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HK-47

December 07, 2023

"HK47" redirects here. For the trial of 47 Hong Kong politicians, see Hong Kong 47.

HK-47 is a fictional droid in the Star Wars franchise. Introduced in the 2003 video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, he is an extremely efficient assassin droid constructed by Revan to assist them in hunting Jedi, until both have their memories wiped and made to serve the Jedi themselves. Voiced by Kristoffer Tabori, HK-47 reappears in the 2004 sequel, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, the Trials of Obi-Wan 2005 expansion pack to the massively multiplayer online game Star Wars Galaxies, and the 2011 MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic, as well as various other novels, short stories, comics, and video games in the Star Wars Expanded Universe.[1]

HK-47
Star Wars character
First appearanceStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
Created byDavid Gaider
Voiced byKristoffer Tabori
In-universe information
SpeciesDroid

Lucasfilm rebranded the Expanded Universe works as Star Wars Legends in 2014 and declared them non-canon to the franchise; however in the 2017 Chuck Wendig novel Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire's End, the recurring character of B-1 (Mister Bones) is revealed to have been built from parts of HK-47 to help the fledging New Republic against the leaderless Galactic Empire, briefly taking over the droid with their "strange, hard-angle" accent. The character was intended to reappear in the 2022 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — Remake, set within Star Wars canon, although the remake ended up being heavily delayed.

Development edit

A BioWare developer posted to the company's forum that HK-47 is named in homage of a dropship in Shattered Steel.[2] However, Knights of the Old Republic lead writer Drew Karpyshyn claimed the name derived from his billiards team's name, which in turn was partially derived from the AK-47;[3] the "Mister Bones" nickname provided to the character's B-1 battle droid form introduced in Chuck Wendig's Star Wars: Aftermath trilogy is derived from how "B-dash-O-N-E, looks like Bone or Bones."[4]

Appearances edit

In Knights of the Old Republic, the player's character purchases HK-47 on Tatooine. Dialogue establishes that Revan built the bloodthirsty droid, which characteristically refers to organic lifeforms as "meatbags".

HK-47 is disabled at the beginning of The Sith Lords; the player's character recovers material from damaged droids to repair HK-47. Dialogue in The Sith Lords expands on the droid's backstory and purpose, establishing that Revan used the droid to kill people who destabilized or weakened the galaxy.

In the time frame of the Trials of Obi-Wan expansion to Star Wars Galaxies, HK-47's artificial intelligence has transferred into a computer on a Galactic Republic cruiser that later crashed on Mustafar. The droid calls on players to complete several quests to return him to a droid body.

HK-47 was included as an action figure in the Champions of the Force line of Star Wars figures.[5]

HK-47 returns in Star Wars: The Old Republic as a boss battle in two separate flashpoints and as a mini boss in a level 60 operation.[6][7]

HK-47 is an unlockable character in the mobile game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.

The B-1 battle droid known as "Mister Bones", rebuilt by New Republic supporter Temmin "Snap" Wexley from droid parts from a scrapyard, is revealed to have been built from parts of HK-47 in the 2017 Chuck Wendig novel Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire's End, with HK-47 briefly taking over Bones after they "glitch" and their voice "warps", causing their "strange, hard-angle" accent to return and say "COMMENTARY: I SAY WE BLAST THE MEATBAG AND SAVE YOU THE TROUBLE, MASTER". Following Bones' destruction at the end of the novel, their programming briefly reappears in Marvel Comics' Star Wars: Poe Dameron #13 in before being destroyed again; the character previously appeared in Star Wars: Aftermath (2015) and Star Wars: Aftermath: Life Debt (2016).

Promotion and reception edit

At the 2004 Game Developers Choice Awards, the HK-47 character won the category of "Original Game Character of the Year".[8] The character also won Computer Gaming World's 2003 "NPC of the Year" award.[9] GameSpot called the character one of the coolest characters of 2003, saying he was possibly the most original Star Wars character in years.[10] GamesRadar listed HK-47 as the 3rd best conceived character in video gaming, calling him "cheerfully insane" and saying he was "[e]asily the highlight of the [Knights of the Old Republic] series".[11] IGN chose the character as the 13th top Star Wars hero.[12] GameDaily's Robert Workman called HK-47 one of his favourite characters from Star Wars video games.[13] GameDaily's Chris Buffa also listed the assassin droid as one of their top 25 video game robots, praising its humour and in-game value.[14] UGO Networks listed the character as one of the top 50 Star Wars expanded universe characters, noting his sarcastic personality made him unique among droids.[15] GamesRadar's identified HK-47 as an example of BioWare's "Kickass Robot" character archetype,[16] and listed it as one of the 25 best new characters of the decade, stating that Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and HK-47 had some of the best characterization in Star Wars history, adding that HK-47 was one of the most memorable characters in the game.[16][17]

