Star Wars: The Force Awakens Writer Hints At Future For Lando Calrissian In The Franchise

Lawrence Kasdan, the screenwriter behind The Empire Strikes Back and The Force Awakens, told Vanity Fair that while there’s no Lando in the seventh episode of the series, that certainly doesn’t mean we won’t see him.

“Right now, there’s no Lando Calrissian in this movie. But Lando I don’t think is finished in any way, shape, or form,” Kasdan said.

It’s also worth a mention that J.J. Abrams seems to have echoed Star Wars quite a bit in this new film, and that structurally, a similar plot could see Lando appearing in Episode VIII, the same way he first appeared in The Empire Strikes Back.