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— T h e A d v e n t u r e s o f L a n d o C a l r i s s i a n —
Art by William Schmidt circ. 1983
"Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu"
"Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon"
"Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka"
#STAR WARS#Lando Calrissian#William Schmidt#1983inArt#1983inNovels#The Adventures of Lando Calrissian#The Mindharp of Sharu#The Flamewind of Oseon#The Starcave of ThonBoka#The Lando Calrissian Adventures#Sharu#Oseon#ThonBoka#STAR WARS EU#STAR WARS Expanded Universe#Expanded Universe#STAR WARS Legends#Sabacc#Centrality#art
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William Schmidt, cover art for Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka by L. Neil Smith (Del Rey/Ballantine, 1983).
#science fiction#book#cover art#William Schmidt#Star Wars#Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka#Billy Dee Williams#L. Neil Smith#USA#1983
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July, October, and December 1983. The success of the Brian Daley Han Solo trilogy led to a trilogy of novels about the adventures of Lando Calrissian prior to the events of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, written by L. Neil Smith.
The first two novels, LANDO CALRISSIAN AND THE MINDHARP OF SHARU and LANDO CALRISSIAN AND THE FLAMEWIND OF OSEON, each follow basically the same formula: Lando is arrested on trumped-up charges and strong-armed into a dangerous quest, which proves much weirder than advertised (involving some surreal interludes) and turns out rather differently than anyone expects. In the course of these adventures, Lando makes a very dangerous enemy called Rokur Gepta, a strange being who is, or claims to be, a Sorcerer of Tund, a practitioner of Ancient Magics that Lando, naturally enough, assumes are entirely hogwash. In the third and final book, Lando comes to the aid of a race of manta-ray-like beings called oswaft, who live in deep space and can move at will through hyperspace — an early version of the purrgil space-whales of REBELS, albeit unequivocally sentient — and who are about to be wiped out by a military blockade.
Unlike in the movie SOLO, Smith's young Lando considers himself a gambler and con artiste, not a smuggler or soldier of fortune, making his living at sabacc (a game Smith invented for these books) and only very rarely carrying a weapon big enough to spoil the line of his cummerbund. After winning the Millennium Falcon just prior to the beginning of the first book, he's actually keen to unload the ship because he doesn't know how to fly, preferring to travel by luxury liner. Lando similarly acquires a droid who becomes his sidekick: Vuffi Raa, a mechanical starfish with his brain in his central body and five detachable tentacles that can alternatively serve as arm, leg, or "face." (This description apparently defeated cover artist William Schmidt; the droid on the cover of the first book does have tentacles, but doesn't otherwise resemble how Smith describes Vuffi.)
Smith, who died in 2021, was a Libertarian gun nut, but editorial pushback keeps that to a low boil in these novels, which makes them by far the most readable of Smith's books for anyone who's not a Libertarian crank. There's still a wry and cynical anti-authoritarian streak, however, which is perfectly appropriate for Lando Calrissian.
Smith's take on Lando is really the best part of these books. You get a clear sense of how being a professional gambler shapes Lando's outlook, and while he's not exactly heroic, you can see a nascent set of principles taking shape. Unlike Han Solo (who isn't mentioned in these novels), Lando is self-possessed but not cocky, and he's much less inclined than Han is to solve problems with violence.
The actual plots are rather strange (especially MINDHARP, whose storyline hinges on some very uncomfortable attitudes about indigenous peoples, which are eventually upended in a way that's even more uneasy), and include some departures from STAR WARS lore that are occasionally distracting. The latter were not Smith's fault (he said later that he'd been forbidden to even mention previously established characters or settings, and had to fight to be allowed to include the Millennium Falcon), but I'm not sure who should be blamed for the books' peculiar shortage of female characters. It's entirely possible that Lucasfilm and/or Ballantine were reluctant to even imply any kind of romantic subplot for Lando — antiblackness at work — but there are precious few women at all, and I think only one of them has dialogue in more than one scene.
While the Han Solo books were in many respects foundational to what became known as the "Star Wars Expanded Universe," the Lando Calrissian novels were often overlooked and treated disdainfully in later SWEU sources (for many years, Wookieepedia didn't even have synopses of them!), although there are a few references to these books in SOLO. Nonetheless, they're quite interesting and are notably better-written than most SW tie-ins. For all their plot oddities, they also remain the most thoughtful treatment of Lando, a character who was relentlessly marginalized and mistreated in the Bantam novels and most of the post-1986 comics.
