AN 'EMPIRE' AT 40: THE MAN OF CLOUD CITY!

Posed publicity image taken circa April/May 1979.

"Well there's an awful lot of Billy Dee in Lando. I'm a pretty charming guy. I don't take myself seriously, and I think that's a good thing." 

"I don't remember any real discussions about how to interpret Lando. They let me go. They trusted my interpretation. There were other concerns they had - all the technological stuff, the blue screen. So it seemed to me they left it to the actors to develop the characters. All the actors had personalities that really worked for what they were trying to convey."

Billy Dee Williams - Star Wars Insider magazine - 2010