Empire listed HK-47 as the 43rd greatest video game character, calling him "brilliantly twisted".[18] Dakota Grabowski of GameZone listed HK-47 as the second top BioWare created teammate, commenting that he delivered some of the best lines in Knights of the Old Republic.[19] Game Informer's Kimberley Wallace considered him to be one of the best BioWare characters, saying that "While BioWare's games have always had comic-relief characters, none have come close to the simple wisdom and mean-spiritedness of HK-47."[20] Matt Miller from the same magazine called HK-47 the second top AI character of the decade, commenting that if the player chose to go light-side, then "he is a perfect counter to your heroic actions".[21] In 2010, Game Informer ranked HK-47 at #15 in "The Top 30 Characters who Defined a Decade" list, who called him the best character in Knights of the Old Republic. The magazine noted that his personality and humour "[held] a mirror to Revan's dual history with both sides of the Force", saying that he highlighted the overarching Star Wars theme of everyone having both good and evil in them.[22] HK-47 was also voted as the 18th top character of the decade by Game Informer's readers.[23] GameSpy's Mike Sharkey called HK-47 a noticeable omission from the 2011 Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition's top 50 video game characters.[24] A reader's poll published by IGN in December 2014 for their top ultimate RPG party choices, drawing from characters of several disparate RPG video game franchises, placed HK-47 at #13 under the "Reserves" section.[25] Gamestm named HK-47's one of BioWare’s 8 most memorable companion characters.[26] Evan Lahti from PC Gamer named HK-47 as his personal favorite Bioware companion, commenting "For all the well-rounded, nonarchetypal, and sensitive characters BioWare has thrown at us, I delight in the silliest, most murderous, and one-dimensional partner they've written."[27] In a 2017 article, PC Gamer staff included HK-47 in their definitive list of the best RPG squad mates around.[28] HK-47 placed second on App Trigger's list of the 10 Best BioWare Companions.[29]

References edit

  1. ^ . Star Wars Databank. StarWars.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
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  3. ^ Drew Karpyshyn Creative Works
  4. ^ Breznican, Anthony. . Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  5. ^ . Wizards.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
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  7. ^ Star Wars: The Old Republic | Trailers | Fate of the Galaxy
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  11. ^ "Getting into characters..." GamesRadar. 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  12. ^ Jesse Schedeen (2008-08-13). "Top 25 Star Wars Heroes: Day 3". IGN. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  13. ^ Robert Workman (2008-09-11). . GameDaily. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
  14. ^ Chris Buffa (2009-02-06). . GameDaily. Archived from the original on 2009-05-04.
  15. ^ Adam Rosenburg (2009-01-07). . UGO Networks. Archived from the original on 2010-08-27. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  16. ^ a b Baughman, Jordan (2011-05-03). "Recycled characters you see in every BioWare game". GamesRadar. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  17. ^ "The 25 best new characters of the decade". GamesRadar. 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  18. ^ Dyer, James; McComb, David; Plumb, Alastair; Scarborough, David. "The 50 Greatest Video Game Characters". Empire. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
  19. ^ Dakota Grabowski (2010-01-08). . Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  20. ^ Kimberley Wallace (August 15, 2013). "The Best BioWare Characters". Game Informer. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  21. ^ Matt Miller (2010-11-24). "Top Ten A.I. Characters of the Decade". Game Informer. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  22. ^ "The Top 30 Characters who Defined a Decade". Game Informer. No. 212. December 2010. p. 59.
  23. ^ Bryan Vore (2010-12-03). "Readers' Top 30 Characters Results Revealed". Game Informer. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
  24. ^ Mike Sharkey (2011-02-16). . GameSpy. Archived from the original on 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
  25. ^ "THE ULTIMATE RPG PARTY REVEALED". IGN. December 17, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2020.[dead link]
  26. ^ . Gamestm. June 23, 2015. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  27. ^ Andy Kelly (November 7, 2018). "The best and worst BioWare companions". PC Gamer. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  28. ^ "The RPG dream teams". PC Gamer. June 9, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  29. ^ Eric Chrisman (March 10, 2017). "Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and the 10 Best BioWare Companions". App Trigger. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

