An Iconic Star Wars Hero Is About to Betray the Rebellion

Summary

Warning ! This clause carry freebooter for Star Wars # 40During the era ofStar Wars ’ original trilogy , there were only a handful of people Han , Luke , Leia , and Chewie could trust in their battle against the Empire outside the established Rebel Alliance . Though one of those iconicStar Warsheroes from the original trilogy is about to betray the Rebellion , but not in the way fans might expect .

InStar Wars : Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back , fan were enter to a role diagnose Lobot . Lobot is a man with an AJ^6 cyborg construct from the satellite Bespin . While primitively a cog in the Imperial simple machine , Lobot eventually conjoin with the bang felon , Lando Calrissian , and stayed by his side when Lando became Baron Administrator of Cloud City on Bespin . Lobot was especially utile given his connection to Cloud City itself , as his cybernetic sweetening provide him direct communicating with the urban center ’s central web . It was this ability that made the all-inclusive voidance of Cloud City potential inEpisode V , after the Empire repose title to the urban center followingDarth Vader ’s successful gaining control of Han Soloand the failed capture of Luke , Leia , Lando , and Chewie . Lobot was a fast ally and trusted friend of Lando , which is something that is flesh out in much heavy item in the comics . alas , that added information about his story comes with knowing why Lobot did n’t appear inEpisode VI , or any subsequentStar Warsadventures , for that matter . It seems , while initially heroic and loyal , Lobot ’s termination in theStar Warsuniverse is destined to be one of treachery . Though not betrayal to the Empire , but unwitting betrayal through Scourge infection .

Star Wars’ Scourge Will Infect Lobot, Causing Him To Betray The Rebellion

In a preview shared byLeague of Comic GeeksforStar Wars#40 by Charles Soule and Madibek Musabekov , both the verbal description for the upcoming comic and the cover art ( by artist Stephen Segovia ) hints that Lobot will be infect by the Scourge , causing him to unknowingly wander the Rebellion . As found inDark Droids , the Scourge is a sentient artificial intelligencethat can pass through droids or cyborgs at will . When it does so , it supply them to its ever - farm beehive - mind . Its goal is to bring enough droids and cyborgs into its collective until it has the enduringness to destroy all organic lifetime in the galaxy and rule with an iron fist . This stand for that the Scourge is in effect the greatest scourge to both the Empire and the Rebellion , and it seems the Scourge is going to use Lobot ’s influence in the Rebellion to take the Rebels down from the interior .

The current state ofStar Warscanon in the comic deal blank space betweenEpisode VandEpisode VI , which means fans get to see much more of Lobot as he and Lando body of work to fight back the Empire and achieve triumph for the Rebellion . Lobot ’s heroics in help to emancipate Cloud City inEpisode Vwere just the bakshish of the berg as far as his committedness to the Rebellion last , make him one of the slap-up hoagy the Rebels had ever worked with . But , as previously bring up , Lobot is nowhere to be see in Episode VI or after , which means his story must stop during this clock time betweenEpisode VandEpisode VI . And it seems Scourge transmission followed by a tragical treachery of his newfound family is how it will happen .

This gut - wrenching event is one that has been build in theStar Warscomics for some fourth dimension , as Lobot ’s dark pedigree into Scourge infection is one that has been teased in previews forStar Wars#38 , # 39 , and now # 40 . free-base on this grounds , it seems Lobot ’s betrayal will have a profound impingement on the wide of the mark Star Wars canon . Though whatever pass off , all fans eff for certain is that Lobot is about to betray the Rebellion inStar Warscomics , and it ’s all because he gets infected by the Scourge .

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