Jay said:
Be careful with racial discussions, please. It’s really easy for that to veer off into a bad place. There’s no reason to assume Boyega was cast in the part other than they felt he was good for the role.

I wasn’t saying there was anything wrong with his character being in the film. My point was that there wasn’t any more substance to his character. He was flat, just a plot device and an idea on paper. He seemed unnecessarily placed in the film.

Lando on the other hand had such an interesting and fully fleshed out personality. I feel like if I met Lando Calrissian in a card room tomorrow night, I would know exactly how he would act and what he might say. His character is that tangible and familiar. His race was completely irrelevant, and the fact that they just happened to cast a black man who played the role terrifically is absolutely fine with me.

Jay said:
I would prefer this type of speculation be left out of the discussion, please.

You’re right, the conversation can go to a dangerous place pretty quickly. Perhaps I should have just kept it at “stormtrooper turned good guy” and left the racial component out of it.

My point was that his character was more of an idea than anything else.