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Saturday Trending Topics: Lando Calrissian

Published Sun, 18 Nov 2012 03:19:00 -0600

Last updated Sun, 18 Nov 2012 03:19:35 -0600

I'm amazed with how fast they seem to be moving on this, though I guess four billion dollars is probably plenty of motivation: A better lead might be Moviehole's new report that Lando Calrissian, Williams' character, has been given a role to play in writer Michael Arndt's treatment for the upcoming Episode 7, if not indeed the whole trilogy.

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