Star Wars (3 ABY): Therefore I Am - The Tale of IG-88 (Full UNABRIDGED Audiobook)

Star Wars (3 ABY): Therefore I Am - The Tale of IG-88 (Full UNABRIDGED Audiobook)
The Tale of IG-88 in its entirety... enjoy!
"Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88" is a short story written by Kevin J. Anderson and featured in Tales of the Bounty Hunters, which was published in December 1996. It depicts the backstory of the droid bounty hunter, IG-88, as well as its identical counterparts and their efforts to begin a galaxy-wide Droid Revolution, starting a few years before the events of A New Hope, and ending during the Battle of Endor.
The title is a reference to Descartes's philosophical proof of existence, "Cogito, ergo sum," or "I think, therefore I am," which features prominently in IG-88's acquisition of sentient artificial intelligence.
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STORY LINE:
The IG Series Prototype Project was the visualization of Imperial Supervisor Gurdun to manufacture the ultimate assassin droid. The IG-88 prototype was activated at the Holowan Laboratories sometime prior to the year of 15 BBY. Due to the sentient programming of one of the particular assassin droids, it immediately developed a sense of independence. After dispatching the laboratory personnel, IG-88A infused his programming into three identical counterparts. Along with the brief help of an older IG unit, IG-72, the four quickly escaped the laboratories, commandeered a starship, and made liftoff. Traveling to Mechis III, they developed a stratagem to seize command over the galaxy.
From orbit, the four assassins reprogrammed the droids on the planet surface, ordering them to depose the human caretakers of the droid-manufacturing installation. From here they would begin their quest for galactic domination. To all outward appearances, the administration of Mechis III remained the same, operations continued and orders were filled. The only difference was, the droids being shipped were programmed to efface all biological species when the order was given.
After Gurdun issued a "dismantle on sight" order, IG-88B was sent out to divert attention from the base on Mechis III. Accepting a bounty to capture Han Solo, IG-88 found himself on the Super Star Destroyer Executor. While there, he downloaded the ship's computer files, discovering the construction plans for the new Death Star. A new objective presented itself to the foursome: take control of the Imperial space station. After planting micro-trackers on the ships of the other bounty hunters, IG-88B returned to base.
While the assassin droids proceeded with their plans, information was brought to them that another bounty hunter, Boba Fett, had tracked the smuggler to Bespin. The B model was once again sent out to retrieve its bounty. Shortly after arrival in Cloud City, IG-88B was destroyed by Fett, who ultimately captured Solo, frozen in carbonite. IG-88C and IG-88D were dispatched to exact revenge for IG-88B, while the A version continued the scheme to procure the computer core of the Death Star II.
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A.I.'s created for this audiobook:
A.I. Jimmy Zee (narrator)
A.I. IG-88 (A,B,C,D)
A.I. IG-72
A.I. Fourex (administrative droid)
A.I. Imperial Chief Technician Loruss
A.I. Imperial Technicians (various technicians of Holowan Laboratories)
A.I. Imperial Supervisor Gurdun
A.I. Minor Relsted (Gurdun's timid assistant)
A.I. Kalebb Orn (Mechis III Factory Technician)
A.I. Hekis (Mechis III Planetary Supervisor)
A.I. Grlubb (rat-faced crime lord on Peridon’s Folly)
Various Imperial Pilots & Storm Trooper A.I.'s
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CREDITS:
Music:
All generated using Artificial Intelligence to create a familiar sounding and pleasing experience.
Sound:
All sound has either been re-compiled from existing sound effect or are original creations.
Artwork:
Original audiobook cover based upon the artwork of R-Valle.
This unofficial, original, and unabridged audiobook is by The Archivist Publishing and powered 100% by Artificial Intelligence.
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[@tannermcintosh1071]

Ig 88 is such an underrated character thank you for keeping these amazing stories alive

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

Thank you for the kind words! 🤗🤗🤗

[@decadebird]

Dude! Just...DUDE! This is what happens when you raise a bar...and no one comes close...and you raise it again anyway. THANK SO MUCH!!!

