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Holowan Laboratories massacre

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"We think, therefore we are. Therefore, we will propagate. Therefore, we will remain."
―IG-88[4]

A massacre occured[2] at the Holowan Laboratories[3] shortly after the Clone Wars.[5] According to legend, the droids were created as part of a secret Imperial project[1] known as the Project Phlutdroid.[6] The first IG-88 assassin droid transferred its consciousness into the other three assassin droids.[1] A set of five identical droids slaughtered their constructors,[2] in part due to their incomplete programming,[7] and escaped their laboratories into the galaxy.[2]

After the massacre, IG-88B's incompletely formed identity led to its obsession with hunting and killing.[2] It played its part by becoming a bounty hunter to draw attention away from IG-88A, who embarked on a plan to overthrow organic life.[1]

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"We are IG-88. We are superior. We are identical. We would upload ourselves into your computer core so that you may join us."
"Undesired outcome. I am independent, autonomous. Must we fight to assert dominance?"
―IG-88A and IG-72[8]
IG-88 activated

The Holowan Massacre in the Star Wars Legends continuity

The Holowan Laboratories massacre, albeit unidentified, was first mentioned in the current canon in the mobile card game Star Wars: Force Collection,[9] which initially launched in 2013. Although the launch of Force Collection predates[10] the Star Wars canon reset of 2014,[11] Lucasfilm Story Group member Leland Chee confirmed that the game was kept updated to fit with canon.[12] It was first identified as a massacre in the 2018 reference book Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition, which was written by Pablo Hidalgo and David West Reynolds.[2]

The IG-88B card for the Force Collection[9] and the 2016 magazine Star Wars Helmet Collection 2[1] established that four identical droids,[9] specifically IG-88 assassin droids,[1] were involved in the massacre,[9] while 2018's The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition established that five identical droids were involved.[2]

The Holowan Massacre originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back, a 1989 supplement written by Michael Stern for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.[13] It first appeared in the 1996 short story "Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88," written by Kevin J. Anderson that was included in Tales of the Bounty Hunters, where it involved four IG-88 assassin droids, IG-88A, IG-88B, IG-88C, IG-88D, and one IG-72.[8]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars Helmet Collection: Boba Fett Weapons & Uniforms: Bounty Hunters
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
  4. ↑ Sideshow Collectibles (Pack: IG-88) (backup link)
  5. ↑ Scene to Stats: IG-Series Assassin Droid on Atomic Mass Games' official website (September 20, 2022) (backup link) establishes that the IG-series to which IG-88B belongs was first created shortly after the Clone Wars. As Sideshow Collectibles (Pack: IG-88) (backup link) established that IG-88 was among the first of his kind, he must have been part of this batch.
  6. ↑ "Assassin, Security, and Other Droids of War" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
  7. ↑ Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88" — Tales of the Bounty Hunters
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: IG-88B (★★★★))
  10. ↑ StarWars.com Announcing Star Wars: Force Collection on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
  11. ↑ StarWars.com The Legendary Star Wars Expanded Universe Turns a New Page on StarWars.com (backup link)
  12. ↑ Leland Chee (@holocronkeeper) on Twitter (post): "I'm not gonna go through the trouble of changing them and I don't have any reason to believe currently that anyone would. […] On the off-chance that we DID have a current need to change any of these, we would have for Force Collection." (backup link) (screenshot) — Leland Chee of the Lucasfilm Story Group has confirmed that in-universe information from Star Wars: Force Collection conforms with Star Wars canon.
  13. ↑ Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back
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