Was Lando a bad guy?

[Penumbran Wolf]

To answer your question: No. No he wasn't. He was a member of a rare breed of man known as "A Responsible Ruler". Vader threatened to blow up the city without so much as a "Duck and Cover" PSA if Lando didn't play along and make nicey with Fett and the storm troopers. He put the well being of his people over his personal feelings, like a good ruling body (I'm looking at you Washington). It's even mentioned that the original deal was to allow Han, Leia, Chewy, and the droids to be remanded to house arrest in cloud city, but Vader being the uncaring douche he is "altered the deal". So no. He wasn't a bad guy. Just a responsible person.

 

[Sniper Team 4]

He was the only black guy in the original Trilogy... HE WAS THE WORST BAD GUY O.O

Always thought that was funny. The only black guy in the entire universe with the exception of Samuel Jackson.

Ah, but there is another black guy in the original trilogy. There's a X-wing pilot in Return of the Jedi that you see just before he gets blown up.

I don't think Lando is a bad guy, or even a traitor. I think he's a good man who was put in an impossible position. Based on his character and what he was facing, I understand the original choice he made. I also knew that, despite how much he goes on about profits, the original choice would eat him up. It wasn't a good choice, but there weren't many options.

Besides, he more than made up for it. The second Death Star attack would have failed without him. No, I'm not talking about the fact that he blew it up. I'm talking about the fact that, when everyone was ready to cut and run, Lando was the one that made them stay and fight.

 

[Zeema]

he backstabbed then got reformed

so i would say Good Natured Bad guy

 

[Zeraki]

If Lando didn't cooperate, Vader wouldn't have had any qualms about blowing the city out of the clouds. Lando knew this, and had to make a tough choice. He wasn't a bad guy, he was in a bad situation and had to choose between the needs of the many, and the needs of the few.

It always annoyed me how people vilified Lando. He did what any responsible ruler would, and he obviously hated himself for doing it. Especially when Vader kept altering the deal they had made.

 

[JochemDude]

Just like Han Solo he was the morally doubtful character that would redeem himself before the end.

 

[Nouw]

He blew up the second Death Star. Isn't that enough?

Oh my god there's Michael Ironside in that video! That video is even more awesome.

 

[Shaoken]

Promise of money (if I remember properly) and being asked by the legendary badass Boba Fett might have been the cause. Regardless, he makes up for that slip up x10 later.

No no, he was told by Vader that he had to set them up or he would destroy Cloud City. And the original deal was that Vader get's Luke, but the rest of them remain on Cloud City under house arrest. Vader altering the deal to give Han over to Fett and take Leia and Chewie away made him decide that he'd rather lose his city then let him get away with that.

 

[Something Amyss]

He was a man with his back against a wall with his city held hostage.

I saw nothing wrong with his decision.

He also blew up the second Death Star.

I'd say that more than makes up for it.

Not to mention, when Han got taken and his city was threatened, he pissed it all away.

I have trouble believing he was a bad guy. I do think he was a bit of a bastard for betraying Han in the first place, but....

Better question: Was Londo a bad guy?

 

[StarkRhino]

I'd say that he was a good character, supporting what he had built with his own hands. He was involved in fixing every problem he started in the end anyway.

 

[jthwilliams]

From a strategy perspective. He took a situation in which he could not win, retreated and let the enemy gain a victory and forget about him and when worked to regain everything that was lost with minimum causalties.

I would say he was a good man. Now if he had turned over Han and then said f' this I'm not going to tangle with the empire. Or if he had taken money or other personal benefit from vader then you could say he was a bad man. However, I think he was just a man put in a no win scenario who figured out how to take a temporary small loss rather than a larger more lasting loss and then got back what was taken with interest.

 

[Anodos]

Why? Is he now a bad guy in the new blu-ray cut?




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[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Promise of money (if I remember properly) and being asked by the legendary badass Boba Fett might have been the cause. Regardless, he makes up for that slip up x10 later.

No no, he was told by Vader that he had to set them up or he would destroy Cloud City. And the original deal was that Vader get's Luke, but the rest of them remain on Cloud City under house arrest. Vader altering the deal to give Han over to Fett and take Leia and Chewie away made him decide that he'd rather lose his city then let him get away with that.

