The broken pedestal is a powerful character moment. Someone you look up to and aspire to be like turns out to be an arrogant jerk when you finally meet them up close. (Or actively evil, if you like playing closer to the ends of the moral spectrum.) Yet another trick up your sleeve for a gaming context if one of the PCs has someone in the game world they look up to.

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Lando: I didn't want Vader using the freeze chamber on you, so I told him Han was dead.
Lando: I... lied.
Chewbacca: Good gracious. In all the time I've known you, I've never known you to lie.
Lando: I always thought the Empire were the good guys. Law and order. But I've never seen them up close before.
Lando: I don't know what I'm going to do now. When they find out I've released you...
Leia: Join the Rebellion.
Leia: Join us, and together we can save the Galaxy.
{beat}
Lando: Well, I do own the fastest ship in this sector.
Han: {frozen} Only when you pry it out of my cold, not-dead hands!