IT-O Interrogator
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Imperial Department of Military Research and Imperial Security Bureau |
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IT-O interrogation droid |
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.3 meters |
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None |
| Sensor color |
Red |
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- "The IT-O's greatest tool is its reputation. Tell the suspect you have one, and show it waiting in the wings. This alone will often elicit a confession."
- ―Grand Inquisitor Torbin[src]
Designed by Imperial Security Bureau, the IT-O was an interrogation droid employed by Darth Vader in his interrogation of Princess Leia Organa in 0 BBY. It was a hovering droid similar in appearance to a remote, perhaps a third of a meter in diameter, with various attachments, deliberately quite visually frightening, used in torture.
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[edit] Characteristics
The droid was generally successful in getting information from prisoners using elaborate and scientific torture methods. First, it would inject the prisoner with a mentally disabling chemical that would decrease the pain threshold, while also forcing the subject to remain conscious. IT-O would do a read on the body, detecting the most sensitive areas like the genitals, joints, neck and many other less obvious body parts. Occasionally, the prisoner's vision may be obscured. A single torture session would usually last well over an hour. The droid had a recorder to record the entire process, in case any information was lost in the screams of the prisoner.
Surprisingly, Princess Leia Organa did not give in to the droid's torture, despite having an especially brutal session.
[edit] Behind the scenes
A reference to the IT-O was made in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, in which the droid G0-T0 is similar in appearance, but seems to be inverted.
In the Marvel Star Wars adaptation of A New Hope, the mind probe of Princess Leia is performed by what appears to be a RA-7 protocol droid rather than an IT-O.
Although it cannot be read on screen by most viewers, the IT-O prop in A New Hope has the words "British Made" on its hypodermic needle.
[edit] Appearances
- Yaddle's Tale: The One Below (Appears in flashback(s))
- Evasive Action: End Game
- Star Wars: Purge
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novel (First appearance)
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
- The Rebel Club (Non-canonical mention)
- Rookies: No Turning Back
- Star Wars Empire: The Wrong Side of the War
- Star Wars Rebellion 1: My Brother, My Enemy, Part 1
- Gambler's World
- Gathering Shadows (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Dark Forces
- Children of the Jedi (Appears in flashback(s))
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
- Star Wars: Chewbacca (Appears in flashback(s))
- Star Wars Legacy 11: Ghosts, Part 1
[edit] Sources
- The New Essential Guide to Droids
- Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
IT-O in the Databank
- Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 2
