Lobot

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• Homeworld:
  Bespin

• Species:
  Human/Cyborg

• Gender:
  Male

• Size:
  1.75 meters

• Vehicle:
  Cloud Car

• Affiliation:
  Cloud City

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From the Movies

Never far from Baron Administrator Lando Calrissian's side was Lobot, Calrissian's aide and Cloud City's computer liaison officer. Lobot is a human male with a shiny, brain-enhancing device wrapped around the back of his skull that allowed him to contact directly with the city's central computer.

From the Expanded Universe

Lobot was born a slaver's son, and he traveled the galaxy as a boy, aiding his father in raids on primitive worlds. Around his 15th birthday, his father's ship was besieged by a competing group of pirates. Lobot's father was killed, and the ship was scuttled. The youngster's escape led him to Cloud City.

On Cloud City, Lobot was caught thieving by the Wing Guard. He asked that the Baroness-Administrator preside over his case. The Administrator, Ellisa Shallence, decreed that Lobot repay his debt to Cloud City by becoming an indentured servant to the community, and undergoing cyborg augmentation. The end result was one of the most loyal employees Cloud City has ever had. He served Cloud City for a period of 15 years, and when his sentence was over, Lobot voluntarily continued serving as the computer liaison officer. Lobot's loyalty to Cloud City even led him to betray the draconian Baron Raynor to newcomer Lando Calrissian, who followed as Administrator.

Lobot stayed with Cloud City even during the Imperial occupation. He reported to Captain Treece, the new Imperial governor. When Treece's despotic rule caused an Ugnaught insurrection, the Ugnaughts sabotaged Lobot in an effort to access the city's central computer. Lobot's malfunctioning borg implant caused him to attack Calrissian, who had returned to Cloud City. Calrissian repaired Lobot, and the aide used his cybernetic abilities to repair the sabotage the Ugnaughts had inflicted on the city.

Lobot has weathered so many administrators throughout his long career that most look to him as the city's de-facto leader. He has kept things running despite incredible challenges, from the stewardship of the despicable Zorba the Hutt, to the return of the Imperial garrison during Grand Admiral Thrawn's campaign to retake the Core. Lobot has become synonymous with dependability.

This is why Lando Calrissian recruited Lobot to help solve the mystery of the Teljkon vagabond that had been plaguing the New Republic fleet 16 years after the Battle of Yavin. It was Lobot's advanced brain, in part, that helped discover that the mysterious ship was the last remnant of the alien species known as the Qella.

Calrissian again called upon his friend to help in the establishment of GemDiver Station, a mining colony that harvested precious stones from the atmosphere of Yavin. A short time later, Lobot returned to Cloud City, where he remains during the Yuuzhan Vong crisis.

Behind the Scenes

Lobot was unnamed throughout most of Empire's production, known only as "Lando's aide." His name is a corruption of "lobotomy," a nod to a last minute change to the character. Originally, Lobot was to have a great deal of dialogue, but the filmmakers decided that he was in fact lobotomized to accommodate the installation of his cyborg implant. The procedure rendered Lobot a mute. In the Expanded Universe, Lobot is capable of speaking, but he rarely does so.