IG-100 MagnaGuards
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 An IG-100 Series MagnaGuard droid |
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| IG-100 MagnaGuard | |
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| Droid type | Bodyguard/Battle droid |
| Manufacturer | Holowan Mechanicals |
| Gender | Masculine programming |
| Height | 1.95 meters |
| Sensor color | Red |
| Home planet | Unknown |
| Master (owner) | General Grievous |
| Affiliation | Confederacy of Independent Systems |
The elite IG-100 Magna Guards are fictional droids seen in the movie Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, The Clone Wars microseries, and the Republic Commando video game. They are the personal bodyguards to General Grievous who wield electrified staffs that can block lightsabers. They are described as being an IG-100 series bodyguard droid, built by the same manufacturer (Holowan Mechanicals) that built the feared bounty hunter, IG-88, who pursued Han Solo under the employ of Darth Vader.
These droid bodyguards are deadliest of all droids. They are highly trained in the art of all forms of lightsaber combat as well as mastery of the electrostaff.
When General Grievous was rebuilt as a cyborg, the capabilities of his organic bodyguards became obsolete. As a result, Darth Sidious ordered the InterGalactic Banking Clan to create the IG-100 series to serve as General Grievous' bodyguards. The MagnaGuard was developed by Holowan because of the companies' debt to the InterGalactic Banking Clan, who released them from encumberment by tasking them to build the ultimate war droid for the newly mechanized General Grievous. These elite warriors were not cheap to produce, in fact they effectively bankrupted the Trade Federation. The plan was a success, and the General was quite pleased with the new droids and wished to make them his trained warriors instead of mindless drones. Grievous effectively styled them to resemble his comrades by presenting them with the garbs of the native warriors of Grievous' home planet Kalee and training them himself in combat techniques after erasing their original programming.
The IG-100 MagnaGuard series, powerful battle machines standing nearly two meters tall, were some of the most deadly battle droids in the galaxy, especially when wielding their proprietary electrostaffs. These hand to hand weapons, though impractical in blocking blaster shots could serve their primary purpose, blocking lightsabers and eliminating the bearer. The design of the droid allowed it to have super-human agility and leaping power, something that the less independent battle droids could never have achieved. To supplement their melee combat capability, some of the more heavily-armed MagnaGuards were also implanted with twin guided missile launcher magazines placed on their backs, which can be used to destroy small armored vehicles or groups of infantry that stood between these droids and their objective. These droids are remarkably resilient, even for a non-organic creation. These mechanical warriors are capable of surviving decapitation while still able to fight effectively due to back-up processors in their chests. They also posess the uncanny ability to detach their hands from their sockets and attach them to other surfaces or objects.
A typical strategy of these droids is to break into pairs, weakening opponents from group attacks until finally exhausting them to the point where they are forced to subdue to the limitless droid stamina.
General Grievous, under the orders of the mysterious Darth Sidious, used several MagnaGuards in his kidnapping of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine just before the end of The Clone Wars. Shortly afterward, however, many of Grievous' prized warriors were cut down or destroyed by the Jedi. Two of them dueled with Jedi Master Kit Fisto but were defeated by the powerful Jedi. Later, several MagnaGuards helped Grievous dispose of Palpatine's Emperor's Royal Guard. Two survived the battle on Coruscant and dueled with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker on the Invisible Hand, but these too were defeated. Later, four MagnaGuards tried to attack Master Obi-Wan Kenobi at his confrontation of the General on Utapau, but were dispatched with a falling metal container.
Grievous oversaw the creation of many of these robots, but only brought the elite with him on his personal campaigns. Grievous refused to have their appearance maintained in any way, insisting their chipped paintwork and minor battle damage made them appear more fearsome.
The design for the Magna Guards was also one of the concept designs for General Grievous himself.
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- Height: 1.95 meters
- Manufacturer: Holowan Mechanicals
- Type: mechanical bodyguard / battle droid/ IG Series Droid
- Weapon: electrostaff, R1-99 BULLDOG
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (video game)
- Star Wars: Clone Wars
- Star Wars: Republic Commando
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game
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