Did you know that the bounty hunter droid IG-88, who was briefly seen in The Empire Strikes Back as part of the Bounty Hunter line up, was built with recycled shooting accessories from A New Hope?
![IG88 was recycled from the Mos Eisley Cantina]( "IG88 was recycled from the Mos Eisley Cantina")
IG-88's head was created from one of the beverage dispensers that can be seen in the cantina of Star War's A New Hope!
IG-88's head was created from one of the beverage dispensers that can be seen in the cantina of Star War's A New Hope!
While IG-88 was only briefly seen in Empire, it was enough for him to feature in a short story written by the respected sci-fi author Kevin J. Anderson called Therefore I am: The Tale of IG-88. It was part of the Tales of the Bounty Hunters, read our review here.
It's a very clever yarn that's woven around the events of Empire and Jedi which reveals there a 4 versions of IG-88, one of which makes its way onto the Death Star...
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Note: there's a IG-88 robot spied in the scrap room in Bespin - I don't think it's the same robot like the one pictured above.
IG88 will return to the screen in The Mandalorian.
It's a very clever yarn that's woven around the events of Empire and Jedi which reveals there a 4 versions of IG-88, one of which makes its way onto the Death Star...
Get a copy from Amazon here!
Note: there's a IG-88 robot spied in the scrap room in Bespin - I don't think it's the same robot like the one pictured above.
IG88 will return to the screen in The Mandalorian.