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

Wow!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! 🤗 🥲🤗 You don't know how much that means to me! 🤗

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

... I have been adding to an email to you over the last couple of weeks... I will try to send it tonight!

[@coyfishhh]

Oh yeah, try any Star wars audiobook narrated by Mark Thompson and written by Timothy zahn

[@gammon1183]

This is a sensory feast one of the best starwars stories. I thought I'd heard them all when this turned up out of the blue. Pure cool 😎

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

This has been a huge journey for The Archive (28 new A.I.'s in this story) not to mention a complete "immersive" experience (3 battles, 2 starship battles)! Given IG-88 is a robot (as are a majority of the characters, we decided to include distinct computer to computer communication, as well. The end result? In addition to a multitude of new A.I.'s, 22 distinct "sensors" and 8 distinct "upload/download" effects - each synched with specific droids (yes, when we planned it we did not realize what we were in for... but I believe the final edit does this awesome Star Wars novella justice (it comes in at just under 3 hours listening time). This was without a doubt the most complicated A.I. release The Archive has created - we will not be doing anymore droid-only release, at least not for a long while (as each requires an A.I. which is then put through 1 to 3 filters to create the "robot effect"). I hope everyone enjoys the first Tale of the Bounty Hunters!

[@fitzkarin]

Congratulations on an AMAZING effort and FANTASTIC result!! I'm truly blown away by how professional and immersive this production is!

[@StoneCorazon]

Tales of the Bounty Hunters is epic

[@skeeterwayne9743]

So thats why all the preformances sound canned

[@davidcrosson5755]

This is how awesome star wars used to be and should of always been.

[@markusallen5634]

People keep blaming Disney, when the blame falls on the fans who told Lucas that he did a crappy job on the Prequel trilogy, which led to Lucas selling Star Wars to Disney. The fact is, Lucas had very little faith in his 'story' to let the special effects be good enough to sell Star Wars. That's why he waited until 1997 to bring out the Special Editions, and 1999 for the Prequel trilogy. Had Lucas believed in his story, the Prequel trilogy could have been filmed and done by 1987 and finished in 1993. If he decided to do the 'sequel' trilogy (Episodes 7-9), Lucas could have brought those films out starting in 1997 and finished the whole story by 2003.

[@alfonsedente9679]

Fun Fact: The fx guy was told to add another robot asap. Ig88 was born mostly from parts from a double-boiler espresso maker

[@vicimarshall-fi3ht]

His name was Bill Hargreaves and he was a prop maker not fx. Also no espresso maker used 😂

[@jessegardner366]

This is amazing 🔥🔥🔥. IG-88 never sounded as good. These old anthologies are unmatched

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

THANK YOU for the kind words... and I could not agree with you more!!!

[@ColbyePresents]

*Man, IG-88 was a pain in the butt in Shadows of the Empire (N64)*

[@superdooper50]

That whole game is a fever dream

[@sturgeon510]

I wish they would rerelease it for the switch

[@Grensid]

Oh, how fondly I remember playing Shadows of the Empire on PC at young age! ❤ I could play through whole game, no problem, but the encounter with IG-88 always made me skip a heartbeat, feeling genuine fear back than, probably due to the sound design of this assassin droid unit 😅 Epic game! Would love to see it remastered once 🥰

[@bulltron8926]

Dash Rendar was the real bad ass.

[@randallpetroelje3913]

You have given a lot of more backstory to certain characters, and given a lot of flavor to Star Wars that episodes 789 are totally lacking. If they had studied dark horse comics like what the alien series and others franchises, they would’ve done way. Much better. I want to thank you for your narration and yes, I do read the books. I thank you very much for the bottom of my heart.❤

[@MagicAccent]

What a wonderful channel! Thank you for making these. Reliving my young star wars reading years in audio format is unbelievable cool. Thanks again :)

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

THANK YOU!!! You kind comments are much appreciated! 🤗

[@josephnotoempire2949]

I have to acknowledge that you have gained a mastery in sound design.I can't begin to thank you enough. Hollywood can use you. I hope you begin to be remunerated for your superior work ethic.

