In “Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back” the cyborg Lobot only makes a small appearance. But now, 43 years after the film’s release, a comic gave further background information about the seemingly inconspicuous character and explains what an important role he plays in the Star Wars universe.
The character Lobot only appears as an inconspicuous, silent supporting character in Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back from 1980.
But a new comic revealed some background information about the cyborg and explains his role in the story.
Here you can see a trailer for Star Wars Episode 5, the film in which Lobot also makes a small appearance:
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Lobot is Lando Calrissian’s best friend and moral anchor
What do we learn about Lobot in the comic? In the comic Star Wars #40 by Charles Soule and Madibek Musabekov, which was published on November 1, 2023, Lando tries to save Lobot because his cyborg implants have been corrupted by an Andruid virus.
In this context, there is a flashback scene that shows an important moment between the two and reveals more about their friendship.
Lando says to the cyborg: “Everyone in this industry agrees on one thing: you have to tell someone the truth. Someone has to keep you honest. If you start lying to this person, you are heading towards the edge of a cliff…To me, you are that person, Lobot.”
The cyborg is not only Calrissian’s best friend, but also a moral anchor and is the one person he would never lie to.
Lobot thus secures the basis for the positive character development from smuggler and fraudster to hero that Calrissian achieves in the films.
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Lobot only has a few scenes in Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back. However, there was originally more video footage of the character; But the sequences didn’t make it into the finished film and were cut.
The fact that even the smallest details, such as the inconspicuous supporting character, can play a role in the Star Wars films was also shown by an anecdote that Leia actress Carrie Fisher († December 2016) humorously recorded in her book:
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