Editing Lando Calrissian (section)

===Development===
{{See also|Lando (name)|Boba Fett}}
When writing ''The Empire Strikes Back'', George Lucas planned to introduce a gambler-type character, which developed into Lando Calrissian. Wanting the character to be a [[Foil (narrative)|foil]] to the "rough" swashbuckler Han Solo (possibly an old friend), Lucas envisioned Lando as a cool [[con man]] with the elegance of [[James Bond]] and wit of ''[[Star Trek]]''<nowiki/>'s [[Spock]]. He would support the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Empire]], thinking that he could outsmart the Imperials before coming to see the [[Rebel Alliance|Rebellion]] as a more worthy cause.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Rinzler |first=J. W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-U0PAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT36 |title=The Making of The Empire Strikes Back |publisher=Del Rey |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-84513-555-3 |location=London |pages=24–25 |oclc=506251987 |author-link=J. W. Rinzler}}</ref>

Lucas thought Lando could superficially look like a normal human but—drawing from the [[Clone Wars (Star Wars)|Clone Wars]] mentioned in the [[Star Wars (film)|original ''Star Wars'' film]]—be a [[cloning|clone]] from a ruling clan of others just like him (causing [[Princess Leia]] to distrust him). His faction, from one of many planets of clone countries, was probably "partly responsible for the war".<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bouzereau |first=Laurent |title=The Annotated Screenplays |date=1997 |publisher=[[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]] |isbn=978-0-345-40981-2 |location=New York City |page=196}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Kaminski |first=Michael |title=The Secret History of Star Wars |publisher=Legacy Books Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-9784652-3-0 |edition=3.0 |location=Kingston, Ontario, Canada |page=158 |orig-year=2007}}</ref> Lucas saw the character as a [[Rudolph Valentino]] character, "almost too perfect looking" due to his genes being manipulated in the cloning process.<ref name=":2" />

Actor [[Yaphet Kotto]] was an early choice for the role, but he chose to appear in the prison drama ''[[Brubaker]]'' instead.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Marc Shapiro |date=Jan 1992 |title=Yaphet Kotto: Freddy Fighter |magazine=[[Fangoria]] |issue=5 |pages=28–32 |series=Horror Spectacular}}</ref> [[Billy Dee Williams]] later stated that he built the character around two features he found interesting; the cape and the [[Armenians|Armenian]] name "Calrissian".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=2019-12-05 |title=Billy Dee Williams on Getting Back Into Lando's Cape for 'The Rise of Skywalker' |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/billy-dee-williams-the-rise-of-skywalker-lando-calrissian-1203421823/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408014909/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/billy-dee-williams-the-rise-of-skywalker-lando-calrissian-1203421823/ |archive-date=8 April 2020 |access-date=2021-12-18 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> The original teaser trailer for ''The Empire Strikes Back'' introduced the character as '''''Landau''''' Calrissian.

Lando's cane in ''[[The Rise of Skywalker]]'' (2019) was designed to resemble [[Bespin|Cloud City]]. It is inscribed with the name "Baron Lando Calrissian".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Szostak|first=Phil|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1100598789|title=The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker|publisher=Abrams|year=2020|isbn=978-1-4197-4038-1|location=New York|pages=86|oclc=1100598789|access-date=28 January 2021|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128143614/https://www.worldcat.org/title/art-of-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker/oclc/1100598789|url-status=live}}</ref>