBoka' Lando's Millennium Falcon is mistaken for a giant space creature by another such creature, leading Lando and Vuffi Raa to lend their aid to the Oswaft people against the Empire.
The Lando Calrissian Adventures, being one of the set of older Star Wars novels, are often overlooked by both the die-hard, and the wanna-be Star Wars fan alike.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0345391101   (923 words)

  
 Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu was the first book in The Adventures of Lando Calrissian.
Lando Calrissian has recently won the Millennium Falcon in a game of Sabacc, and is playing another game on Oseon 2795.
Soon afterward, Lando is arrested by the colonial governor, and forced to help find a mythical artifact, the Mindharp.
starwars.wikia.com /wiki/Lando_Calrissian_and_the_Mindharp_of_Sharu   (187 words)

  
 Star Wars: Databank | Calrissian, Lando
Lando's last name appeared in the second draft, as did a gas mine the gambler won in a "sabacca game."
As the story evolved, all the other clones were dropped, but Lando was still the product of cloning, part of the Ashandi family who reproduced through such means.
Contrary to legend, Lando was not intended to have died at the end of Return of the Jedi.
www.starwars.com /databank/character/landocalrissian/?id=bts   (137 words)

  
 Lando Calrissian
Lando's wealth waxed and waned over the next few years, as he came into possession of such oddities as a used starship lot on Nar Shaddaa.
Calrissian's life took a major turn when he won the administrator title of Cloud City from its draconian ruler, Baron Raynor.
Calrissian became the administrator of Hologram Fun World, a mining operation on Nkllon, and a housing project deep in the heart of Coruscant.
www.fortunecity.com /skyscraper/solomon/14/id70.htm   (1602 words)

  
 COMMISSIONED - Fantasy Art at it's Fantasiest!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Lando Calrissian image that I got from this place.
Sure, he had his cloud city which was pretty cool (my favourite location) and he seemed to be a very capable “Millennium Falcon” pilot, but the truth is that Lando Calrissian just wasn't very important to most of us.
Calrissian is one of those things that the original trilogy has not needed to have re-edited or re-mastered in any way.
www.theministryofabnormality.com /webcomic/strip-a071.html   (1176 words)

  
 Lando Calrissian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The suave, debonair Lando Calrissian is mildly famous throughout a certain social strata of the galaxy.
Calrissian first appeared on the scene as a con artist and gambler, working the fringes of the Nar Shaddaa racket.
No matter what, Lando remains a solid friend of the Rebellion, a far cry from the scoundrel he once was.
members.aol.com /starwarskid123/page15.html   (251 words)

  
 SSD | Characters: Lando Calrissian
Lando has style and class; some would say in excess.
Calrissian, aboard the Millennium Falcon, led the escape from the city.
Lando, aboard the Falcon, flew point into the twisting narrow corridors of the Death Star's innards.
www.angelfire.com /scifi/stormsquad/lando.html   (791 words)

  
 Lando Calrissian: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Lando Calrissian: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
(Calrissian joins the Rebel Alliance[For more, click on this link] and, EHandler: no quick summary.
Lando Calrissian was the only character in the original Star Wars trilogy to be overtly played by an African-American African American quick summary:
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lando_calrissian.htm   (980 words)

  
 LANDO CALRISSIAN
Created on the Imperial planet of Byss, the young child clone was taken away by a group of scientists who did not want to see him suffer the same fate as the others of his kind who were wiped out on the orders of Emperor Palpatine after they began to develop Force abilities.
Lando was adopted by the Calrissian family but not realising how they had saved him he began to rebel at an early age, leaving home far behind as he went to explore the galaxy and gamble his fortune.
The two Calrissians later joined a team to take out the security shields on Coruscant for the New Republic to retake the capital planet.
www.angelfire.com /scifi/republicsaga/lando.htm   (264 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Star Wars: The Lando Calrissian Adventures (Classic Star Wars): Books: L. Neil Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Gambler, rogue, and con artiste, Lando Calrissian was more comfortable at the dealer's end of a fast shuffle than at the rear end of a blaster.
And so it was for Lando Calrissian and his robot companion until Lando broke the gambler's cardinal rule: never beat a cop at high-stakes games of chance...
For a year Lando Calrissian and Vuffi Raa, his five-armed robot astrogator, had roamed space in the Millennium Falcon, on the lookout for opportunities to turn an easy--but not too dishonest--credit.
www.amazon.com /Star-Wars-Calrissian-Adventures-Classic/dp/0345394437   (3413 words)

  
 Lando Calrissian, Coolest brother in the Galaxy.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
People often debate who is cooler, Luke Skywalker or Han Solo, but all the ladies like Lando.
Lando went to an all-white middle school, so he knows how to talk to the white girls.
Lando always has time to stop and say hello to the common man.
www.mattfrazier.net /lando.htm   (123 words)

  
 Rebelscum.com: Vintage Star Wars Photo Archives
Lando Calrissian sure has one heck of a great reputation for being a lady’s man, but when you really think about it, poor L Silky was getting less action than a Tatooine farm boy.
And you can forget about Sy Snootles and EV-9D9 (yup, 100% all girl… robot), because our man from the Bespin System wasn’t into that Captain Kirk scene in any way, shape, or form; no pun intended.
Though all vintage figures have minor variations, the Lando Calrissian figure did have one major variation in its spray ops.
www.rebelscum.com /VINtLando.asp   (192 words)

  
 Mock-Up Lando Calrissian Unproduced Doll Prototype - Star Wars Collectors Archive
The four, which were to include Luke in his Bespin fatigues, Han in his Hoth outfit, Princess Leia in her Bespin gown and Lando Calrissian, made it far enough along in the production process to have boxes printed for them.
Lando, of course, represents the only entirely new toy of the bunch.
Of course, a genuine Lando head was sculpted in the exact likeness of actor Billy Dee Williams; but, unfortunately, it never made it into production.
theswca.com /index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=48837   (429 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "Is Dr Pepper the Lando Calrissian of Sodas?"
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 Lando Calrissian Skiff Guard mini-bust - Another Toy Review by Michael Crawford, Captain Toy
The latest release in the series is Lando Calrissian in his Skiff Disguise.
While I would have preferred a regular Lando first, any Lando is better than none, and you can't argue with the fact that the outfit is cool.
Lando is at attention here, holding his weapon in both hands at the ready.
www.mwctoys.com /REVIEW_032206a.htm   (881 words)

  
 eBay - lando calrissian, Action Figures, Science Fiction items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka Star Wars
Star Wars Return of The Jedi Lando Calrissian NIB 2004
Star Wars POTF Lando Calrissian in Generals Gear
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=lando+calrissian&...   (524 words)

  
 Jedi Council Forums - "Slick Manoeuvres" - The Lando Calrissian discussion thread. Index Updated 6/1
Lando does not have to be the focus of the story, but I would prefer if he played a major part in it if it is to be included in the Index.
The interesting thing about Lando is that he often seems to have his hands tied, and that's why his original intentions go awry.
Lando knows it's a fight he can't win, so he goes for the best deal possible for everyone.
boards.theforce.net /a/b1/22929719   (2527 words)

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