Kinda figured it was Vader... I really need to watch this movie again.

 

[jawakiller]

He was the only black guy in the original Trilogy... HE WAS THE WORST BAD GUY O.O

The worst?

I was being sarcastically (and maybe fantastically) racist. The reason he was the worst was BECAUSE he was black. Get it? Hur hur, George Lucas is a racist... Now do you get it?

Kids these days.

For further clarification regarding racsim in star wars, refer to a certain Jar jar binks...

-"Weesa all sinking and no power. Whena yousa thinking we are in trouble? "
-"If da masa finds us, wesa gonna get insa biggst troubles."

Which one was a black slave and which one was a fictional character?

 

[Delsana]

An opportunist thinking for his own benefit, selfish to be sure, but he had his heart change, so he's redeemed.

He's in the Expanded Universe as a hero too.

 

[Delsana]

He was the only black guy in the original Trilogy... HE WAS THE WORST BAD GUY O.O

The worst?

I was being sarcastically (and maybe fantastically) racist. The reason he was the worst was BECAUSE he was black. Get it? Hur hur, George Lucas is a racist... Now do you get it?

Kids these days.

For further clarification regarding racsim in star wars, refer to a certain Jar jar binks...

-"Weesa all sinking and no power. Whena yousa thinking we are in trouble? "
-"If da masa finds us, wesa gonna get insa biggst troubles."

Which one was a black slave and which one was a fictional character?

Sorry but Jar Jar actually had an influence and it wasn't that. Lol... find racism in everything.

 

[jawakiller]

Kids these days.

Sorry but Jar Jar actually had an influence and it wasn't that. Lol... find racism in everything.

I quit.

...
Wow. The joke is no longer funny.
[facepalm]

 

[Treblaine]

He was the only black guy in the original Trilogy... HE WAS THE WORST BAD GUY O.O

The worst?

I was being sarcastically (and maybe fantastically) racist. The reason he was the worst was BECAUSE he was black. Get it? Hur hur, George Lucas is a racist... Now do you get it?

Kids these days.

For further clarification regarding racsim in star wars, refer to a certain Jar jar binks...

-"Weesa all sinking and no power. Whena yousa thinking we are in trouble? "
-"If da masa finds us, wesa gonna get insa biggst troubles."

Which one was a black slave and which one was a fictional character?

Uh, that's more Lucas being an idiot than being vindictively racist.

Mind you, I read the original script for Star Wars, when he wanted to call it "The Star Wars" and... oh... god...

It's SO FUCKING BAD! In almost every way.

The producers kept telling him it was crap and over half a decade of rewrites and help from his friends he finally came up with the script. The Phantom Menace was filmed under a first-draft script.

I think WE are somewhat to blame for the Prequel Trilogy, because we treated Lucas as if he was some infallible genius where any interference could destroy his perfect vision, when in fact it was the opposite. The more obstructions put in his way, the better he got got. Brilliance through adversity.

He directed the Prequels from a chair using green screen and simple sets, nothing ever challenged him. No one ever dared him to do better. He never had to match anyone artistically, only financially.

 

[Imat]

He was a businessman first and foremost. He had to look after his own interests and trust his friend, who had gotten himself out of many such sticky situations in the past, would somehow survive this encounter.

Plus he has made it up to Han time and time again since then, not least of which being the Sarlacc encounter familiar to the casual fans.

 

[eternal-chaplain]

It is a simple matter of "The needs of a few vs. the needs of many." Of course even that has its own argument within, as betraying our protagonists would save Cloud City and therefor "many," doing so risks the lives of everyone in the entire galaxy or even the universe as the loss of the few Jedi left in the galaxy would surely allow the Galactic Empire to squash the Rebellion which is now somewhat scattered after the invasion of the planet Hoth. I think Lando did not think as far ahead as he should have, and while his intentions were good, intentions do not mirror the true morality of results.

 

[zestamaster]

being a political leader is tough.... yo have to make decisions some people wont like for the betterment of the community you lead thats what lando did