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InSolo : A Star Wars Story , Han Solo meet his caped frenemy Lando Calrissian for the first clock time , but their share history is n’t quite as momentous as fan have been led to trust . In fact , likeX - Men : First Classwas for mutant best pal Charles Xavier and Magneto , Solois actually reductive to the legend of Han and Lando .

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The Empire Strikes Backfirst introduce Lando as Han’s"old buddy",though Solo had trepidation about calling upon Lando to give them sanctuary from the Empire in Cloud City on Bespin . When Chewbacca roared an objection to the idea of relying on Lando , Han replied"Well , that was a tenacious time ago . I ’m sure he ’s forget about that . " What were Han and Chewie referring to ? The famoussabacc gamewhere Han won theMillennium Falconand Han out - swindled Lando at cheating , perhaps ? Or is there something more that happened later on ?

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The waySololeft things , it ’s changeable whether Han and Lando saw each other again before the Falcon put down on Bespin over a decade later , and it does n’t matter . As things stand , they could never encounter again untilEmpireand the story still works . for sure , there ’s still years of untold narrative that could unite them again , but if the original trilogy is anything to measure by , the most notable piece of their relationship all occurred in the first week of them meeting .

relatively , Professor X and Magnetohave been friends far longer than Han and Lando and had much more momentous interactions in the original 10 - Men movies , but asX - workforce : First Classdepicted , the beginning of their friendship and the amount of time they actually drop with each other was also comparatively brief . The pedigree tale of how the two mutant leader became the dearest of friends only traverse a few calendar week , crown . First Class , likeSolo , call for on the challenge of describe an epic friendly relationship but ends up truncating it for clock time .

However , Xavier and Magneto are specify by their diametrical opposite worldview in regards to mutants and humans co - existing , so the ( far more lengthy ) fourth dimension they spent opposing each other is base on their philosophical differences . AfterFirst Class , a tenner went by until they see each other again in the 1973 timeline ofX - Man : Days of Future Past , and again , they were only together a few twenty-four hour period before Magneto go rogue again . It would be yet another tenner before they would next fill inX - hands : Apocalypse . But that ’s still quite a lot more meter to actually constitute a genuine bond than Han Solo and Lando Calrissian had .

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If all fans are leave with is what they saw in Ron Howard ’s cinema , then the sum total of the canonic share chronicle between the two smugglers was at long last two sabacc game and completing theKessel Runin less than 12 parsecs ( if you round the number down ) . So the beginnings of this epical friendship really only lasted about the length of a tenacious weekend .

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weather friendships that began with inquisitively brief times actually spent together are a conversant normal in movies , but prequels likeSoloandFirst Classsomehow make them less epic than fans imagined . Still , considering the waste , life story - threatening , and friendship - sustain scenario both Han Solo / Lando Calrissianand Professor X / Magneto found themselves in , fans can buy that iron - clothe alliance were forged between the couple even though the films show they pass comparatively brief amount of fourth dimension together .

And , just like how Charles and Erik liked to test each other with game of chess , Han and Lando probably acquire everything they involve to know about each other from their sabacc plot inSolo . in the end , it was enough to become bud for life , but fans ca n’t be pick if they always imagined more than what the flick show it was .

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