 Son of a slaver, then a slave himself, the checkered life of this human-turned-cyborg
hasn't lacked for drama. After escaping his pirate captors and arriving on Bespin's floating Cloud City, Lobot
was forced to steal to survive. He was caught and sentenced, but the city's Baroness Administrator suggested
an alternative to a lenghty prison sentence: become indentured to the city as its first cyborg liaison officer
with the computers that ran everything. Lobot was fitted with advanced cyborg components, including a visible computer bracket that wrapped around the back of his bald head, which dramatically increased his intelligence and let him communicate directly with the city's central computer. Lobot remained on the job even after fulfilling his sentence and helped rogue gambler Lando Calrissian win control of Cloud City from a draconian administrator in a sabacc game. Lobot saved Calrissian's life at least once, when rogue robot EV-9D9 planted bombs on Cloud City. He stayed behind after Calrissian and his new Rebel Alliance friends fled following the visit of Darth Vader, who used local facilities to freeze Han Solo into a block of carbonite. Months later Calrissian returned and was attacked by Lobot, whose motivational-programming capsule had been damaged by Ugnaughts rebelling against Imperial rule. Calrissian repaired the damaged capsule and Lobot was then able to disarm bombs that the Ugnaughts had planted around Cloud City. Later, Calrissian and Lobot teamed up with the Ugnaughts in a successful fight against the Imperial occupiers. Calrissian called on him again during the Yevethan crisis when Calrissian was trying to solve the mystery of the Teljkon vagabond ghost ship. He lured Lobot with the promise of a vacation. When the two of them and the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO boarded the vagabond, it took off with them inside. Eventually, Lobot figured out a way to talk to the vagabond by connecting his interface band with a network of wires attached to the ship. But while it was willing to give him information, the ship wouldn't give him control. The involuntary crew was rescued by Luke Skywalker and Colonel Pakkpekatt at Malta Obex. Years later, Lobot surfaced as Calrissian's aide when he opened GemDiver Station in orbit around Yavin. |