First ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ Footage Reveals Billy Dee Williams’ Lando Calrissian

Disney unveiled the first Star Wars: Episode IX footage at its annual shareholder meeting and the preview revealed Billy Dee Williams’ return as Lando Calrissian.

While the footage has not been released to the public, an individual named Scott Ladewig claims to have seen the material and provided a description of the preview on his official Twitter account. According to the description, the footage begins with a shot of a blockade runner in what appears to be an abandoned hangar and is followed by an explosion in a starship hangar bay that knocks Stormtroopers. Kylo Ren is then seen in a white room looking at the Vader helmet followed by footage of Rey, Finn, and Poe in the Falcon cockpit. However, perhaps the most exciting news was the footage included the first look at Lando Calrissian’s return, with Billy Dee Williams, of course, reprising the role.

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Directed by J. J. Abrams, Star Wars: Episode IX stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, Keri Russell, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, and Billy Dee Williams. Carrie Fisher will appear as General Leia Organa through the use of previously unreleased footage shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. 

Star Wars: Episode IX will be released in theaters on December 19, 2019.

Source: Twitter