Author Adilufu Nama wrote in 2008 that Lando "offered a new benchmark in the status of black representation in science fiction cinema". According to Alyssa Rosenberg of The Washington Post, Lando is a "fascinating and fraught part of the Star Wars legacy and the conversation around race in science fiction". She added that "Lando's the only character in Star Wars with a truly comfortable sense of style." On his portrayal, she wrote, "One of Williams's accomplishments in Empire and Return of the Jedi is how much he [feels] like an old-fashioned movie star in a futuristic setting without making the performance seem incongruous."
