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|name = IG-88 | |||
|image = Ig-881.JPG | |||
|caption = On the bridge of the ''Executor'', IG-88 receives instructions to capture the '']'' | |||
|position = Bounty hunter | |||
|species = ] | |||
|planet = Manufactured by Holowan Laboratories | |||
|affiliation = ], ] | |||
|portrayer = N/A (puppet) | |||
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'''IG-88''' is a ] ] who appears in '']'' and throughout the rest of the saga. An ], there are actually four different models of the character: A, B, C, and D. IG-88 would later play a prominent role in the '']'' saga. | |||
==Origin and development== | |||
]'s production sketches show a sleeker design than the droid that appears in ''The Empire Strikes Back''.<ref name="bts">{{cite web|url=http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/ig88/?id=bts|title=IG-88 (Behind the Scenes)|work=Star Wars Databank|publisher=]|accessdate=2007-09-23}}</ref> The term "IG-88" itself is not the original label: the script calls the character a "chrome war droid", and during production it was called "Phlutdroid".<ref name="bts" /> The production puppet consisted of recycled props from '']'', including the use of a ] drink dispenser as its head.<ref name="bts" /> | |||
==Fictional character biography== | |||
IG-88 is an elite ] created for Project Phlutdroid, a military contract given to Holowan Laboratories by the ]. <ref name="Tale">'']''</ref> Right after their premature activation, all four identical assassin droids kill their creators upon perceiving them as threats to their existence. The four IG-88 droids name themselves IG-88A, IG-88B, IG-88C, and IG-88D. 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. <ref name="Tale">'']''</ref> | |||
The IG-88 units take over the ] manufacturing planet ] as a step in a plan to take over the ]. 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" enters its first step. | |||
As depicted in an episode of '']'' that takes place 10 years before the events of '']'', IG-88A runs into ] and ] while pursuing a bounty to humiliate the crime lord Olag Greck. IG-88A defeats Greck in a space battle on the Indobok moon, solidifying his position as the second-best bounty hunter in the galaxy, after ]. | |||
Having heard of IG-88's exploits, ] calls upon the assassin droid to help track down the '']'' and its crew in ''The Empire Strikes Back''. IG-88B, while hacking into Vader's Super ]'s computer, learns of the second ] and sends that information to its brethren. IG-88B follows Boba Fett to ], but Fett lays a trap and destroys the droid. IG-88C and D follows Fett to ] to capture ], 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 ], but is destroyed by ]. | |||
IG-88A transfers its program into the second Death Star's computer and intends to take control of the ] to use it as the driving force of the Droid Revolution. When the superlaser is fired in '']'', it is actually the droid in control. <ref name="Tale">'']''</ref> However, the droid's program is destroyed when the ] obliterates the Death Star in '']''. | |||
Several units are seen in a scavenger ship in ] and are eventually defeated by Anakin Skywalker and ]. | |||
==Merchandise== | |||
IG-88 appears in several ] video games: the droid is a boss in '']'', and is a playable character in both '']'' and ''].'' IG-88 is also a new feature of the MMORPG '']'' introduced as a boss with the release of chapter 7. He also appears as a special playable character on the Sony Playstation Portable game '']''. | |||
Several ] ]s have been created in his image, including one packaged with ] and a '']'' comic book. | |||
==Reception== | |||
===In popular culture=== | |||
*IG-88 appears in the ] episode '']''. | |||
*The head of IG-88 appears as various household objects throughout '']''. Series creator ], a Star Wars fan, noticed the drink dispensers in the ] in '']'' were very similar to IG-88's head. He went into early production photos to confirm both were the same. | |||
*Rapper ] has utilized IG-88 in the track "Segue (Skit)" on his album '']''. The robot owning a ] was mentioned as a prospect for a song in the track, a reference to ] owning a ] in the song, '']''. The actual song, ''IG-88's '57 Chevy'' appears on his 2009 EP '']'' and makes a reference to the droid's car. | |||
==References== | |||
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*'']'', ''Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88'', 1996, 1st paperback edition. ], ISBN 0-553-56816-7 | |||
*''Star Wars: The essential guide to characters'', 1st edition, 1995. Andy Mangels, ISBN 0-345-39535-2 | |||
*'']'', paperback, 1997. Kevin J. Anderson, ], ISBN 1-57297-272-6 | |||
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==External links== | |||
* {{databank|category=droid|subject=ig88|text=IG-88}} | |||
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