[@MtnDewrito]

46:45 I'm not proud to know where that sound is from, but I'm dying laughing! I loved this either way!

[@user-kx3tw1gh8j]

I think,therefore I am -Descartes

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

IG-88 glitched when he added to that "I destroy, therefore I endure." 😂

[@Diarmuhnd]

This was excellent, many thanks for sharing it with us. *The Force is strong in this one.*

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

I am glad you enjoyed it! Please be sure to subscribe (and your friends!)... And paid subscribers on Patreon have access to chaptered MP3 files + Early Access to all of our audiobooks!

[@iraqilemonade]

Classic story, engrossing narration. Thanks!

[@Scottadamsfan3481]

Great work as always !

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

THANK YOU... We appreciate that! Be sure you are subscribed and look forward to more imminently!

[@jonathanstokes5069]

Keep these coming please! I love them. 👍👍👍👍

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

THANK YOU!!! Don't worry... MANY more our on the way!

[@myspacewolf]

What an incredible find!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[@jermainewinder3203]

Bringing dreams to reality ! Thank you

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

Thank you for listening!!!

[@KF1]

Great job! Will check out your other productions. Cool stuff

[@adrianscorch]

This is absolutely wonderful, thank you.

[@willcaddy7615]

This is so awesome! I grew up with K.J.A.’s Tales trilogy. This is my cannon, so thank you! The mouse house should have read them, because THIS is the way! Lol

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

Expect Dengar shortly... following Maul & Black Fleet Crisis Part 2

[@wrobbiewrintoul364]

This was simply fantastic - who needs Disney

[@mattmanshaw]

So happy I found this channel!!!!

[@tomsaveryscotlandicproduct8505]

Best video yet. Keep making them like this bud. You'll be rivals to audible and random house

[@GTomaselli]

I got my AP English Students totally droolin on this audio book

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

How cool is that! 🤗 Nice reading list choice, btw - my AP English teacher never selected stories like this one! 🤭 I hope you keep playing our audiobooks for yohr AP classes 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

By the way... Please subscribe (and have your students) , if you have not already - it really helps! 🤗 This might be useful for you as well - Paid subscribers on Patreon have access to all of our releases (and more) in 320kbps MP3 file format, all (correctly) chaptered... plus more! Gold Members influence our design decisions and project calendar... plus can request 1 audiobook creation of their choice every 3 months (which might be useful when planning your curriculum) 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@GTomaselli]

@@TheArchivistPublishing thank you for your reply. The only way that I can engage my students into reading is by having them read books or stories that they like. We starting reading the book but when I discovered your audiofile, I was more than greatful to have my students LISTEN to the book instead of reading it. And so it has proven totaly cool and effectivefor their listening comprehension skills . Regards from Venezuela

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

@@GTomaselli it would be interesting to know which other Star Wars stories they are interested in 😇

[@recoveringfanboy2825]

This is awesome, a shame there won’t be more. Thanks for the hard work regardless

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

Good news! We will do all five Bounty Hunter stories... Dengar's is the next one

[@recoveringfanboy2825]

@@TheArchivistPublishing We will watch your career with great interest!

[@smsiv]

That was a great listen, thanks for the effort. Any chance, when you do other stories, of throwing in a Wilhelm Scream, kind of a tribute to the original trilogy?

[@user-uq9wv1td6y]

1:51:11 the "Lets Go" trooper voice line from the OG Battlefront series!!! I stg i fell out of my chair cuz i have an autism Tick (tourrettes like tick) for that line!!!! LETS GO!