#books#lando calrissian adventures#l neil smith#william schmidt#star wars expanded universe#star wars#lando calrissian#vuffi raa#rokur gepta#lando calrissian and the mindharp of sharu#lando calrissian and the flamewind of oseon#lando calrissian and the starcave of thonboka#the post-ESB issues of the original marvel series#do okay by lando for the most part#on balance he's maybe too much of a doofus#but it feels like an effort to distinguish him from han#rather than the dismissive hostility of the later novels#antiblackness
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So, both Nudibranches and Portuguese-Man-O-War exist in the Star Wars Universe. One of these things is not like the other by means of, it's named after a specific country, but there is an in-universe explanation for this and it's somehow funnier than I think was intended...
#star wars#they're mentioned in 'Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka'#and the way to fix the obvious discrepancy was to basically make a planet called Portug#guys they made space Portugal because they mentioned a real world hydrozoan and scrambled to fix the blunder I am cackling
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GASP?! YOU LIKE STAR WARS????????!!!!!!!!!! FAVORITE PARTS/CHARACTERS/FILM/SERIES/DROID/PLANET/GROUP/ ECT.???? cool if you don't like it as well no problem :)
*FLAPS HANDS, KICKS LEGS, VIBRATES INTO A NEW DIMENSION*
Yes, I very much enjoy Star Wars.
AHEM.
Favourite movie: Revenge of the Sith
Favourite character: Anakin Skywalker
Favourite book: There are TOO many. I can't really decide on just one. I love the Republic Commando novels by Karen Traviss, the Revenge of the Sith novel by Matthew Stover, literally anything about Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
Favourite TV show: Bad Batch
Favourite droid: R2D2 I'm a loyal bitch.
Favourite species: the oswaft
If we talk ✨️lore✨️:
Favourite Era: Prequels AND the High Republic
Favourite planet... hard to say, but I do like the dying "solar" system "Cerberon" around a black hole in the Alphabet Squadron Series by Alexander Freed (HOW AMAZING IS THAT, it'll all die but c'mon, to experience THAT-)
I also enjoy the kind of sentient/living planet in the Legends Novel "Rogue Planet" by Greg Bear
Another location I like to visualise in my mind is the Starcave of ThonBoka (from the Lando Calrissian Trilogy): it is a very big nebula with many stars & it is home to a sentient intergalactic species - the oswaft. They are giant rays floating in the interstellar medium! I'm just- 💜
Anakin is my favourite character because of all the lore about him, especially the tale of the sundragon that was invented by Matthew Stover & has been picked up by many other authors. He is so complex & I can identify with him
You see, I am VERY DEEP in the Star Wars universe. ✨️
I also run a Star Wars book review page on Instagram & I go to conventions as my own Jedi OC. I am that kind of cringe. But hey! A book publisher knows me & I get free review copies from them.
#donnies exceptional mind#turtle net#donnie speaks#donnies special interests#star wars#star wars is one of my special interests#special interests#autistic things
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My review of Lando Calrissian and the Third Terrible Title.
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Lando Calrissian had never particularly liked spacesuits.
Not only were they bulky and uncomfortable, they lacked elegance. His was maintained in the best condition possible, but the color combinations were egregious, the line was execrable, and it clashed with every formal and semiformal shipsuit he owned. And wrinkled them, as well.
—Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka by L. Neil Smith
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From the newly renamed Lando Calrissian and the Jewel of Andara:
They hadn’t gone far—only far enough to accept drinks offered by a serving droid—when Mara tapped his arm.
“You’ve got an admirer. Over there. He’s been trying to catch your eye.”
It was the Mrlssi gentlemen in the suit of blue watered silk. He was standing alone, cocktail in hand, looking in their direction.
“I have no idea who that is,” Lando admitted. “Shall we go introduce ourselves?” He offered her his arm again, and when she took it, guided her toward their observer.
“Hello,” Lando greeted him. “Have we met?”
“Ah, no—” The Mrlssi seemed startled that Lando had addressed him, in spite of the fact that they couldn’t have made it clearer that they were headed his way. “We haven’t, but—are you Lando Calrissian?”