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the Star Wars franchise Introduced in the 2003 video game Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic he is an extremely efficient assassin droid constructed by Revan to assist them in hunting Jedi until both have their memories wiped and made to serve the Jedi themselves Voiced by Kristoffer Tabori HK 47 reappears in the 2004 sequel Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords the Trials of Obi Wan 2005 expansion pack to the massively multiplayer online game Star Wars Galaxies and the 2011 MMORPG Star Wars The Old Republic as well as various other novels short stories comics and video games in the Star Wars Expanded Universe 1 HK 47Star Wars characterHK 47 from Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2003 First appearanceStar Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2003 Created byDavid GaiderVoiced byKristoffer TaboriIn universe informationSpeciesDroidLucasfilm rebranded the Expanded Universe works as Star Wars Legends in 2014 and declared them non canon to the franchise however in the 2017 Chuck Wendig novel Star Wars Aftermath Empire s End the recurring character of B 1 Mister Bones is revealed to have been built from parts of HK 47 to help the fledging New Republic against the leaderless Galactic Empire briefly taking over the droid with their strange hard angle accent The character was intended to reappear in the 2022 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Remake set within Star Wars canon although the remake ended up being heavily delayed Contents 1 Development 2 Appearances 3 Promotion and reception 4 References 5 External linksDevelopment editA BioWare developer posted to the company s forum that HK 47 is named in homage of a dropship in Shattered Steel 2 However Knights of the Old Republic lead writer Drew Karpyshyn claimed the name derived from his billiards team s name which in turn was partially derived from the AK 47 3 the Mister Bones nickname provided to the character s B 1 battle droid form introduced in Chuck Wendig s Star Wars Aftermath trilogy is derived from how B dash O N E looks like Bone or Bones 4 Appearances editIn Knights of the Old Republic the player s character purchases HK 47 on Tatooine Dialogue establishes that Revan built the bloodthirsty droid which characteristically refers to organic lifeforms as meatbags HK 47 is disabled at the beginning of The Sith Lords the player s character recovers material from damaged droids to repair HK 47 Dialogue in The Sith Lords expands on the droid s backstory and purpose establishing that Revan used the droid to kill people who destabilized or weakened the galaxy In the time frame of the Trials of Obi Wan expansion to Star Wars Galaxies HK 47 s artificial intelligence has transferred into a computer on a Galactic Republic cruiser that later crashed on Mustafar The droid calls on players to complete several quests to return him to a droid body HK 47 was included as an action figure in the Champions of the Force line of Star Wars figures 5 HK 47 returns in Star Wars The Old Republic as a boss battle in two separate flashpoints and as a mini boss in a level 60 operation 6 7 HK 47 is an unlockable character in the mobile game Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes The B 1 battle droid known as Mister Bones rebuilt by New Republic supporter Temmin Snap Wexley from droid parts from a scrapyard is revealed to have been built from parts of HK 47 in the 2017 Chuck Wendig novel Star Wars Aftermath Empire s End with HK 47 briefly taking over Bones after they glitch and their voice warps causing their strange hard angle accent to return and say COMMENTARY I SAY WE BLAST THE MEATBAG AND SAVE YOU THE TROUBLE MASTER Following Bones destruction at the end of the novel their programming briefly reappears in Marvel Comics Star Wars Poe Dameron 13 in before being destroyed again the character previously appeared in Star Wars Aftermath 2015 and Star Wars Aftermath Life Debt 2016 Promotion and reception editAt the 2004 Game Developers Choice Awards the HK 47 character won the category of Original Game Character of the Year 8 The character also won Computer Gaming World s 2003 NPC of the Year award 9 GameSpot called the character one of the coolest characters of 2003 saying he was possibly the most original Star Wars character in years 10 GamesRadar listed HK 47 as the 3rd best conceived character in video gaming calling him cheerfully insane and saying he was e asily the highlight of the Knights of the Old Republic series 11 IGN chose the character as the 13th top Star Wars hero 12 GameDaily s Robert Workman called HK 47 one of his favourite characters from Star Wars video games 13 GameDaily s Chris Buffa also listed the assassin droid as one of their top 25 video game robots praising its humour and in game value 14 UGO Networks listed the character as one of the top 50 Star Wars expanded universe characters noting his sarcastic personality made him unique among droids 15 GamesRadar s identified HK 47 as an example of BioWare s Kickass Robot character archetype 16 and listed it as one of the 25 best new characters of the decade stating that Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic and HK 47 had some of the best characterization in Star Wars history adding that HK 47 was one of the most memorable characters in the game 16 17 Empire listed HK 47 as the 43rd greatest video game character calling him brilliantly twisted 18 Dakota Grabowski of GameZone listed HK 47 as the second top BioWare created teammate commenting that he delivered some of the best lines in Knights of the Old Republic 19 Game Informer s Kimberley Wallace considered him to be one of the best BioWare characters saying that While BioWare s games have always had comic relief characters none have come close to the simple wisdom and mean spiritedness of HK 47 20 Matt Miller from the same magazine called HK 47 the second top AI character of the decade commenting that if the player chose to go light side then he is a perfect counter to your heroic actions 21 In 2010 Game Informer ranked HK 47 at 15 in The Top 30 Characters who Defined a Decade list who called him the best character in Knights of the Old Republic The magazine noted that his personality and humour held a mirror to Revan s dual history with both sides of the Force saying that he highlighted the overarching Star Wars theme of everyone having both good and evil in them 22 HK 47 was also voted as the 18th top character of the decade by Game Informer s readers 23 GameSpy s Mike Sharkey called HK 47 a noticeable omission from the 2011 Guinness World Records Gamer s Edition s top 50 video game characters 24 A reader s poll published by IGN in December 2014 for their top ultimate RPG party choices drawing from characters of several disparate RPG video game franchises placed HK 47 at 13 under the Reserves section 25 Gamestm named HK 47 s one of BioWare s 8 most memorable companion characters 26 Evan Lahti from PC Gamer named HK 47 as his personal favorite Bioware companion commenting For all the well rounded nonarchetypal and sensitive characters BioWare has thrown at us I delight in the silliest most murderous and one dimensional partner they ve written 27 In a 2017 article PC Gamer staff included HK 47 in their definitive list of the best RPG squad mates around 28 HK 47 placed second on App Trigger s list of the 10 Best BioWare Companions 29 References edit HK 47 Star Wars Databank StarWars com Archived from the original on 2011 06 28 Retrieved 2011 05 18 BioWare Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic HK 47 Archived from the original on 2007 06 14 Drew Karpyshyn Creative Works Breznican Anthony How Chuck Wendig s Star Wars Aftermath novel sets the stage for The Force Awakens Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on 2015 09 07 Retrieved 2015 11 04 Star Wars Champions of the Force Gallery Wizards com Archived from the original on 2008 12 04 Retrieved 2011 04 23 Star Wars The Old Republic Trailers gt Mysteries of Knights of the Old Republic Archived from the original on 2010 09 16 Star Wars The Old Republic Trailers Fate of the Galaxy Inside the 2004 Game Developers Conference Event Coverage Archived from the original on 2004 04 05 Ziff Davis Media Press Release Archived from the original on 2004 06 07 Coolest New Character GameSpot Archived from the original on 2004 02 04 Retrieved 2011 04 12 Getting into characters GamesRadar 2008 05 28 Retrieved 2011 05 07 Jesse Schedeen 2008 08 13 Top 25 Star Wars Heroes Day 3 IGN Retrieved 2011 01 12 Robert Workman 2008 09 11 Our Favorite Characters From Star Wars Video Games GameDaily Archived from the original on 2008 12 02 Retrieved 2011 05 10 Chris Buffa 2009 02 06 Top 25 Video Game Robots GameDaily Archived from the original on 2009 05 04 Adam Rosenburg 2009 01 07 Top 50 Star Wars Expanded Universe Characters UGO Networks Archived from the original on 2010 08 27 Retrieved 2011 04 12 a b Baughman Jordan 2011 05 03 Recycled characters you see in every BioWare game GamesRadar Retrieved 2014 05 19 The 25 best new characters of the decade GamesRadar 2009 12 29 Retrieved 2010 01 04 Dyer James McComb David Plumb Alastair Scarborough David The 50 Greatest Video Game Characters Empire Retrieved 2011 05 10 Dakota Grabowski 2010 01 08 Top Ten BioWare created Squadmates Archived from the original on 2014 05 19 Retrieved 2014 05 18 Kimberley Wallace August 15 2013 The Best BioWare Characters Game Informer Retrieved May 16 2014 Matt Miller 2010 11 24 Top Ten A I Characters of the Decade Game Informer Retrieved 2011 04 12 The Top 30 Characters who Defined a Decade Game Informer No 212 December 2010 p 59 Bryan Vore 2010 12 03 Readers Top 30 Characters Results Revealed Game Informer Retrieved 2011 04 26 Mike Sharkey 2011 02 16 Guinness Ranks Your 50 Favorite Video Game Characters of All Time GameSpy Archived from the original on 2011 02 21 Retrieved 2011 04 11 THE ULTIMATE RPG PARTY REVEALED IGN December 17 2014 Retrieved March 21 2020 dead link BioWare s 8 most memorable companions Gamestm June 23 2015 Archived from the original on June 23 2015 Retrieved October 26 2013 Andy Kelly November 7 2018 The best and worst BioWare companions PC Gamer Retrieved March 6 2020 The RPG dream teams PC Gamer June 9 2017 Retrieved February 15 2020 Eric Chrisman March 10 2017 Mass Effect Dragon Age and the 10 Best BioWare Companions App Trigger Retrieved March 6 2020 External links editHK 47 at the Star Wars Databank HK 47 on Wookieepedia a Star Wars wiki Mister Bones on Wookieepedia a Star Wars wiki Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HK 47 amp oldid 1188553358, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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