It is loaded down with a mass of heavy weaponry such as a heavy blaster and blaster rifle as well as a flamethrower, sonic stunner and grenade launcher. IG-88's programming has caused it to value Imperial credits over organic life, making it a devastatingly efficient hunting machine. This experiment proved tragic when, upon activation, the new IG prototypes eliminated their programmers and escaped to fulfill whatever mission lie within their distorted metallic intellects.
IG-88 is one of five droids created by Holowan scientists, who deliberately programmed the units to maximize their freedom of action in combat.
The battered war droid IG-88 was among the bounty hunters commissioned by Darth Vader to hunt down and capture the Millennium Falcon after the Battle of Hoth. IG-88 Comic Pack, a part of the Power of the Force II Shadows of the Empire collection.
IG-88 was originally released in 1996 in the Boba Fett vs.