“You’ve heard of me,” Lando returned warmly.
“I have indeed—I mean, I’ve—” he stammered to a halt, his feathers ruffling in what Lando assumed was the Mrlssi equivalent of a blush. “I’ve seen the holos.”
“The holos?” Mara raised an eyebrow.
“Oh, yes,” the Mrlssi said with some enthusiasm. “I’ve seen them all. Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon—oh and of course, Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka.”
“Do you have a favorite?” Lando asked.
“The Flamewind of Oseon has the best production values—but Mindharp of Sharu, well, it’s my personal favorite.”
“Dramatic reinterpretations of my bestselling memoirs,” Lando told Mara. “You’ve never heard of them?” She clearly hadn’t.
“Really?” The Mrlssi said. “Not even The Flamewind of Oseon? It’s a modern classic.”
#i may rewrite all of this#we'll see#lando calrissian and the jewel of andara#wip weds#works in progress wednesday#celina made this
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ESSENTIAL STAR WARS LEGENDS/EXPANDED UNIVERSE BOOKS.
Many people have asked for that, so I decided to do a list with the essential novels and comics of the EU/Legends. This is my personal opinion and I have a very bad memory too so I guess, I haven’t included many others, so if you think there’s a book or any other EU content that should be on this list too, please, just let me know and I’ll put them on this list.
Obviously, I haven’t read all the books of the EU and tbh I’m not a fan of anything related to Rise of the Empire era, prequels, and The Clone Wars. All my favorite content is from Rebellion Era and post-ROTJ.
Anyway, here it’s my list of the most important novels and comics of the EU.
The EU books are divided into different eras.
Before the Republic Era - 37,000 BBY to 25,000 BBY
Old Republic Era - 5000 BBY (years before the Battle of Yavin to 1000 BBY)
Rise of the Empire Era - 1000 BBY to 22 BBY
Clone Wars Era - 22 BBY to 19 BBY
Imperial Era - 19 BBY to 0 BBY
Rebellion Era - 0 BBY to 4 ABY (4 years after the Battle of Yavin)
New Republic Era - 5.5 ABY to 22 ABY
New Jedi Order Era - 24.5 ABY to 36 ABY
Legacy Era - 40 ABY to 139 ABY
BEFORE THE REPUBLIC ERA
Dawn of the Jedi: Into The Void
Dawn of the Jedi
Force Storm
The Prisoner of Bogan
Force War
OLD REPUBLIC ERA
Tales of the Jedi
The Golden Age of the Sith
The Fall of the Sith Empire
Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon
The Saga of Nomi Sunrider
The Freedon Nadd Uprising
Dark Lords of the Sith
The Sith War
Redemption
Crosscurrent
Knights of The Old Republic (Comics)
Crossroads
Commencement
Flashpoint
Reunion
Days of Fear
Nights of Anger
Daze of Hate
Knights of Suffering
Vector
Exalted
Turnabout
Vindication
Prophet Motive
Faithful Execution
Dueling Ambitions
Masks
The Reaping
Destroyer
Demon
War
The Old Republic Novels
Fatal Alliance
Deceived
Revan
Annihilation
Knight Errant
Aflame
Deluge
Escape
Darth Bane Trilogy
Path of Destruction
Rule of Two
Dynasty of Evil
RISE OF THE EMPIRE ERA
Legacy of the Jedi
Part 1 (chapter 1 onward) takes place during 89 BBY.
Part 2, "Dooku and Qui-Gon Jinn" (chapter 7 onward) takes place during 76 BBY.
Part 3 "Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi" (chapter 14 onward) takes place during 44 BBY.
