IT-O Interrogator

"The IT-O's greatest tool is its reputation. Tell the suspect you have one, and show it waiting in the wings. This alone will often elicit a confession."

- Grand Inquisitor Torbin

Designed by Imperial Security Bureau, the IT-O was an interrogation droid employed by Darth Vader in his interrogation of Princess Leia Organa in 0 BBY. It was a hovering droid similar in appearance to a remote, perhaps a third of a meter in diameter, with various attachments, deliberately quite visually frightening, used in torture.

Characteristics
The droid was generally successful in getting information from prisoners using elaborate and scientific torture methods. First, it would inject the prisoner with a mentally disabling chemical that would decrease the pain threshold, while also forcing the subject to remain conscious. IT-O would do a read on the body, detecting the most sensitive areas like the genitals, joints, neck and many other less obvious body parts. A single torture session would usually last well over an hour. The droid had a recorder to record the entire process, in case any information was lost in the screams of the prisoner.

History
Surprisingly, Princess Leia Organa did not give in to the droid's torture, despite having an especially brutal session.

Behind the scenes

 * A reference to the IT-O was made in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, in which the droid G0-T0 is similar in appearance, but seems to be inverted.
 * In the Marvel Star Wars adaptation of A New Hope, the mind probe of Princess Leia is performed by what appears to be a RA-7 protocol droid rather than an IT-O.

Appearances



 * Yaddle's Tale: The One Below
 * Star Wars: Purge
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novel
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * The Rebel Club
 * Rookies: No Turning Back
 * Star Wars Empire: The Wrong Side of the War
 * Star Wars Rebellion 1: My Brother, My Enemy, Part 1
 * Gambler's World
 * Star Wars: Dark Forces
 * Children of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
 * Star Wars Legacy 11: The Ghosts of Ossus, Part 1