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this Imperial Supervisor devised the Phlutdroid project, which eventually produced the IG-88 assassin droid, and funnelled large amounts of credits into the droid's creation. He gave Holowan a limited timetable on which to create the droids, which the Empire would use to eliminate targets that stormtroopers could not hit. A large man with an inflated ego, Gurdun personally went to the Holowan labs for the initial demonstration of the IG-series droids. He was greeted with chaos,as the IG-88 droids (along with IG-72) had escaped from their laboratories. Gurdun was forced to send out a warning to the galaxy, indicating that thelethal assassin droids were loose. After this fiasco, Gurdun was placed in charge of the Arakyd Viper probe droid project, and he negotiated to have the droids mass-produced on Mechis III. The droids had been commissioned by Darth Vader himself, to be used to hunt the commanders of the Alliance following the Battle of Yavin. Gurdun saw that he could also use the probe droids to search out IG-88, and put his efforts into the project. Once the droids were delivered, Gurdun was placed in charge of acquiring and delivering the computer core for the second Death Star. While transporting the core to Endor. Gurdun's small fleet was attacked by IG-88A. The droid's robotic troops quickly eliminated Gurdun's stormtrooper escort. When Gurdun was captured by IG-88A, he went into a fit of rage and astonishment. The droid he had created actually was successful, but also very lethal. IG-88A left Gurdun aboard his crippled transport ship, and Gurdun perished when IG-88A destroyed the ship.