Part 4 "Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker" (chapter 20 onward) takes place during 22 BBY
Darth Plagueis
Jedi: The Dark Side
Jedi Apprentice
The Rising Force
The Dark Rival
The Hidden Past
The Mark of the Crown
The Defenders of the Dead
The Uncertain Path
The Captive Temple
The Day of Reckoning
The Fight for Truth
The Shattered Peace
The Deadly Hunter
The Evil Experiment
The Dangerous Rescue
The Ties That Bind
The Death of Hope
The Call to Vengeance
The Only Witness
The Threat Within
Secrets of the Jedi
The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
Cloak of Deception
Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Novelization)
Republic
Prelude to Rebellion
Vow of Justice
Outlander
Emissaries to Malastare
Twilight
Infinity's End
The Hunt for Aurra Sing
Darkness
The Stark Hyperspace War
The Devaronian Version
Rite of Passage
Honor and Duty
The New Face of War
The Battle of Jabiim
Show of Force
Dreadnaughts of Rendili
Trackdown
Siege of Saleucami
Into the Unknown
Hidden Enemy
Jedi Quest
Path to Truth
The Way of the Apprentice
The Trail of the Jedi
The Dangerous Games
The Master of Disguise
The School of Fear
The Shadow Trap
The Moment of Truth
The Changing of the Guard
The False Peace
The Final Showdown
Outbound Flight
The Approaching Storm
Episode II Attack of the Clones (Novelization)
The Cestus Deception
Jedi Trial
Episode III Revenge of the Sith (Novelization)
Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
Kenobi
The Cestus Deception
Darth Vader and the Lost Command
Coruscant Nights
Mace Windu
Shaak Ti
Aayla Secura
Count Dooku
Yoda
Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin
Jedi
Jedi Twilight
Street of Shadows
Patterns of Force
The Last of the Jedi
The Desperate Mission
Dark Warning
Underworld
Death on Naboo
A Tangled Web
Return of the Dark Side
Secret Weapon
Against the Empire
Master of Deception
Reckoning
The Last Jedi
Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows
A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker
Rebel Dawn
Death Star
The Han Solo Adventures
Han Solo at Stars' End
Han Solo's Revenge
Han Solo and the Lost Legacy
Dark Forces (Novellas)
Soldier for the Empire
Rebel Agent
Jedi Knight
Han Solo Trilogy
The Paradise Snare
The Hutt Gambit
Rebel Dawn
The Lando Calrissian Adventures
Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu
Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon
Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka
REBELLION ERA
Episode IV: A New Hope (Novelization)
The Fight for Justice
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
Scoundrels
Rebel Force
Target
Hostage
Renegade
Firefight
Trapped
Uprising
Allegiance
Choices of One
Empire and Rebellion
Razor's Edge
Honor Among Thieves
Splinter of the Mind's Eye (The first Expanded Universe novel)
Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (Novelization)
Shadows of the Empire
Mara Jade. By The Emperor’s Hand
Mara Jade: A Night on the Town
Tales from Jabba's Palace
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Novelization)
The Truce at Bakura
NEW REPUBLIC ERA
Jedi Prince
The Glove of Darth Vader
The Lost City of the Jedi
Zorba the Hutt's Revenge
Mission from Mount Yoda
Queen of the Empire
Prophets of the Dark Side
Tales from the New Republic
Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor
X-Wing (Different eras and timelines) (from 6.5 ABY to 44 ABY)
Rogue Squadron
Wedge's Gamble
The Krytos Trap
The Bacta War
Wraith Squadron
Iron Fist
Solo Command
Isard's Revenge
Starfighters of Adumar
Mercy Kill
The Courtship of Princess Leia
Tatooine Ghost
The Thrawn Trilogy (Novels and Comics)
Heir to the Empire
Dark Force Rising
The Last Command
Dark Empire
Vol I
Vol II
Empire’s End
The Jedi Academy Trilogy
Jedi Search
Dark Apprentice
Champions of the Force
I, Jedi
Children of the Jedi
Darksaber
Planet of Twilight
The Crystal Star
The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy
Before the Storm
Shield of Lies
Tyrant’s Test
The New Rebellion
The Corellian Trilogy
Ambush at Corellia
Assault at Selonia
Showdown at Centerpoint
The Hand of Thrawn Duology
Specter of the Past
Vision of the Future
Union
Judge's Call (Short Story)
Scourge
Junior Jedi Knights
The Golden Globe
Lyric's World
Promises
Anakin's Quest
Vader's Fortress
Kenobi's Blade
Survivor’s Quest
Young Jedi Knights
The Rise of the Shadow Academy
Heirs of the Force
Shadow Academy
The Lost Ones
Lightsabers
Darkest Knight
Jedi Under Siege
The Fall of the Diversity Alliance
Shards of Alderaan
Diversity Alliance
Delusions of Grandeur
Jedi Bounty
The Emperor's Plague
Under Black Sun
