Billy Dee Williams Teases Possible ‘Star Wars’ Return Following ‘Lando’ Announcement

Actor Billy Dee Williams is potentially making a return to a galaxy far, far away!

Shortly after Donald Glover and his brother Stephen Glover were announced to be writing the script for the "Lando" Disney+ live-action series, Williams took to Twitter in order to tease a new project. Considering that Williams originated the role of Lando Calrissian in the original trilogy, fans are wondering if this means that there is a new role carved out for the 86-year-old actor in the new series!

On August 1, the "Brian's Song" actor took to Twitter to make an announcement, revealing that a dream was coming true for him, although he did not reveal just what that dream was.

"I am thrilled to share that something truly magnificent is coming soon," Williams wrote. "This is a dream come true for me, on all that has sustained and carried me through a lifetime of dreams and adventure, it is my honour to share with you."

“Make sure to enable notifications for stories and posts to say in the loop, you don’t want to miss this… May the Force be with you all,” he concluded.

“You’re going to be in the upcoming Lando series?” one fan asked. “It would be sweet if it was post-TROS and have flashbacks throughout it with Donald Glover,” another follower replied. “Yeah, I’m thinking he’d introduce each story. And we’d never know how much truth there is to each tale,” the fan replied.

“Sounds exciting. Can’t wait to see what’s up,” another follower shared. “Is this about the Lando project for Disney+?” another fan asked. “Is the Lando series being narrated by Billy Dee Williams?!?? Donald Glover playing young Lando but Billy is the narrator and it’s like he is telling his backstory that would be dope!!!!” another follower exclaimed. “I don’t know what your announcement is but I’m just so happy for you,” another fan shared.

Although a “Lando” Disney+ series was first announced in 2020, there has been little progress made on the series since that time. The 2018 film, “Solo: A Star Wars Story” which featured Donald Glover playing the character of a young Lando, was a box office flop, which did little to generate buzz for the potential TV series.

However, that all changed last month when Variety reported that the “Atlanta” star and his brother, Stephen Glover, would be writing the new “Lando” series in a deal reached before the writer’s strike had started. In 2020, “Dear White People” creator Justin Simen had been attached to the project, but he is no longer working on the series.

In April 2023, the “Community” actor told GQ revealed that he was interested in returning to the character and a galaxy far, far away. “I would love to play Lando again. It’s a fun time, being him. It just has to be the right way to do it. Time is precious,” he said.

“The past couple of years, this pandemic s---, it really had people experience time… People realize their time is valuable. You only get so much. I’m not interested in doing anything that’s going to be a waste of my time or just a paycheck,” he continued. “I’d much rather spend time with people that I enjoy. It just has to be the right thing, and I think it could be. Lando is definitely somebody I like to hang out with.”

Glover previously talked about reprising the role in a 2018 Town Hall. “It would always be fun to be Lando again,” he said at the time. “The movie, I feel like, is wide open. This part of the universe without the… I feel like with the Skywalkers, it’s hard because it’s almost like the Bible.”

“There’s a story that you have to tell, and the lineage of that family,” he continued. “I feel like out here it’s like, yeah, we’re just like hustlers and gamblers and space pirates, essentially, so you can do a lot more and have a lot more fun.”