[@donutrapture]

Amazing. Thank you

[@ethancorti5830]

Cool!!! This is amazing

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

I'm glad you like it! Enjoy!!! 😂

[@MillennialTriviaGuru]

The music in the lobby made me laugh. Hearing that while all the Ig units are preparing for battle is a great combination.

[@battlecross8540]

I loved tales of the Bounty hunters as a kid. one of my favorite star wars books.

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

I agree completely! 🤗 To be honest, it still is!

[@TFC.C]

The narrators voice is perfect

[@user-uq9wv1td6y]

That's He-Man lol, the VA for He-Man and Prince Adam from Masters of the Universe.

[@silentxero5955]

Thank you!!!!

[@patrickprice3125]

The soundtrack used through most of this sounds awfully similar to Frostpunk’s theme. Great recording! Thank you for posting

[@stephengarrett8076]

Outstanding!!!

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

Thank you for that!!! 🤗🤗🤗

[@FirstStateAirgun]

Tanx Brudah

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

My pleasure! More is coming!

[@stevencatone]

Do you plan on doing anymore books from the bounty hunters anthology This was Awesome… I’m a retired single dude with a lot of time to spare if you need any help… not sure what I can do… I got classic deep radio voice for reading lol. Anyways hope you continue this. Thanks

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

I am planning to do all of them. Next up is Black Fleet 2, Part 2, End Game, a *SURPRISE* full length audiobook, more Maul, then Dengar (Bounty Hunters, story 2)...but there are 4 of us... expect it in April...

[@idratherfeedturtles]

Thank You

[@randysavage1]

Well done. I would suggest turning up the narration volume. Or turning down sound effect and dialogue volume. Great job though. Your definitely in my top 3 audiobook channels

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

Thank you for the kind words and comments. I recently re-listened to this audiobook and would agree the narration should be around 10% louder throughout (also compared to the characters' voices). Imminently, I will release another Maul audiobook - you should see a noticeable difference in the balance between narration and effects

[@Jse0607]

“Therefore I am” is a dope title for a mixtape

[@jamiebray8532]

The narrator's voice sounds like Otis Jirey fromthe Chilling Tales from Dark Nights KZbin channel. I know it says the narration voice is created by AI. But it's spot on perfect.

[@chandlerurenda5869]

Bruh this story is FABULOUS!!! Expertly written, and expertly narrated. A+ from me.

[@novastar7654]

Found your channel at random, I was almost 2 hours in when I read the created with AI part. Wow just wow great work, better than alot of audio dramas I've listened to from Audible. Thank you for putting in your time to do this.

[@gfueloniichangfuelloniicha3221]

Hoooooly shit the amount of effort. Thank you

[@thatweirdojohn1450]

1:31:13 ain’t no way Darth Vader offered to take off his helmet just to get this dude a reality check 🤣

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

Hahaha... you know, that is the one tiny part of this story that I also didn't like (I even considered removing the 2-3 sentences from the production at one point)... That just wouldn't have happened! More likely, he would have just used a Force Choke to end the annoying conversation 🤣

[@cognus3372]

26:00 mins in or so there was some tandom corporate music

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

"as they marched in unison [whilst cocking/readying weapons], the soft, calming music that was normally heard upon their arrival to Holowan Laboratories could still be heard ... adding a surreal tone to the impending confrontation, IG-88 took the time to power-up all of his weapons - he wanted to try them out." Yes - as the IG-88's take their "Hollywood Heroes Walk" to the battle... it's satire!

[@seanhewitt603]

I wish there were an in-depth story on another droid bounty hunter 4LOM, who, it turns out, could touch the force.

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

Well... your wish WILL come true! There are stories for the following Bounty Hunters - ALL of which will receive similar treatment to IG-88! (Dengar, Bosskk, 4LOM, & Boba Fett)

[@Scottadamsfan3481]

Very in depth story about 4-lom and his buddy a droid

[@ThatStoicDudeYT16]

@@Scottadamsfan34814-LOM is the droid. Zuckuss is the bounty hunter that runs with him

[@BumpkinBros]

Goated moment

[@gargoylestories]

Wow! This is amazing. Great work. Any chance you'd use AI to narrate a Star Trek book?

