It’s been a rumor for a little while now, but we have confirmation that Billy Dee Williams‘ famous character, Lando Calrissian, will be joining the cast of Star Wars Rebels. You saw in the previews that the Rebels made their way to Cloud City, and fans had speculated that we’d be seeing everyone’s smuggler-gone-polititian, Calrissian. Below, we have confirmation via twitter from the man himself, regarding his involvement.

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Star Wars Rebels airs this upcoming July on Disney XD.

~Chaz

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