Holowan Laboratories

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"Your opponent is IG-88…a Holowan Laboratories Phlutdroid armed with pulse cannons, concussion discs, vibroblades and a DAS-430 Neural Inhibitor."

Holowan Laboratories was a division of Holowan that manufactured droids during the Clone Wars and the Imperial Era.

History[]

Following the Clone Wars' resolution, before which the destructive galaxy-wide conflict fought between the forces of the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems was partly fueled by their droid and arms products.^[4] Holowan Laboratories was able to bypass the Galactic Empire's ban on the production of battle droids by reclassifying their products as security droids.^[6]

Holowan Laboratories developed and manufactured the IG-series of droids active during the Clone Wars,^[4] including the IG-100 MagnaGuard—fielded by the Separatist Droid Army^[7]—the IG-86 sentinel droid, and the IG-RM bodyguard and enforcer droid^[3] In addition, Holowan Laboratories manufactured the rogue assassin droid IG-88, who operated as a bounty hunter during the Galactic Civil War waged between the reigning Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic.^[4]

Holowan Laboratories was first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon in Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide, a reference book written Adam Bray and released in 2014.^[3] It first appeared in the 1996 Star Wars Legends story "Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88," written by author Kevin J. Anderson.^[8]

Holowan Laboratories was incorrectly identified as Halowan Laboratories in the 2014 young readers book Star Wars Rebels: Head to Head, written by Pablo Hidalgo.^[6]

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