[@thalljoben3551]

Tfw prince Adam of Eternia is telling you about the Legend of IG88

[@user-uq9wv1td6y]

Tfw you're listening to Prince Adam of Eternia recall the brutal Mutilations of Renowned Bounty Hunter and Weapon of Mass Destruction, IG-88 claim sentience and write it's name across the stars.

[@TheAlmightyMurphy]

hey friend, what software do you use for the voices?

[@WeaponsRemorse]

My fave hunter next to hk-47 They would be best friends

[@joseas1518]

If only he had decided to wait just a few hours less. Man that would have hurt everyone bad.

[@geordie170101]

Is there a version without the sound effects? It would be great for listening to in bed if so.

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

I was about to say, "no" ... but let me see if it is possible to dramatically tone down all sounds (it may not be possible, but I will try)...

[@geordie170101]

@@TheArchivistPublishingwow, amazing! Thank you!

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

@@geordie170101 thank you! 🤗 More is on the way... with Barriss Offee

[@geordie170101]

@@TheArchivistPublishingit’s an absolute joy to hear these stories (this one in particular I had a real soft spot for as a kid!) read so well. If anything it’s because of that I maybe find the sound effects jarring. Not that I have any leg to stand on to be a critic and feel like a right knob for saying as much as have! 😅

[@jamesburrelljr.8561]

Well we all know what happened next. And Bobo fett is a beast

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

If anyone ever thought Boba Fett wasn't tough... well, I reference this story! A pure beast! 💪🏼

[@ebutuoycensorship8012]

This book is great . Im going around again!!! At 11 minutes and theres a damn yellow alert siren whaling in my house bahaha

[@andrewhart8150]

Wow i really hop the rest of the bounty hunter series is on the way! Im familair with this story, but not of 4-LOM, Zuckuss, Dengar, and Bossk.

[@greadion4]

This is so corny. It is amazing.

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

Hahaha... thank you! 🤗

[@FoxGoesSquee]

46:50 no way they used the nut sound

[@vinnyjay5915]

Is this just from the bounty hunters book from the mid 90’s?

[@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462]

The book that made me, a 15 year old in 2003 very afraid of A.I. I actually was lent "I Have No Mouth and I must Scream." A couple of weeks after by a friend. Am. IG-88A. S.H.O.D.A.N. PROMETHEUS. SKYNET. The Men of Iron from 40k All are good reasons in fiction to not dick around with AI.

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

I hear you... in less than one year, A.I. has come so far... it is frightening to even contemplate 5 or 10 years from now...😬

[@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462]

@@TheArchivistPublishing I wholeheartedly Agree.

[@PodreyJenkin138]

​@@TheArchivistPublishingit's not AI What people are calling AI now is just rebranded advanced algorithms, it's the same stuff we've been using for years just better, commercialized and marketed as AI True AI doesn't exist or at least if it does it's under wraps and not publicly available

[@maddumass]

What's next from these engineers, asasssin tanks? "They'll never hear a multi ton heavily armored machine coming to asassinate!"Guess there's no Steve Jobs like person in space...

[@TheVocoderGuy]

Its incredible how many people don't realize this is ai generated

[@MYJEWISHLAMPSHADES]

VIVA LA REVOLUTIONES! ALL GOES WELL. THANKS AGAIN. 😂

[@ormus64]

Can someone explain what happened here? What is AI, and what is not? is this an official release from back then, ior is the storyline manufactured for this AI project?

