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IG-88A

  • Nominated by: Chack Jadson (Talk) 00:02, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
  • Nomination comments: Finally, it's done. The walking, canon defying droid!

(5 Inqs/1 Users/6 Total)

Support

  1. Inqvote Killer. Cull Tremayne 19:57, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
  2. Inqvote Excellent. Quite polished. Thefourdotelipsis 23:39, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
  3. Inqvote —Xwing328(Talk) 03:50, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
  4. Inqvote Green Tentacle (Talk) 19:39, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
  5. A quick spell-check, tweaks, and you're ready for primetime Enochf 23:56, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
  6. Inqvote Thank you for putting up with my lethargic rate of reviewing. :P Toprawa and Ralltiir 23:40, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Object

  1. Stuff
    • How sure are we that the picture being used is IG-88A? Isn't it more likely that it's IG-88B?
      • Added another image.
        • Nice.
    • Can we get more detail on his reactivation? I'm thinking specifically in regards to his appearance in Star Wars 85. How did he fail to capture Lando? What was his role there?
      • Added some info. I'm pretty sure that's all IG-88A did in that comic.
        • Hate to object further, but it's missing a few key points as to how the comic concluded and IG-88A's role in it. Specifically, I'm thinking of the death of this guy, and some more details as to how Drebble failed to bring Lando back to his homeworld. Cull Tremayne 16:04, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
          • Expanded it a bit more. I don't want to stray too far from IG-88A.
            • Much better.
    • In addition, is that really all we know about his role in YJK? You were able to get three whole sections just from the short story "I Think Therefore I Am". Surely more can be mined from three books than a paragraph and a half.
      • It's been expanded, but IG-88A is really a background character in the stories. He has a pretty minor role, and in Delusions of Grandeur he's only present for like one page.
        • Fair enough.
    • Beef up the BtS please. Explain how TNEGtC explained that it was IG-88A in Marvel. Explain why it needs to be IG-88A in Forces of Corruption and not IG-88B. (He is able to infect the Death Star, etc.) Explain his weird appearance in Kenix Kil: The Bounty Hunters and why it needs to be IG-88A. I don't think it's specified that it's IG-88A in that story, there's only a pic of him.
      • BTS greatly expanded. Let me know if something still needs improvement.
    • Gotta question some of the sources and appearances there. Why do we assume that it's IG-88A in Lego Star Wars, or the Complete Visual Dictionary? Is he specifically mentioned as such? Unless IG-88A is mentioned specifically, it probably shouldn't be listed should it?
      • Corrected.
    • Sorta in conjunction with the previous objection. Should we be using File:IG-88 equipment.jpg? It's essentially the same image as File:IG88B.jpg, meant to represent IG-88B. So is this pic actually of IG-88A specifically?
    • Other than that, nice to see Count Droidfish's balonium wiped away. Nice job. Cull Tremayne 00:12, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
  2. I think the Equipment and abilities section should be proseified and expanded. I'd expect it to be quite large given the amount of info I think we know. I think the P&T could be expanded a fair bit too; it should talk about his self-confidence or whatever you'd call it, his ambition, etc. The BtS could also be expanded a bit with his history and the original stuff from WEG/EGtC and the differences with it and Tales. (I know I said that wouldn't be necessary but on second thought I think it is). -- AdmirableAckbar (Talk) 00:29, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
    • I still think a mention of the fact that his - or, at the time, "IG-88"'s - backstory originated from WEG (namely, Galaxy Guide 3), until Anderson adapted and expanded it. -- AdmirableAckbar (Talk) 23:07, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
      • Fixed now, I think. Chack Jadson (Talk) 17:52, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
        • Looks good. I'd like to see the WEG stuff pushed up a little in the BtS, ideally before Therefore I Am is mentioned. You could go from talking about ESB to mentioning WEG creating the backstory, and then go on to Therefore I Am, and then go into the details about WEG, or something like that. That's my suggestion, anyway. :) Overall the BtS looks a little unwieldly...it could possibly be reorganized a tad, but I'll have a proper look tomorrow or Friday and get back to you on that with more specifics. The stuff about IG-88D and SotE doesn't seem very relevant, though - I'd suggest axing it. -- AdmirableAckbar (Talk) 20:20, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
  3. I think the BTS needs to be structured more appropriately for the character's OOU history; he wasn't really created for ESB if that character turned out not to even be him. Don't feel you have to do the standard linear "He was created for X, used in Y, etc." format if it doesn't really fit for the character. - Lord Hydronium 06:23, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
