STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Pseudo-Nixed This Lando Calrissian Subplot

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Pseudo-Nixed This Lando Calrissian Subplot

While Billy Dee Williams' Lando Calrissian plays a pivotal role in the events of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the original plans for the trilogy-closer carried more emotional weight (Spoilers).

By MarkJulian - Dec 23, 2019 11:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Twitter
In the Rise of Skywalker, Lando Carlissian and Jannah (Naomi Ackie) share a moment where it's revealed that the latter was a child soldier in the First Order and doesn't know who her parents are or where she comes from, prompting Carlissian to smile and reply, "Well, lets go find out.

It's been perceived as being a bit creepy by some given Lando's age and the knowledge of his past ways, but there is another way to interpret the scene.

Executive Editor for Disney Publishing Jennifer Heddle took to Twitter to address a fan complaint about the scene in question, and reveals that Lando is actually Jannah's father. This was an element of the film that was ultimately cut but will be reinserted into the official novelization of the film, which will be considered canon. 

Honestly, t's a bit of  a head-scratcher for J.J. Abrams and co. to cut Lando and Jannah discovering their connection from the film but leave in such an ambiguous scene at the end.

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tmp3
tmp3 - 12/23/2019, 11:34 AM
You have to play Fortnite to hear Palpatine's message. You have to read a tie-in book to understand Lando's sub-plot. Everything about this movie sounds so ill-conceived and dumb
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/23/2019, 11:45 AM
@tmp3 - "You have to play Fortnite to hear Palpatine's message.."

regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 12/23/2019, 11:54 AM
@tmp3

The ultimate mystery box
rkshuttleworth
rkshuttleworth - 12/24/2019, 1:29 AM
@tmp3 - I really do not know why people are so dense, but I saw it as opening up to some kind of adventure and then guessed that they would probably find out that they are father and daughter. I did not read it as creepy because I don't see the universe of Star Wars to be as nearly creepy as our own!
Vigor
Vigor - 12/24/2019, 11:37 AM
@rkshuttleworth - agreed!
BeyondtheFuture
BeyondtheFuture - 12/23/2019, 11:36 AM
If you have to read novels, play games or watch TV shows for a film to make sense it's a bad film.

Feige won't make this mistake. The Disney + shows will add context but there is no way in hell they will be created in a way where you have to watch them for the next films to make sense. If that happens Disney has completely lost the plot.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 12/23/2019, 11:39 AM
It comes off as a bit creepy given Lando's age and the knowledge of his past ways.

SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 12/23/2019, 2:52 PM
@soberchimera - I don’t get how this got interpreted as creepy. Lando has always been a player. Him hitting on a mature adult shouldn’t be anything out of the ordinary.
ThorArms
ThorArms - 12/23/2019, 11:44 AM
I just thought they might explore in a series in the future. Prob for Disney+
DarthLaney
DarthLaney - 12/23/2019, 2:13 PM
@ThorArms - totally agree, it felt to me to be a set up for potentially something else to come.

Lando being an old perv... what a load of rubbish
ThorArms
ThorArms - 12/23/2019, 2:28 PM
@DarthLaney - Yeah that's weird if that's your first interpretation of that...
rkshuttleworth
rkshuttleworth - 12/24/2019, 1:32 AM
@DarthLaney - Thank you for having some comprehension skills.
rkshuttleworth
rkshuttleworth - 12/24/2019, 1:33 AM
@ThorArms - Weird because your mind is too warped by this culture?
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 12/23/2019, 11:44 AM
Just consume the product and move on to the next one.

F*cking hell...
Forthas
Forthas - 12/23/2019, 11:46 AM
I would have liked it better if she was related to Val of Solo fame...







...it would have given solo more weight. It was a sadly underrated film that deserved more.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 12/23/2019, 11:52 AM
@Forthas - Solo fame An oxymoron if I ever heard one.
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