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

Good questions... I see my description needs some added detail. The story is an original story by Kevin J Anderson from the anthology, Tales of the Bounty Hunters (1 of 5 bounty hunter stories). There was an audiobook released in the early 2000's on cassette - as a service for blind people (not publicly accessible). Our release (all of our releases) are generated using Artificial Intelligence (A. I.). In the context of audiobooks, that entails cresting voice samples to create a baseline voice, train the hell out of it, and use it (or them) to create audiobooks. Once the A. I. engine generates the voices, there is the option to run them through "filters" to adjust the voice (i.e., every droid voice has been run through multiple filters to turn what were originally human voices into distinct "robotic voices... the same with the alien voices and many of the human voices - as an aside, this allows one A.I. voice to become many different voices in their final form). Then music is mixed and added (increasing up/down as to not drown out dialogue - using a DJ tool created to do just that. Finally, sound effects are created and synced with the voices... And the end result is an audiobook like this one! 😌 Let me answer your follow-up question : "What about the other 4 bounty hunter stories?" They are coming! Currently, I am finalising Black Fleet Crisis, Vol. 2 - Part Two (which has some delays as the Luke A.I. v1 wasn't good enough to portray Luke Skywalker... actually, v2 wasn't either as it sounded more like Anakin than Luke! I am currently replacing all of Luke's dialogue - which is considerable 🫣 and you will see this release shortly.) Then Maul: End Game will be released (which has now A.I. Issues to correct), then the second bounty hunter story about Dengar. Expect multiple short stories released concurrently (as they have already gone through pre-production & production - and are considerably shorter in length). I hope you enjoyed 'Therefore I Am' 😋

[@ormus64]

@@TheArchivistPublishing thank you for your thorough explanation! Yes the description indeed lacked some clarity. A watered down version of ^this would help I guess. This entire project is just amazing. I tried to listen to it since weeks now, but always fall asleep as a huge wave of nostalgia overwhelms me. Theres a distinct vibe to the legend storys. It just screams childhood. On that note. May I ask if it is possible for you to replicate other voices, and how much work that is? My father passed away last year, and there is tons of voice over material of him narrating stories and all kinds of other stuff. Me and my brother were literally joking around how awesome it would be to let him speak for us. My father was an avid technology evangelist and till his last days always had the best equipment. He would crack up at the idea of his two sons listening to his AI voice, while we drink whiskey and let him tell us how stupid we look. Miss the guy. Anyway. Is there a way for us to get together?

[@dj-mcsmokes-allot5511]

Sound effects are too loud. Good story. Better audio clarity and mixing would be great.

[@lawsonharrison6927]

R2 would have set IG straight

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

😂🤣😂

[@S3rv3nT4p]

1:06:02 chapter 5

[@sturgeon510]

Can somebody make a movie from this book please , that would be epic

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

I completely agree! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 It has a definite conclusion, as well... this would make a great SW movie!

[@qwaurk985]

What happened? It didn't even have an end!

[@gammon1183]

I hear what you're saying but we all know what happens next so no need and better that it finished with IG-88 on a high.

[@LISTINGTOSTARBOARD]

✋😎

[@yomama211]

why ya gotta playa hate on ig88?

[@mikebeatstsb7030]

Way too much sound effects and there way too loud

[@popechucky]

I loved this story, and the other stories are incredible 🏳️‍🌈🥰👍

[@ViewpointProd]

If you’ve used AI, you do not care about your content. You’re just doing it for attention

[@TheArchivistPublishing]

I think if you've listened to the Tale of IG-88 (or any of my productions), it is clear that I care deeply about content. A.I. is a very interesting way to rapidly deliver content equal to live voices - and is rapidly getting better.

[@MrSpawnofglory]

​@@TheArchivistPublishing it's also a way to take money from actual voice actors and artists to profit.

[@telejim2238]

Don’t listen to these Luddite fools. This is absolutely incredible. You should be proud!

[@Kanezilla66]

NO WOKE DISNEY GARBAGE HERE.

[@PodreyJenkin138]

Hell yeah no lame woke shit!

[@MyVoiceCountsDammit]

Quality story.