Lobot, also known by the nickname Lo, was a male human from the planet Bespin who, with the assistance of his AJ^6 cyborg construct, was paid to run battlefield calculations for the Galactic Empire. However, he eventually began working with the smuggler Lando Calrissian aboard the Millennium Falcon, running numerous criminal jobs. During one job, the theft of the Emperor’s personal yacht, Lobot was gravely wounded by an Imperial Guard. In his injured state, Lobot’s mind was lost and his cybernetic implants took over.
In the time to come, Calrissian became Baron Administrator of Cloud City on Lobot’s homeworld of Bespin, and Lobot served as his aide and chef. As the city‘s computer-liaison officer, his implants enabled him to communicate with the city’s central network. During the Empire’s takeover of Cloud City, Lando ordered Lobot to gather their security forces to outflank the stormtroopers. Although they successfully helped evacuate the city by rounding up the stormtroopers, the city soon fell to the Empire and Lobot was captured.
Following the Empire’s defeat at the Battle of Endor, Imperial Governor Ubrik Adelhard tightened his grip on the Anoat sector, home to Bespin, forming the Iron Blockade. Receiving support from the New Republic, Lobot fought to liberate his homeworld.
Why doesn’t Lobot, Lando’s aide on Cloud City, talk? The cyborg construct on his head was designed to rob him of his personality, making him a mindless analyst. He was able to fight its programming and remain his normal, talkative self, until a mission went wrong with Lando. Stuck on an Imperial ship set for self-destruct, Lobot sacrificed his personality to interface with the computer. The implants took over his mind, but he successfully reactivated the escape pods. And that’s how we see him on Cloud City. But after the capture of Han Solo, some hope rekindled that Lobot could one day be saved…