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- "…there's something I've always found interesting about this model of interrogation droid. It typically isn't programmed to know anything about a prisoner. All it knows is that you're the one in the cell—and that means you must be the interview subject. I've had prisoners break when no one's there to listen. They think they're talking to the droid, but it doesn't hear them. You can tell it anything and it doesn't care. It'll just keep working on you until someone tells it to stop."
- ―Captain Khione
The IT-O Interrogation Unit was an interrogator droid developed by the Imperial Department of Military Research and utilized by the Galactic Empire.
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History[edit | edit source]
- "Oh hello, IT-O. Big fan of your work."
- ―0-0-0
Developed in secret by the Imperial Department of Military Research,[1] IT-Os were used by the Galactic Empire to extract information from prisoners through the use of mind probes.[2] Jedi, however, were known to have been trained to resist mind probes, requiring the use of other methods to procure information from them. One IT-O droid was used to interrogate Kanan Jarrus aboard Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's Star Destroyer Sovereign. However, torture was eventually handed over to The Grand Inquisitor.[5] Another IT-O was used by Governor Arihnda Pryce to interrogate the rebel Hera Syndulla after the failed attack on the Imperial fuel depot for the TIE/D Defender Elite project.[10] An IT-O was later used aboard the Death Star to extract information from Princess Leia Organa, although she proved to have considerable resistance to the mind probe.[2] The IT-O was later deployed on Yavin 4 during the Empire's cleanup operations at the former Alliance base.[11]
Decades later, the First Order used a new model of interrogator droid that harked back to the IT-O model.[12]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
Non-canon appearances[edit | edit source]
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – "Zander's Joyride"
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – "Escape from Coruscant"
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
Star Wars Helmet Collection 9 (Weapons & Uniforms: Imperial Droids)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 14 (Databank A-Z: Dengar–Domino Squad) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
Star Wars Helmet Collection 27 (Highlights of the Saga: Battle of Kashyyyk)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 34 (Helmets: Death Star Trooper) (Picture only)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 53 (Highlights of the Saga: Operation Yellow Moon) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Droidography
Every Droid in Star Wars | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills (Picture only)
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Directing"
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Process"
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Connections"
"Chapter 3: The Sin" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
- The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season One
"Darth Vader" – Star Wars Encyclopedia (Indirect mention only)
Interrogation Droid in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Interrogation Droid in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
- ↑
Star Wars Rebels on Facebook: These torture-inducing droids can be very effective at extracting information. (February 27, 2015). (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
Star Wars Rebels – "Rebel Resolve"
- ↑ Battle to the End
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ Alphabet Squadron
- ↑
The Mandalorian – "Chapter 3: The Sin"
- ↑
Star Wars Rebels – "Jedi Night"
- ↑ Doctor Aphra 3
- ↑
First Order Interrogator Droid in the Databank (backup link)
External links[edit | edit source]
Star Wars Rebels on Facebook: These torture-inducing droids can be very effective at extracting information. (February 27, 2015). (backup link) (First identified as IT-O Interrogation Unit)