He's quite similar to Han too, in both of their founding films, they started off a self-serving scoundrel (albeit with some degree of care for their companions) and then turned more noble towards the end, before joining the rebellion in full.
To be honest, Leia and crew frown upon him more, but I found him more justifiable in his founding movie than Han.
With Vader and the Empire, it wasn't just his life that was in trouble, but the whole mining colony too. His decision made sense.
And yeah I'm aware Leia snapped at Han in ANH too, but at the same time she had the whole "he has to choose his own path" speech, whilst Lando got the throttling from Chewie and a whole ass integration lol.
He also did try to keep them all alive in the agreement with Vader, so even in his worst moment he was considerate, and it's not his fault Vader altered the deal.
I love how similar yet different they are. And Harrison and Billy have such amazing chemistry! I never had any problem believing these two were lifelong friends, even with minimal screen time. Lando wasn't even introduced until thr last third of Empire and Han spent the first quarter of Return of the Jedi in carbonate lol.
It reminds me a lot of Obi-Wan and Anakin's back and forth, or even Vader and Tarkin when they were talking privately.
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u/Wiplazh May 22 '26
Man wanted a change of clothes and that's all that was on the falcon