Return to Ord Mantell
Trouble on Cloud City
Crisis at Crystal Reef
NEW JEDI ORDER ERA
The New Jedi Order (NJO)
Vector Prime
Dark Tide Duology (Onslaught and Ruin)
Agents of Chaos Duology (Hero's Trial and Jedi Eclipse)
Balance Point
Recovery
Edge of Victory Duology (Conquest and Rebirth)
Star by Star
Dark Journey
Enemy Lines Duology (Rebel Dream and Rebel Stand)
Traitor
Destiny's Way
Ylesia
Force Heretic Trilogy (Remnant, Refugee and Reunion)
The Final Prophecy
The Unifying Force
Dark Nest
The Joiner King
The Unseen Queen
The Swarm War
LEGACY ERA
Legacy Of The Force
Betrayal
Bloodlines
Tempest
Exile
Sacrifice
Inferno
Fury
Revelation
Invincible
Fate Of The Jedi
Outcast
Omen
Abyss
Backlash
Allies
Vortex
Conviction
Ascension
Apocalypse
Crucible
Legacy (Comics) (50 Issues/10 Volumes)
Book I
Book II
Book III
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my star wars movie ideas
2 solo 2 heist: a star wars story
a sequel to solo but not really. could go into the qi’ra stuff maybe, like they’re heisting crimson dawn? but basically a heist team! doing heist stuff! bonus if they canonize people from the heist team in scoundrels like winter.
more ideas under the cut!
the lando calrissian adventures
a series of lando movies! set pre or post solo, but all focused on lando! possibly pertaining to the calrissian chronicles we saw him recording throughout the movies, with adventures in the ThonBoka Starcave and other various exotic locations. and then something post-solo with lobot!
pash out: a star wars story
tie fighter movie! a-wing movie! so many space battle! in wedge’s gamble they briefly mention pash literally stealing an entire goddamn wing of tie fighters (how??? they have no hyperdrives??? pash out: a star wars story would explain this, AND MORE!) and then he blows up a star destroyer or something? basically, so many space battle, plus all the convincing of the wing of tie pilots to defect, and also with appearances from The Elder Cracken. (i really want my boy to be canon)
ace in the hole: a cockpit’s eye view of turbulent times: a star wars story
in this star wars story, we follow a young wedge through his rebellion life, with the stories clearly embellished and exaggerated. at key moments, there is narration from old wedge. at the end, there’s a scene where old wedge is talking to poe and is like “and that’s my life’s story!” like in iron man 3.
many bothans died: a star wars story
a rogue one-esque infiltration story but with the SECOND DEATH STAR! many bothans died to bring them this information, we know this, and this is the story of these bothans dying incompetently. with appearances from mon mothma, borsk fey’lya, and admiral ackbar.
desert feels: a star wars story
two+ hours of obi-wan kenobi sobbing in the desert, briefly interrupted by young luke almost getting stampeded by a herd of banthas but obi-wan saves him.
it’s a trap: a star wars story
potentially concurrent (ha, current) with many bothans died, we follow various ackbar adventures where there are traps, and hear multiple ocean-themed ackbarisms. at the climactic scene, ackbar yells “IT’S A TRAP!”
slender: a star wars story
the mirax terrik story we deserve! featuring young wedge from ace in the hole: a cockpit’s eye view of turbulent times: a star wars story, but only in a minor or flashback role. this is a mirax smuggling story about her going on a smuggling adventure, sort of like solo but cooler, and featuring booster terrik and the pulsar skate!
emtrey and tycho’s excellent adventure: a star wars story
i don’t even know what this one would entail, but i’m listening to rogue podron right now and we obviously need a movie of this. plus, it would be bringing both emtrey and tycho into the canon star wars universe, which is obviously a good thing. they fly around in space and emtrey winks.
the imperial saga
a series of imperial movies starring vader, palpatine, and various moffs and admirals. (cough, cough, thrawn.) this series poses the empire as a vaguely good entity though it’s clear through the viewer’s eyes that the empire is bad, they aren’t doing good stuff, but it’s not going to have them blowing up planets or something. higher moff mantooine mantooine the third defeats some smugglers.
the god and the trash can: a star wars story
threepio and artoo get lost. it’s prequel-era so we get anakin and padme and obi-wan back in the star wars again, but the plot isn’t evil palpatine (i mean, it is, because he kidnapped the droids, but still) and artoo pretty much saves the day before the jedi even show up. threepio says “we’re doomed!” no less than thirty-seven times.
