IG-11 was in three episodes in the first season of
The Mandalorian, making his first appearance in the series premiere episode "
Chapter 1: The Mandalorian", which first aired on November 12, 2019. He is an IG-series assassin
droid, a dangerous model that has largely been outlawed. In his first appearance, IG-11 is a member of the Bounty Hunters' Guild, and attempts to capture an unidentified living being, which is also being sought by a fellow bounty hunter known as
the Mandalorian, the show's protagonist. The Mandalorian has a distrust for all droids that stems from the fact that
battle droids attacked his home planet and killed his parents during the
Clone Wars when he was a child. Both the Mandalorian and IG-11 track the being to a compound on the planet
Arvala-7, guarded by a large number of mercenaries of the
Nikto alien species. While the Mandalorian is scouting the compound from afar, IG-11 simply walks up and demands they hand it over, resulting in a large gunfight, which The Mandalorian eventually joins. The two agree to team up and split the reward. in which the
Ugnaught alien
Kuiil, an ally of the Mandalorian living on Arvala-7, repairs IG-11 and reprograms him to be a nurse droid. IG-11's new programming means he no longer wants to kill the Child and is instead committed to protecting it, though the Mandalorian still does not trust the droid. where he finds he Mandalorian, Cara, and the bounty hunter
Greef Karga surrounded by stormtroopers being led by a man named
Moff Gideon. IG-11 comes to their assistance, The exchange ultimately wins IG-11 the trust of the Mandalorian. IG-11 concludes there was no scenario in which the Child could be saved and IG-11 would survive, so he decided to sacrifice himself. He asked the Mandalorian for assurance that the Child would be safe in his care, which would allow him to default to his secondary command so he could self-destruct. The Mandalorian refuses at first, insisting they still need IG-11, but eventually he reluctantly agreed. He is saddened at the loss of IG-11, to which the droid responds: "There's nothing to be sad about. I've never been alive." IG-11 then walks through the river of lava, which causes him to start to melt down, but before doing so he reaches the stormtrooper squadron and detonates himself in the middle of them, killing them all in an explosion and ensuring safe passage for the others. The Mandalorian and Greef Karga attempt to revive IG-11's remains in "
Chapter 17: The Apostate", the former seeking a droid he trusts to explore Mandalore. They are successful, however he reverts to his previous programming, attempting to assassinate the Child (now known as
Grogu), and forcing Karga to destroy him. The Mandalorian learns from Anzellans that he would need a new memory core to fully repair him, a quest he ultimately abandons in "
Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore" in favor of using
R5-D4 to explore Mandalore. By the events of "
Chapter 23: The Spies", IG-11's remains are used by the Anzellans to build IG-12, a
pilotable exoskeleton to be controlled by Grogu. In "
Chapter 24: The Return", Grogu operates IG-12 which he uses to rescue Djarin and square off against the three guards that Gideon requested from his fellow warlords. IG-12 was cut down by them. Following the demise of Gideon, Grogu sees a head similar to IG-11 as part of the trophies in a bar that Carson Teva frequents. With help from Teva, Djarin was able to arrange IG-11 to be repaired with the right droid parts as he becomes Nevarro's new marshal. ==Characterization==