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In the small circle of Star Wars discussion I've followed, there was someone who'd start bristling at the most casual reference to Lando "betraying" Han and bringing up he'd done that for the sake of everyone in Cloud City. I do understand that myself, but I have to admit to wondering a bit about the exact circumstances of him joining the good guys, if the movie had fully established the Imperials wouldn't be leaving or if, by saving Leia, Chewie, and Threepio, Lando knew he'd be provoking that... (The novelization and comic book adaptation end the carbon-freezing scene with Vader casually following through on his previous threat to leave a garrison instead of "just" proclaiming he'd be taking the princess and the Wookiee with him.) I can certainly imagine elaborate explanations even if I can't quite articulate them here and now, but perhaps I'm also stuck with the thought that in a Star Wars movie where viewers had been ticked off earlier they'd be up in arms about a "plot hole."