That’s right, kids…that swooning swashbuckler who took down the second Death Star is again guest starring in an ABC prime-time drama. Billy Dee Williams will appear in an upcoming episode of Private Practice, playing a man who “has been dutifully caring for his lady as she sings the blues (his wife is addled by dementia-type symptoms), yet he has been doing so with selfless disregard for his own declining health.”

As you know, Billy Dee makes everything he touches cooler just by association. He was in Empire Strikes Back, widely regarded as the best Star Wars movie…he was in Ladies Man, widely regarded as the best starring-Tim Meadows movie…and he was in my personal favorite, though widely panned Lost episode, “Exposé”.

So, you’ve got a couple of months to brace yourself for the awesomeness of Billy Dee. Be prepared.

(Source: TV Guide)