It’s been a while since December 10, 2020 (Disney Investor Day) when KK announced the future of Star Wars television and many of the upcoming shows. As of right now, the already released / 100% confirmed shows include the second season of The Mandalorian, The Bad Batch, Visions, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, Ahsoka and The Acolyte while plans for Rangers of the New Republic has been most likely abandoned due to the firing of Gina Carano, Rogue Squadron has been put on hold / indefinitely delayed due to Patty Jenkins’ contract with Warner Bros and we haven’t heard anything about Star Wars: A Droid Story or Star Wars: Lando. 

Not much was said about the Lando Series when it was announced except for that it would involve Donald Glover, so I am beginning to believe KK never really had a plan with the series and that it was a last-minute decision to keep the fans and investors satisfied with the future of the IP. It makes sense that they couldn’t announce The Book of Boba Fett then (as his survival was not yet revealed) but the development/idea of Tales of the Jedi must have come later, same with Skeleton Crew. I hope this isn’t a sign of further disorganisation at Lucasfilm and that they have learnt their lesson from the Sequel Trilogy mess-up. 

It’s usually not a good idea to create a film or show just based on the fact that it was popular in another project. The plot typically works better when the story comes before anything else but there have been occasions where it has worked. I was never particularly excited for the Lando series (as we heard just about nothing about it), not even the genre. I would assume it is another down-to-earth/more real-world type of series which I assume Lucasfilm would be further interested in since Andor’s success with the critics. 

Lately it seems that Lucasfilm has been experimenting with new types of Star Wars content, most notably Andor being a Spy-Thriller and Mando and Boba being Space Westerns. Lando Calrissian seems to be the kind of guy who knows all sorts of people and has associations and dealings with the underworld and many other sorts of sketchy businesses. We could see Lando’s rise to success (before and after Solo takes place) and see how he became one of the galaxy’s greatest smugglers/gamblers/entrepreneurs. We could see Breaking Bad style blackmarket dealings with crime lords, how he managed to stay clean in the eyes of The Empire and we could even see The Battle of Taanab. I hope they capitalise on the story telling opportunities available while ensuring they further enhance Lando as a character and make us perhaps understand more of why he would turn his friends into The Empire in TESB. It could even touch on Qi’ra and Crimson Dawn, so we know what happens to them and even lead us into a Solo 2. 

These are just my thoughts on the whole situation and I’ll be interested to hear what you think.