It’s not vital to the story since the same beats apply either way, though it does leave questions about why he’s not at the hideout and if he was dropped off back at the other planet, but I’m curious about the mix-up and how/why it happened, though I’m assuming it has something to do with the editing process and lead time on comics.

It’s revealed after his repairs he’s having droid ‘flashbacks’ of his death at Vader’s hands, so it continues to point out the first death, not the second. According to this issue, IG-88 is found on the desert planet he originally battled Vader with and repaired by RB-919 after his decapitation and bisection there, but this takes place after the events of War of the Bounty Hunters #5, not before, so therefore he should’ve been at the hideout then the other planet (and be near his own ship). For starters, while IG-88 was defeated by Darth Vader, who forced him to shoot his own head off via the Force, in that very same issue we see him put back together again, showing up at Sly Moore and her co-conspirators’ hideout to say he was unsuccessful and it was their fault, only for Vader to appear and cut IG-88 at the waist the following issue. What threw me off a lot with IG-88 #1 was how it presented certain aspects of the story already covered elsewhere. The last of the one-shots for the big crossover, War of the Bounty Hunters – IG-88 #1 presents some intriguing ideas by writer Rodney Barnes for the titular droid and droid sentience in general, has some stellar, understated art by Guiu Vilanova, but some confusing elements prevent it from reaching the highs of the previous one-shots.

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