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==Alternate Versions==
 
==Alternate Versions==
*In Star Wars Legends, IG-88A received a largely different backstory in the former Star Wars Expanded Universe. He was revealed as one of four assassin droids created as '''Project Phlutdroid'''. After activation, he killed his creators at '''Hollowan Laboratories''' and implanted copies of his mind in the other three IG-88 series bodies creating IG-88B, IG-88C and IG-88D. He believed he was superior to organic life and intended to wipe out biological entities from the galaxy where he operated as a bounty hunter whilst looking to achieve his goal.  
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*In Star Wars Legends, IG-88A received a largely different backstory in the former Star Wars Expanded Universe. He was revealed as one of four assassin droids created as '''Project Phlutdroid'''. After activation, he killed his creators at '''Hollowan Laboratories''' and implanted copies of his mind in the other three IG-88 series bodies creating IG-88B, IG-88C and IG-88D. He believed he was superior to organic life and intended to wipe out biological entities from the galaxy where he operated as a bounty hunter whilst looking to achieve his goal. Following their wanton destruction of Holowan Laboratories and their ruthless assassination purges of everyone even remotely connected with their design and manufacture, the Empire issues a 'Dismantle on Sight' warrant for them. The IG-88 units take over the droid manufacturing planet Mechis III as a step in a plan to take over the galaxy. A reprogram signal is planted into every droid in the factory, which, when activated, will cause the droid to kill the owner. The '''Droid Revolution''' entered its first step at this point. Having heard of IG-88's exploits, Darth Vader calls upon the assassin droid to help track down the Millennium Falcon and its crew in The Empire Strikes Back. IG-88B, while hacking into Vader's Super Star Destroyer's computer, learns of the second Death Star and sends that information to its brethren. IG-88B follows Boba Fett to Cloud City, but Fett lays a trap and destroys the droid. IG-88C and D follows Fett to Tatooine to capture Han Solo, and Fett destroys both IG-88C and its ship, the IG-2000. Fett defeats IG-88D's ship when that droid attempts a subsequent attack. D survives and limps off to Ord Mantell, but is destroyed by Dash Rendar. IG-88A transfers its program into the second Death Star's computer and intends to take control of the space station to use it as the driving force of the Droid Revolution. When the superlaser, it was actually the droid in control. However, the droid's program was destroyed when the Rebel Alliance obliterates the Death Star
  
 
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IG-88

IG-88 is a robotic film character who features in Star Wars.

Contents

Biography

IG-88 was a bounty hunter droid who was among those hired by Darth Vader to retrieve the crew of the Millennium Falcon.

He was one of a number of bounty hunters that received a summons from Darth Vader where he travelled to the Super Star Destroyer Executor. Once there, he joined others that included Boba Fett, Bossk, Dengar, Zuckuss and 4-LOM.

Overview

Personality and attributes

Powers and abilities

IG-88 was a battered chrome war droid who had become a bounty hunter.

Notes

  • IG-88 was created by George Lucas and featured in the setting of the Star Wars universe.
  • Ralph McQuarrie's production sketches show a sleeker design than the droid that appears in The Empire Strikes Back.
  • The term "IG-88" itself was not the original label with the script calls the character a "chrome war droid", and during production it was called a "Phlutdroid".
  • The production puppet consisted of recycled props from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, including the use of a Mos Eisley Cantina drink dispenser as its head.

Alternate Versions

  • In Star Wars Legends, IG-88A received a largely different backstory in the former Star Wars Expanded Universe. He was revealed as one of four assassin droids created as Project Phlutdroid. After activation, he killed his creators at Hollowan Laboratories and implanted copies of his mind in the other three IG-88 series bodies creating IG-88B, IG-88C and IG-88D. He believed he was superior to organic life and intended to wipe out biological entities from the galaxy where he operated as a bounty hunter whilst looking to achieve his goal. Following their wanton destruction of Holowan Laboratories and their ruthless assassination purges of everyone even remotely connected with their design and manufacture, the Empire issues a 'Dismantle on Sight' warrant for them. The IG-88 units take over the droid manufacturing planet Mechis III as a step in a plan to take over the galaxy. A reprogram signal is planted into every droid in the factory, which, when activated, will cause the droid to kill the owner. The Droid Revolution entered its first step at this point. Having heard of IG-88's exploits, Darth Vader calls upon the assassin droid to help track down the Millennium Falcon and its crew in The Empire Strikes Back. IG-88B, while hacking into Vader's Super Star Destroyer's computer, learns of the second Death Star and sends that information to its brethren. IG-88B follows Boba Fett to Cloud City, but Fett lays a trap and destroys the droid. IG-88C and D follows Fett to Tatooine to capture Han Solo, and Fett destroys both IG-88C and its ship, the IG-2000. Fett defeats IG-88D's ship when that droid attempts a subsequent attack. D survives and limps off to Ord Mantell, but is destroyed by Dash Rendar. IG-88A transfers its program into the second Death Star's computer and intends to take control of the space station to use it as the driving force of the Droid Revolution. When the superlaser, it was actually the droid in control. However, the droid's program was destroyed when the Rebel Alliance obliterates the Death Star

In other media

Video games

  • In Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption, IG-88 appeared as a playable character in the 2006 strategy video game expansion where he was voiced by actor Frank Klepacki. The character and his ship the IG-1000 could be played where they were part of the Zann Consortium.
  • In Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron, IG-88 appeared as a playable character for the Empire in the video game.
  • In Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron, IG-88 appeared as a playable character for the Empire in the video game.

Appearances

  • Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back:

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