Lobot / Legends Lobot was a Human male who served as the chief administrative aide to Baron Administrator Lando Calrissian on Cloud City over the planet Bespin . His brain was connected to the city ' s central computer which allowed him to communicate directly with the city ' s computer network . In this capacity , he served as the city ' s first and only computer - liaison officer . Biography . Early years . Lobot was the son of a slaver , who traveled across the galaxy raiding backwater and poor worlds for slaves . At the age of 15 , his father was killed when their ship was boarded by pirates . Lobot served as the pirates ' slave for two years before he escaped to Cloud City in the gas giant of Bespin . Arriving there with no means of survival — no money , job , or home — the young Lobot was arrested by the Bespin Wing Guard for stealing and convicted of the crime . However , he requested that the Baroness Administrator Ellisa Shallence preside over his case . Seeing potential in the young vagabond , Ellisa sentenced Lobot to fifteen years of involuntary service to the Cloud City community , rather than serve a lengthy prison term , and for him to undergo cyborg augmentation . Cloud City techs shaved Lobot ' s head , drilled holes in his skull , and then fitted him with a Biotech Aj ^ 6 cyborg headband . Lobot would indenture himself to the city by becoming the first cyborg computer - liaison officer in its history . He became one of the most hardworking and loyal employees in Cloud City , and even when his sentence was fulfilled , he freely chose to continue serving his community . He was rewarded for his loyalty by being named chief administrative aide to the Baron Administrator . Lobot ' s new cybernetic implants increased his intelligence dramatically . He could communicate with the city ' s central computer at all times , controlling issues of bureaucracy , law enforcement , computer programming , repair and security , as well as the communication systems , repulsorlifts , and life - support systems . In many ways , Lobot " was " Cloud City — he was the true power behind its everyday operations , whereas the Baron Administrator served that role to the public ' s face . In the past , running the city ' s computer would take dozens of specialists . Now , Lobot could fulfill the duties of many instantly . The only negative side effect was that his speech centers deteriorated under the neural pathways to his brain . While he still retained the ability to speak , his speech was reduced to minimal , infrequent sentences . Regardless , he rarely felt the need to speak , for he could fulfill his duties without the need for verbal communication . His observations of the world came to focus on numbers and formulas . His loss of humanity seemed strange only to those who did not know him . Assisting Starkiller . Around 2 BBY , Lobot met with Vader ' s apprentice Starkiller who was looking for senator Garm Bel Iblis . However , Lobot had to inform him that Bel Iblis wasn ' t present because he ' d gone to negotiate with Chop ' aa Notimo , whose gang of mercenaries were wreaking havoc in Cloud City . During this encounter , Lobot displayed the ability to completely resist Marek ' s attempted use of a mind trick . While Starkiller went on his rescue mission , Lobot led Cloud City security forces in the resistance and effort to win back Cloud City against the mercenaries . Calrissian ' s aide . In 1 ABY , a gambler named Lando Calrissian arrived in the city , challenging then inept Baron Administrator Dominic Raynor to a winner - takes - all game of sabacc . Lobot recognized in Calrissian an opportunity to boost the struggling work of the city . He inconspicuously helped Calrissian win the game , with Lando becoming the city ' s new administrator as well as managing to win back his ship , the " Cobra " . Calrissian would retain Lobot ' s services , utilizing his abilities in ways never before thought of , such as in Lando ' s more clandestine operations . During Calrissian ' s reign , Lobot did not object when his master secretly aided the Rebellion . He certainly held no affinity for the Empire from his days as a slave . When the scientist Issan Len was murdered in the city and the Rebels were blamed , Lobot assisted Calrissian in clearing his name . Lobot even saved Calrissian ' s life when the rogue supervisory droid EV - 9D9 rigged the city with secretly planted bombs . In 3 ABY , he was present when Lando Calrissian greeted his former friend Han Solo along with his Rebel companions Princess Leia Organa , Chewbacca and C - 3PO . When an Imperial force under the Princess ' father , Darth Vader , was revealed and arrested Solo and his companions , Lobot was instrumental in helping a repentant Lando to rescue them , responding immediately to Calrissian ' s issued " Code Force Seven . " Lobot arrived with a group of Cloud City guards to free Leia , Chewbacca , and a dismantled Threepio from their Imperial captors . When the group was making their final escape from the city , Lobot , through the city ' s central computer interface , informed R2 - D2 that the Empire had deactivated the hyperdrive on the " Millennium Falcon " , and also informed the droid the precise manner by which to repair it . Using this vital information , R2 - D2 in turn repaired the malfunctioning hyperdrive , helping the group elude Imperial capture for good . After the takeover of Cloud City by Imperial forces , he served the Imperial garrison ' s governor Captain Hugo Treece . However , during an insurrection by the Ugnaughts , his motivational programming capsule was sabotaged as part of their plot to access Cloud City ' s central computer . Calrissian soon returned months later to find a malfunctioning Lobot , who initially attacked him . Calrissian managed to remove and repair the capsule , enabling Lobot ' s computer interface abilities to disarm eleven bombs strategically placed throughout the city by the Ugnaughts . Treece tried to kill Calrissian by throwing him off the city to the depths below , but Lobot once again saved him by using a life - jet to catch him . Along with Calrissian , Luke Skywalker , and Lieutenant Shira Brie , Lobot helped to overthrow the Imperial presence in the city for the time being . Following that brief insurrection , and with a new mean streak , Lobot vowed to hunt down and dismantle EV - 9D9 as payback for the droid ' s attempted destruction of Cloud City . Stealing a cloud car , Lobot traveled to Jabba ' s Palace on Tatooine but was captured by the Hutt before he was able to complete his mission . Though Jabba at first planned to feed Lobot to his rancor , Tamtel Skreej — actually a disguised Lando Calrissian — spoke up for his former companion and asked that Jabba instead place Lobot in his demolition games . Jabba agreed immediately , but Lobot did not realize that Skreej was his friend in disguise and so the two became fierce rivals in the competition . However , he eventually managed to escape Jabba and make it back to Cloud City . Later life . Lobot would continue to serve Cloud City even when Zorba the Hutt became Baron Administrator in 5 ABY ; and when the city was retaken for the Empire by Grand Admiral Thrawn . Lobot was captured by Imperials during the liberation of Cloud City , but the former clone trooper X2 , now a Jedi Knight , freed Lobot from his prison cell . X2 also protected Lobot while he retook control of the city ' s computer system . Soon , Bespin was liberated . Lobot would later become the Baron Administrator of Cloud City for a number of years , through at least 17 ABY , during which time he 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 . He accomplished this seemingly impossible task by detaching part of his cybernetic headgear and reattaching it to part of the " Vagabond " central nervous system , finding that he could communicate with the ship in this manner . Lobot would continue his adventures with Lando in 19 ABY , this time accompanying Han , Lando and Moegid as spies to the Imperial Capitol of Bastion to attempt to secure a copy of the original Caamas Document and quell the growing instability of the New Republic . Because of his neural implants he was able to act as a puppet for Moegid ' s expert computer skills to investigate the Imperial library undetected . 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 , although he would later return to Cloud City , where he would remain during the Yuuzhan Vong War . Personality and traits . As assistant to the flamboyant Lando Calrissian , Lobot was not one to neglect his appearance , often sporting a fineweave sherculién - cloth shirt . Behind the scenes . Lobot ' s only appearance in the " Star Wars " movies is in , where he is portrayed by John Hollis . He also appears in the , where he is portrayed by voice - actor Tom Kane . A character serving as Lando Calrissian ' s assistant was present in most of the original screenplays of " The Empire Strikes Back " , and many production paintings depicted this character as a tall , regal dark - skinned woman . One of the later drafts of the script established this character as a cyborg , and it was then that actor John Hollis was selected for the role by the filmmakers . Hollis was originally only hired for a week ' s worth of work , but because of the film ' s extended shooting schedule , he remained on the Bespin set at Elstree Studios for ten weeks . Throughout most of the film ' s production , Lobot was only referred to as " Lando ' s aide " and is referred to as such in the credits . He was to have a great deal of dialogue , mostly with Calrissian . However , the filmmakers decided that the character had been lobotomized as a result of the installation of his cybernetic implant , causing him to become a mute . This decision reportedly did not concern Hollis . As a reference to this change , the character was named " Lobot , " a corruption of the word " lobotomy . " The cybernetic implant prop Hollis wore on his head was completely battery - powered and was connected to a spring clip that was fit around the actor ' s head . However , the prop was quite heavy and uncomfortable for Hollis to wear . A scene cut from " The Empire Strikes Back " depicted a critically injured Lobot being carried away by several men wearing white masks . This was meant to serve as Lobot ' s death scene , but it was ultimately removed by the filmmakers because there was a possibility that the character would appear in the following film , . In " " , Lobot can be seen disco dancing to a Star Wars Disco Theme in a quiet hallway of Cloud City . Lobot ' s appearance in " " gave him pre - and post - match taunts which created a rather more aggressive ( not to mention vocal ) character than seen in , and is contrary to all other representations of Lobot throughout the Star Wars Universe . The game is the only chance to actually hear his voice , aside from . In " The Empire Strikes Back " , Lobot mouths a soundless reply to Lando before taking captured Stormtroopers to the security tower . The French dub ( from the 2004 European release ) adds an audible answer . In " Star Wars : The Force Unleashed " , Starkiller attempts to use a Mind trick on Lobot , but it has no effect . In " " and " " , Lobot is a playable character if purchased and can suffer mind tricks .