Short story
Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88
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"Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88" is a short story written by Kevin J. Anderson and featured in Tales of the Bounty Hunters, which was published in December 1996 by Bantam Spectra. It concerns the backstory of the droid bounty hunter IG-88 as well as its identical counterparts and their efforts to begin a galaxy-wide droid revolution, starting a few years before the events of A New Hope, and ending during the Battle of Endor.
The title is a reference to Descartes's philosophical proof of existence, "Cogito, ergo sum," or "I think, therefore I am," which features prominently in IG-88's acquisition of sentient artificial intelligence.
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Facts
- Title
- "Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88"
- Author
- Kevin J. Anderson
- Editor
- Kevin J. Anderson
- Publisher
- Bantam Spectra
- Released
- December 1996
- Published in
- Tales of the Bounty Hunters
- Timeline
- 3–4 ABY
Who turns up here
Characters: 31
- 3D-4X (first appearance)
- 4-LOM
- Bossk
- Lando Calrissian (mentioned only)
- Dengar
- E-3PO
- Boba Fett
- Grlubb (first appearance)
- Gurdun (first appearance)
- Tiaan Jerjerrod
- Bolton Kek (first appearance)
- Loruss (first appearance)
- IG-72
- IG-88A
- IG-88B
- IG-88C
- IG-88D
- Inspector 11
- Kalebb Orn (first appearance)
- Palpatine
- Firmus Piett
- Minor Relsted (first appearance)
- Luke Skywalker (indirect mention)
- Han Solo (mentioned only)
- Target Number One (first appearance)
- Hekis Durumm Perdo Kolokk Baldikarr Thun (first appearance)
- Jabba Desilijic Tiure (mentioned only)
- Darth Vader
- Venka
- Zuckuss
- Unidentified probe droid (Hoth)
Species: 10
- Combat arachnid (mentioned only)
- Abyssin
- Gand
- Human
- Hutt (mentioned only)
- Mon Calamari
- Ranat
- Trandoshan
- Twi'lek
- Ugnaught
Planets: 9
- Coruscant
- Halowan
- Mechis III
- Bespin
- Endor (mentioned only)
- Hoth
- Tatooine
- Yavin 4 (mentioned only)
- Peridon's Folly
Places: 4
- Imperial City
- Imperial Palace (mentioned only)
- Cloud City
- Kerros Tower
Galaxy: 3
- Core Worlds (mentioned only)
- Outer Rim Territories
- Hoth system
Starships: 14
- Aggressor assault fighter
- IG-2000
- Imperial-class Star Destroyer (mentioned only)
- Avenger (mentioned only)
- Death Star I (mentioned only)
- Death Star II
- Super Star Destroyer
- Executor-class Star Dreadnought
- Executor
- YT-1300 light freighter (indirect mention)
- Millennium Falcon (mentioned only)
- Mon Calamari star cruiser
- Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft
- Slave I
Organizations: 8
- Arakyd Industries (mentioned only)
- Galactic Empire
- Imperial Royal Guard
- Stormtrooper
- Holowan Laboratories
- Order of the Sith Lords
- Rebel Alliance
- Mandalorian (mentioned only)
Events: 8
- Holowan Disaster
- Mechis III Uprising
- Droid Revolution
- Evacuation of Yavin (mentioned only)
- Battle of Hoth (mentioned only)
- Battle of Endor
- Battle of Yavin (indirect mention)
- Battle en route to the second Death Star
Technology: 30
- IG-series
- IG-88 assassin droid
- 3D-4X administrative droid
- 3PO-series protocol droid
- E-3PO series protocol droid
- LOM-series protocol droid
- Surveillance droid (mentioned only)
- Viper probe droid
- Audio sensor
- Blaster cannon
- Blaster pistol
- Blaster rifle
- Computer
- Concussion grenade
- Concussion missile
- Energy shield
- Environment suit
- Gas grenade
- Grenade launcher
- Hyperdrive (mentioned only)
- Superlaser (mentioned only)
- Message cube
- Paralysis cord
- Power cell
- Stormtrooper armor
- Vibroblade (mentioned only)
- XXt-26 S-thread tracker
- Utility belt
- Darth Vader's armor
- Mandalorian armor
Lore: 8
Everything else: 84
- Nut-beetle
- Gnat (mentioned only)
- Analysis droid
- Assassin droid
- Construction droid (mentioned only)
- Courier droid
- Custodial droid
- Medical droid
- Harvester droid
- Labor droid (mentioned only)
- Repair droid
- Stormtrooper droid
- Demolitionmech
- Transport droid (mentioned only)
- Baron Administrator (mentioned only)
- Bounty hunter
- Cyberneticist
- Engineer
- Admiral
- Lieutenant
- Moff
- Chief Technician
- Technician
- Pilot
- Smuggler (mentioned only)
- Supervisor
- Surgeon
- Courier ship
- Fighter
- Freighter
- Probe scow
- Shuttle
- Supply ship
- Burst transmission
- Cargo crane
- Chronometer
- Comlink (mentioned only)
- Computer input port
- Computer core
- Comm system
- Containment field
- Cyberlock
- Datadisk
- Datapad
- Deflector shield
- Diagnostics module
- Electromagnetic claw
- Glow panel
- Holocam (mentioned only)
- Hydraulic piston
- Incinerator mine
- Inertial damping system
- Ion cannon
- Klaxon
- Laser
- Laser rifle
- Laser cutter
- Photoreceptor
- Poisonous gas canister
- Reactor core
- Rebreather
- Repeating laser cannon
- Repulsorlift
- Respirator
- Security camera
- Servomotor
- Stun pulser
- Throwing flechette
- Tractor beam
- Turbolift
- Vidplate
- Death Star II plans
- Summary/PR tape
- Airlock
- Cantina
- Laboratory
- Carbonite (mentioned only)
- Crystal
- Durasteel
- Permacrete
- Plasteel
- Transparisteel
- Force (indirect mention)
- HoloNet
Not in the archive: 1
- Unidentified probe droid (Mechis III) (first appearance)
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