Lobot/Legends

"Am I still the only one around here who knows you can talk?"

- Lando Calrissian

Lobot was the assistant to Lando Calrissian in the administration of Cloud City. His brain was connected to a computer which allowed him to communicate directly with the city's computer network.

Biography
"You think Lobot's mute, but he's just too busy talking to the central computer to bother speaking to us 'organics'"

- Lando Calrissian

Lobot (born 38 BBY) was the son of a slaver, who traveled across the galaxy raiding backward and povertous worlds for slaves. At the age of 15, his father was killed when their ship was boarded by pirates. However, Lobot managed to evade capture and eventually ended up at Cloud City in the gas giant of Bespin. There, the young Lobot was arrested by the Bespin Wing Guard for stealing. However, he requested that the Baroness-Administrator Ellisa Shallence preside over his case. Ellisa then sentenced Lobot to 15 years of involuntary service to the Cloud City community and to undergo cyborg augmentation. However, Lobot became one of the most hardworking and loyal employees in Cloud City, and when his sentence was fulfilled, he freely chose to serve his community as its computer liaison officer.



In 1 ABY, Lando Calrissian became Baron Administrator after a game of sabacc with the former Administrator Dominic Raynor, losing his ship, the Cobra, in the process. Eventually, Lobot became Calrissin's aide and a close friend.

In 3 ABY, he was present when Lando Clarissian greeted his former mate Han Solo along with his Rebel companions Princess Leia Organa, Chewbacca and C-3PO. When an Imperial force under Darth Vader arrived and arrested Han and his companions, Lobot was essential in helping a repentant Lando to rescue them and escape from the City.

After the takeover of Cloud City by Imperial forces, he served the Imperial garrison's governor Captain Treece. However, during an insurrection by the Ugnaughts, his cyborg implant was sabotaged by the Ugnaughts as part of their plot to access Cloud City's central computer. Following that brief insurrection, Treece sold Lobot as a slave to the infamous Jabba the Hutt, who immediately procured a combat cloud car fitted with special modifications, including a carbonite weapon, for his "Demolition" games

However, he managed to escape Jabba and make it back to Cloud City. When Calrissian returned to Cloud City following the defeat of the Empire at the Battle of Endor, Lobot's malfunctioning borg implant made him attack his former master and friend Calrissian. However, Lando repaired him and used Lobot's cybernetic abilities to repair the damage inflicted on the city by the Ugnaughts.

Lobot would continue to serve Cloud City even when Zorba the Hutt became Baron Administrator and when the city was retaken by the Empire twice by Grand Admiral Thrawn in 9 ABY during the Thrawn Crisis and by the Empire Reborn in 14 ABY. Thus, he became known for being dependable. Lobot would later became the Baron Administrator of Cloud City for a little while, through at least 17 ABY, during which time Lobot accompanied Lando Calrissian on a New Republic mission to investigate the mysterious ship codenamed the Teljkon Vagabond which had reappeared near Gmar Askilon. There, Lobot played a major role in discovering that the Vagabond was crafted by the long-extinct Qella species as a "tool kit" for melting their frozen homeworld of Qella which was trapped in an ice age. The circumstances surrounding his giving up the title of Baron Administrator are unknown.

Lobot would continue his adventures with Lando in 19 ABY, this time accompanying Han, Lando and Moegid on a trip to Bastion to attempt to secure a copy of the original Caamas Document and quell the growing instability of the New Republic.

In 23 ABY, Lando established the GemDiver Station which harvested minerals from the gas giant of Yavin. A loyal Lobot would continue to serve Lando there though he would later return to Cloud City where he would remain during the Yuuzhan Vong War.

Behind the scenes

 * Lobot's only appearance in the Star Wars movies is in The Empire Strikes Back, where he is portrayed by John Hollis.

Appearances

 * Lady Luck
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Marvel Star Wars 56: Coffin in the Clouds
 * Marvel Star Wars 57: Hello, Bespin, Goodbye
 * Star Wars: Demolition
 * Tales from Jabba's Palace
 * A Bad Feeling: The Tale of EV-9D9
 * The Black Fleet Crisis
 * Hand of Thrawn Duology
 * Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy