GameSpot called the character one of the coolest characters of 2003, saying he was possibly the most original Star Wars character in years.
The character also won Computer Gaming World 's 2003 " NPC of the Year" award. 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).Īt the 2004 Game Developers Choice Awards, the HK-47 character won the category of "Original Game Character of the Year". 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". HK-47 is an unlockable character in the mobile game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.
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. HK-47 was included as an action figure in the Champions of the Force line of Star Wars figures. The droid calls on players to complete several quests to return him to a droid body. 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. 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. 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 establishes that Revan built the bloodthirsty droid, which characteristically refers to organic lifeforms as "meatbags". In Knights of the Old Republic, the player's character purchases HK-47 on Tatooine. 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 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." Appearances The character will reappear in the 2022 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Remake, set within Star Wars canon.Ī BioWare developer posted to the company's forum that HK-47 is named in homage of a dropship in Shattered Steel.
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. 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. Introduced in the 2003 video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, he is an extremely deadly and 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. HK-47 is a fictional droid in the Star Wars franchise. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003) HK-47, from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003).
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