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IG-100 MagnaGuard

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this series of humanoid combat droids was built to the specifications of General Grievous, during the early stages of the Clone Wars. Grievous demanded that he be given a group of humanoid droids that were capable of defeating a Jedi Knight in combat. Built by MagnaGuard Manufacturing, the IG-100 was capable of executing all manner of combat maneuvers, and were armed with a variety of weapons. They were often paired up in combat, in order to ensure victory. Note that the LucasArts Entertainment Company's website for Star Wars - Republic Commando indicates that the MagnaGuards were manufactured by MagnaGuard Mechanicals. Their primary weapon was a charged electrostaff that was carried in the hands, but they were also eqiupped with a pair of missile tubes mounted to their back plating. Each of the MagnaGuards assigned to Grievous was personally trained by the General, who had in turn been trained by Count Dooku himself. The MagnaGuards also were given portions of Grievous' own combat programming, making them more than a match for most Jedi Knights. Ultimately, however, Grievous wanted a droid that could learn how to fight, not be programmed how to fight. His IG-100 MagnaGuards were capable of learning from their mistakes, and sharing this knowledge with their companions. Among the most impressive of the features found in the two-meter-tall IG-100 MagnaGuard were its heavily redundant systems, which allowed the droid to continue fighting even after they were beheaded or badly damaged. Based on the model number of this droid, many historians believed that the IG-100 was a forerunner of the IG-88 series of assassin droids. Much of the design of the MagnaGuard series was based on the ancient battle droids of the Krath. Individual series of IG-100s were denoted by the coloration of their armor plating, with each series having a distinct mission profile and armaments.