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Cover art by William Schmidt for the novel 'Lando Calrissian and the Starcave Of Thonboka', book 3 of the 'Lando Calrissian Adventures' series by L Neil Smith.
#Art Of The Day#Art#William Schmidt#Lando Calrissian#Lando Calrissian Adventures#book#Book Cover#Cover Art#Millennium Falcon
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Rest in peace L. Neil Smith
L. Neil Smith, the author of the Lando Calrissian trilogy of Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon, and Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka passed away on 27th August aged 75. Born 12th May 1946, Smith, who's father was in the US Air
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Battle of ThonBoka: Empire vs Oswaft
from Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka
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Star Wars: Best Lando Stories That Could Influence a Disney+ TV Series
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Hello, what have we here? Thanks to Solo: A Star Wars Story and the pitch-perfect casting of Donald Glover as the coolest con man in the galaxy, not to mention Billy Dee Williams’ return to the character in The Rise of Skywalker, Lando Calrissian is back in a big way! And while the future of Glover’s Lando is still a bit murky after Solo‘s tepid reception, there has been no end to the rumors that the actor might get to reprise his role in a follow-up TV series on Disney+. Unfortunately, nothing about a potential Lando TV series has been confirmed thus far by Disney or Lucasfilm, and inquiries by Den of Geek have gone unanswered.
But that doesn’t mean we don’t have a Lando void in our lives to fill. With that in mind, we present a short but fun reading list featuring the original owner of the Millennium Falcon, the man who brought back capes as a fashion accessory, and the gambler who took down the second Death Star (with the help of Wedge Antilles and Nien Nunb) – Lando Calrissian!
Let’s take a look…and maybe some of these stories could end up influencing the Lando Disney+ TV series if that ends up actually being a thing that’s happening.
Marvel’s Star Wars #56-57 (1981) – Legends
Released just months after The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars #56-57 was the very first original Lando Calrissian Expanded Universe story. And by the maker’s bristling beard, what a creative team! The great David Michelinie, Louise Jones (before she was Simonson), and the man himself, Walt Simonson, all fleshing out the stories of not only Lando but the residents of Bespin as well.
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Star Wars: What We’d Like to See in a Lando TV series
By Megan Crouse
In this two-part story, Lando and his new Rebel pals go up against the con man’s reprogrammed cyborg pal, Lobot, to stop some Ugnaunt machinations. That’s right, I said Ugnaunt machinations, and I’m not sorry. These issues feature Lando at his scheming best as he must save his bald cyborg buddy and regain control of Bespin from the Empire.
Any deep dive into Lando Calrissian has to begin with these two issues because this was the first non-film take on the scoundrel and they feature some of comics’ best visionaries in a story that really fleshes out Cloud City.
Read the Classic Marvel Star Wars comics on Amazon!
Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu – Legends
Yes, folks, Lando starred in his own trilogy of novels in 1983, which shows just how much of a splash the character had made post-Empire. These novels served to flesh out the character for fans who loved his victory run during the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi just a few months before.
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Solo: A Star Wars Story Easter Eggs and Reference Guide
By John Saavedra
Think about it, Luke didn’t have his own novels but Lando (and Han) did! Perhaps the more literary-minded Star Wars fans favored the scoundrels? Anyway, Lando having his own series was a pretty big deal because in the bygone days of 1983, there weren’t too many prominent sci-fi series featuring a Black hero.
Written by L. Neil Smith, The Lando Calrissian Adventures were filled with fast-paced pulpy goodness. These books were flashbacks to when Lando was captain of the Millennium Falcon and before he became the administrator of Cloud City. Actually, it will be interesting to compare these EU adventures to what we’re going to get in Solo.
In Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, which might be the pulpiest title ever, Lando tries to con his way into a treasure horde as big as a star system. The plot is a bit sparse to be honest, but Smith nails the Lando character, as the future big man of Cloud City tries to strike it rich.
And sure, this may technically be a Legends story, but Donald Glover’s Lando namedrops it in Solo: A Star Wars Story so…maybe it’s canon after all?
Buy Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu on Amazon.
Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon – Legends
Okay, nope: Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon is the pulpiest book title ever. Did I mention that Lando’s companion in these novels is a five-armed droid named Vuffi Raa? Kinda makes you wonder about Lando’s droid companion in Solo, doesn’t it?
Anyway, in Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon, Lando travels to a star system that caters to immoral gamblers and scoundrels. Smith really has Lando’s cadence down in this one. Overall, the novel reads like an early eighties attempt at a sci-fi Rat Pack film.
In fact, just make this season one of the Disney+ show.
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Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka – Legends
Oh wow, the title Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka is just transcendent. ThonBoka!
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In the final Lando novel, Smith has his titular mustached hero and Vuffi Raa race to save an alien species in danger of extinction. This unusually altruistic act brings the pair into renewed conflict with the baddie from Mindharp of Sharu – Rokur Gepta, the Sorcerer of Tund! That’s right, I said the Sorceror of Tund! Doesn’t really have the same ring as “Dark Lord of the Sith,” but it’s still pretty awesome.
And thus, with Starcave of ThonBoka, Lando’s OG EU adventures came to an end. But what a ride! Mindharps, Flamewinds, Starcaves, capes, and mustaches… What’s not to love? One has to wonder why there was no Lobot love in these books. No disrespect meant to Vuffi Raa.
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Lando: Double or Nothing – Canon
A prequel comic that leads into the events of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Lando: Double or Nothing follows the con man on his own adventures before meeting Han Solo. In a sense, the five-part comic series seeks to recreate the feeling of Smith’s Legends Lando Calrissian Adventures, as Lando takes a job that puts him on a high-stakes collision course with the Empire.
When Lando finds himself in major debt, he has no choice but to take on a job from freedom fighter Kristiss, who hires “the greatest smuggler in the galaxy” to transport weapons to people enslaved by the Empire on the planet Kullgroon.
This isn’t the kind of job the self-interested Lando is usually up for and the story does a great job of showing that there is more to the con man than just credits. He secretly has a bit of a heart. By the end of the story, we start to see the beginnings of Lando as a revolutionary ready to take on the Empire.
Lando’s Luck – Canon
While not exactly essential Lando reading, the middle-grade novel Lando’s Luck by Justina Ireland is still a whole lot of fun. Like Lando: Double or Nothing, this novel is another standalone adventure set before the events of Solo.
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By John Saavedra
When Lando is arrested for smuggling on the planet Hynestia, he has no choice but to accept another smuggling mission in exchange for his freedom. The planet’s queen orders him to bring a sacred artifact, the Solstice Globe, to the Empire, but when the truth behind the mysterious orb is revealed, things get a lot more complicated. Were Lando to complete his mission, it could destroy an entire planet!
Big stakes, fun supporting characters, and a whole lot of L3 quips later, Lando’s Luck is one of the best new canon Lando stories to date.
Marvel’s Lando – Canon
But the Lobot love is on display 32 years later in the Disney era! In 2015, Lando Calrissian returned to the pages of Marvel Comics in this awesome miniseries by Charles Soule and Alex Maleev.
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Set in the days before Lando became Baron Administrator of Cloud City, Lando and Lobot set out to steal a valuable pleasure cruiser filled with invaluable intel and treasure. Too bad for Lando that the ship belongs to Emperor Palpatine. Ooops.
High adventure follows as Lando must pay a terrible price for his actions. Marvel’s Lando redefines the character for the new Disney canon and serves as a perfect bridge between the character’s appearance in Solo and The Empire Strikes Back.
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Last Shot – Canon
If you loved the dynamic between Han and Lando in Solo, there’s plenty more where that came from in the novel Last Shot by Daniel Jose Older. Set both before the Original Trilogy and after Return of the Jedi, the book explores the evolving relationship between the two smugglers and how their friendship is still complicated even after fighting alongside each other against the Empire.
The book is broken up into four different storylines, each exploring a different adventure that ties back to Han and Lando in some way. There’s even an L3 chapter!
Most intriguingly, the book shows Han and Lando’s lives have changed with the rise of the New Republic. No longer part of a ragtag group of freedom fighters, this duo of scoundrels is now spending more of their time in committee meetings than in sketchy cantinas in the Outer Rim. But when the chance for a new adventure comes knocking, Han and Lando answer the call!
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