>>23356585
Another thing that's not mentioned that often is how by the end of the story he becomes the underdog.
In the first half he pilots dinky shit that doesn't even have the ability to damage the gundam and by the time his suits catch up, Amuro awakens his space wizard powers and becomes an unstoppable killing machine.
IIRC after Lalah dies he explicitly expresses his doubts "how the fuck am I even supposed to fight that?" which makes audience sympathize with him.

Char starts out as just a 2cool4school boss character and he gets progressively more humanized as the show progresses.