Solo: A Star Wars Story - 10 Best Callbacks To The Original Saga Explained

6. Lando And The Falcon

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Ever since The Empire Strikes Back, it's been known that Lando Calrissian was the original (or, at least, the previous) owner of the Millennium Falcon. In fact, one of the first things Lando ever did in a Star Wars film was ask Han Solo "what have you done to my ship?", in response to which, Han reminds Lando that he had won the ship from him "fair and square."

In Solo, we get to see exactly how that exchange took place.

Early on in the film, Han challenges Lando to a game of Sabacc in which he wagers his non-existent ship against Lando's Millennium Falcon. Lando wins thanks to the trump card hidden up his sleeve, but before he can collect, Qi'ra steps in to tell Lando that his ship is needed for a heist and Han's debt is forgiven.

At the very end of the film, following an incident in which Lando had taken his ship and gone home, leaving his compatriots behind, Han and Chewie track him down to a Sabacc table on a jungle planet. Han roughs up Lando, swiping the card from his sleeve in the process, before convincing him he was just roughhousing and only there for a friendly rematch.

When all was said and done, Han used Lando's secret card against him to win the Falcon, declaring that he had done so "fair and square" (which is technically true, considering that they both cheated in the exact same way.)

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