Will Billy Dee Williams return as Lando mean he’ll take Ford’s final route?

‘Star Wars’ fans are delighted that Billy Dee Williams will return as Lando in ‘Episode IX,’ but some are worried it means he’ll die in the movie…

and it’s not surprising, either!

The original Lando, Billy Dee Williams, is reprising his role as the suave smuggler for next year’s Episode IX.

Williams played Lando in the original trilogy’s “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi,” while the majestic, Donald Glover played a young Lando in this year’s fantastic, standalone film “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”

© Lucasfilm Above: Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian and Harrison Ford as Han Solo in ‘Star Wars’.

Williams’ Lando is one of just a few characters from the original trilogy likely to reprise their roles in “Episode IX” along with Chewbacca, R2-D2, and C-3PO.

Harrison Ford’s Han Solo and Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker both died in “The Force Awakens” and “The Last Jedi,” respectively. General Leia Organa survived “The Last Jedi,” but actress Carrie Fisher passed away in December 2016.

Fans are thrilled that Williams is returning, but given that both Han and Luke have died in the new trilogy, some are worried that Lando will be the one to perish this time around.

People are obviously excited about Williams returning. He’s a great actor and a great presence on the screen, oozing with charm and wonderful array of colourful capes.

Culturedemandsgeeks hopes the plan is not to kill Lando and the last part of our childhood by the third act.

Unfortunately for Star Wars fans who are hoping Episode IX will be a paperwork-heavy look at Calrissian’s bureaucratic work as the administrator of Cloud City, John Hollis, the actor who played Lando’s cyborg sidekick Lobot, died in 2005.

But there’s still a chance Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and the rest of the Star Wars crew will have to team up to steal Lobot’s body and smuggle it through First Order customs so they can fulfill his final wish of being cremated in Joshua Tree like his idol Gram Parsons.

We’ll find out more when Episode IX hits theaters on Dec. 20, 2019