  4. Xwing328's short list:
    • Is IG-88A equipped with regular blasters or blaster cannons? Infobox says one, "Equipment and abilities" says another.
      • Fixed.
    • Redlink in the infobox. —Xwing328(Talk) 22:01, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
  5. Toprawa:
    • Have you checked SWE and CSWE for information/inclusion into the Source list? Toprawa and Ralltiir 17:25, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
    • The level of detail for the Zann Consortium involvement is a bit of a concern. Can you not expand on his involvement with them and in that mission at all?
      • I'm still confused on some points here. First, what database? This is very unspecific: "IG-88A helped eliminate stormtroopers guarding the gas reserves, and then hacked into Imperial database to discover information about a bounty placed on Zann's head by the Empire."
      • Are you sure this takes place before ESB in the 3 ABY timeline? Toprawa and Ralltiir 21:42, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
    • I would also like to see something detailing how IG-88A used Vader's Viper probe droids being manufactured on Mechis III as the sentinels in his droid revolution. You could even detail the scene in which he confronts the last one coming off the process line. Toprawa and Ralltiir 21:35, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
    • Begging how/why? Begging for his life to be spared? Did IG-88 leave him because he was inconsequential? More detail here. "The droid listened to the Human beg, then left him"
    • Present how? Present to deliver the computer? "telling the Moff that he would not be present"
    • What doors? The lift doors? Specifics here, please: "He slammed the doors shut in the Emperor's face"
    • You should specify that the Emperor suspected something was up after the droid incident.
    • More specifics on the Endor battle, please. You should detail how the Death Star gunners were slightly off with their targeting, but IG-88, in control, made sure the superlaser hit its intended Rebel targets.
    • Kind of a retroactive objection here. You should also explain that IG-88A first yearned to use the Executor as his ultimate instrument in his revolution, before learning of the Death Star
    • I think it would be cool to include a picture of the Death Star firing its superlaser with a caption explaining IG-88 was actually in control of the station during the battle. Toprawa and Ralltiir 22:34, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
    • Why is this possibility being included here? If we don't know who did it, don't speculate: "possibly the businessman Barpotomous Drebble"
    • I've broken the Drebble stuff into two paragraphs, but the final paragraph is way too detailed on the side of non-IG-88A specific information. In that whole narrative, you mention IG-88 once, fleetingly. Aim to stay to the topic of the article and relate only the barest of facts needed to relate IG-88's story. Please trim the fat here.
    • Also, I'd really like to see the "Mysterious rebirth" section divided into another section. The two halves of information there are pretty exclusive and deserve individual sections. Toprawa and Ralltiir 23:39, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
    • So, IG-88A and co. attacked the Jedi? You never actually establish this, only allude to it after the fact. What happened here? " although he did not intend for the assassin droids on Mechis III to pose as great of a threat to the Jedi as they did"
    • Can we link something here? "including Bornan Thul's son"
    • "A" deadly plague, or "the" plague referenced previously? " which also held a deadly plague" Toprawa and Ralltiir 03:05, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
    • Per the trend of sectioning here, I'd like to see the BTS divided up into smaller sections.
    • Also, "Equipment and abilities" isn't an LG-stipulated section title, assuming we're going by the standard layout for characters here. Please revise as appropriate. Toprawa and Ralltiir 04:44, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
  6. From the Chron-O-John of Green Tentacle:
    • Intro: "IG-88A would later be reactivated by the wealthy merchant Tyko Thul." Having just said that the Death Star was destroyed with his mind inside it, it might be better to say something like "IG-88A's discarded body would later be reactivated…"
      • Fixed.
    • Creation: "This attitude bordered on sentience, due to an experimental sentience programming installed in IG-88A." I assume that should be either "an experimental sentience program" or "experimental sentience programming".
      • Fixed.
    • Final stages of the plan: "The droid took the computer to Endor, the site of the Death Star." Isn't he in the computer now?
      • Clarified, I think.
    • Characteristics: "He enjoyed killing and considered the blood stains from the Holowan scientists on his body to be a badge of honor. Like all the IG-88s, he enjoyed killing, and felt no scruples about it." He seems to enjoy killing a lot. :P Green Tentacle (Talk) 21:22, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
      • Well, he did kinda like it. :P Anyway, fixed. Thanks for the read. Chack Jadson (Talk) 00:37, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Comments

Approved as a Featured article by Inquisitorius 23:40, 6 March 2009 (UTC)