' Recitation: Yes, as I said, I am an assassin droid. It is my primary function to burn holes through meatbags that you wish removed from the galaxy Master.

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Oh, how I hate that term.' ―HK-47, to, on his functionality — HK-47 was a and constructed by the, shortly after the end of the in. In the wake of widespread destruction caused by the, a used during the of that conflict, Revan was inspired to seek more subtle methods of defeating his enemies. HK-47 was sent throughout on his missions and successfully countless targets whom Revan had deemed threats to galactic stability and peace.

However, HK-47 was badly crippled and captured on a mission in shortly before Revan himself was by the.As per protocol with Sith prior to going on missions, HK-47's was wiped of all knowledge of his original master. His memory could only be restored upon fulfilling his mission, and successfully returning to his master. As he never managed to return to his master, the automatic recall function was never activated, and he couldn’t remember Revan.

He went from owner to owner, many of whom he inadvertently personally. Eventually, he ended up on the, where he was sold to and unwittingly reunited with Revan, whose memory had been erased following his capture.

The went on to aid Revan after his return to the Order in his to find and destroy the, an ancient factory that Revan had used during his reign as the Dark Lord of the. HK-47 was also instrumental in the defeat of Revan's former, who had since begun utilizing the Star Forge in an attempt to conquer the.HK-47 accompanied Revan to the edge of the along with Revan's, before being left behind in Revan's, the, as the redeemed journeyed on to face a he had remembered from his time as the Dark Lord. Sometime later, HK-47 was damaged and was left aboard the Ebon Hawk, which eventually ended up in the hands of one of Revan's allies from the Mandalorian Wars, also known as the Jedi Exile. During, a newer version of HK that had mass-produced, became active in the galaxy, working as and saboteurs. Surik repaired HK-47, who recognized her as his new master and accompanied her in order to find the source of the HK-50s, whose very existence he considered an insult to himself.

HK-47 also aided Surik in her search for the who survived the and even advised her on techniques to more efficiently kill Jedi so that Surik could better defend herself.HK-47 eventually succeeded in finding the, where the HK-50s were created. There, he convinced the HK-50s to join his and Surik's cause. This action eventually culminated in a final confrontation on Malachor V between HK-47, assisted by the HK-50s, and G0-T0, whose interests conflicted with that of Surik, and the latter droid was destroyed. After his time with Surik, HK-47 set out on his own to attempt to find Revan, his original master, not knowing that Revan had since been captured by the and was being held in stasis. Three hundred years later, HK-47 was found by a returned Revan and aided him in commanding the Rakatan, and though he was destroyed, the rogue intelligence operative known as copied the droid and saw to it that several versions of HK-47 were active over the following years with different masters., HK-47 was found on the planet, where his memory core was preserved within the of a. HK-47 manipulated a group of who discovered him, having them create a new body for him and then subsequently turning on them with the help of several.

The spacers were forced to disable HK-47's new droid as well as the factory producing them. After a fierce battle, the spacers triumphed over the droids, although HK-47 managed to escape destruction. ' I am like a veritable fable, warning against the karma caused by murdering others, a morality tale if you will. What utter irony.'

―HK-47, to Revan — HK-47 in combatHK-47 was originally constructed by the shortly after the of the in. Revan was still a serving as the of the forces at this point and decided to resort to extreme tactics to decisively end the war. As a result, the battle devastated the entire surface of, where it was fought, and destroyed the majority of the on both sides. Not long after the end of the war, Revan and his friend, fell to the and began making plans to conquer the Republic.With this goal in mind, Revan constructed HK-47 using Czerka's design as a basis for his model and included several of his own upgrades. Not wanting to repeat the devastation caused at Malachor V, Revan turned to using HK-47 to assassinate opponents as a more selective way of achieving his goals. Although he considered himself to be a unique construct, HK-47 bore a close resemblance to the produced by.As a result of Revan's programming, HK-47 displayed obedience to those he identified as his master but had little regard for any form of life and was driven by a desire for violence and carnage.

HK-47 characteristically used the term ' when speaking of organic life forms, especially. This insult was originally used in passing by the when Revan's, Darth Malak, had asked what the droid thought of him. In stating his opinion, HK-47 informed Malak of his meatbag status. Revan found the insult, as well as Malak's annoyance, amusing enough to reprogram HK-47 to consider all organics 'meatbags.' After witnessing HK-47's abilities first-hand, Revan decided that more droids of this design would make efficient agents in his plans to preserve stability.

HK-47 became the basis for a new model of: the, which were manufactured at a secret on the.HK-47 continued to serve Revan during the, a devastating conflict between the that Revan had created after his turn to the dark side, and the Galactic Republic. During this time, HK-47 helped Revan to locate the and also beings who could potentially destabilize the galaxy, which eventually led to a mission into in.

While HK-47 was on this mission, Revan was by the after Malak turned on his master and fired a volley of at the of.The ordered Revan's mind to be re-written, and the lost all the memories of his former self, including those of HK-47's existence. Meanwhile, although HK-47 succeeded in his assassination mission, his motor functions were damaged, and he ended up in the possession of a. The Mandalorian reprogrammed and laid claim to the crippled droid, repairing him—though not particularly well in the droid's opinion—and beginning to use the droid to elevate his own rank by having him eliminate his superiors and clear the way for his own promotion.HK-47 had lost much of his memory due to the damage he had received and lacked the knowledge as to where he had been created, though he believed himself to be of 's manufacture.

Conversely, rumors circulated that his true creator was Czerka Corporation. All that remained was his affinity toward violence, although he could not recall why he had been equipped for such a purpose. From master to master. ' You're just a traveling piece of bad luck, aren't you?' ―Revan, to HK-47, about his dead mastersEventually, the Mandalorian ordered HK-47 to assassinate the.

HK-47 failed and was captured by his target, who reprogrammed his objectives to send the droid against his master. The Mandalorian soldier was subsequently. Since HK-47 was programmed to shut down whenever his current master died, he deactivated himself after killing the Mandalorian and was sold to the, a based on the planet.HK-47 helped Bochaba to maintain his reputation as the most feared gangster on Sleheyron, terminating 322 targets in a single before Bochaba was assassinated by his rivals. The droid shut himself down once again after learning of his master's death and was sold to on the galactic of. The first assumed HK-47 to be a mere, but one of his assistants later discovered the droid's assassination functions and asked the Senator to destroy him. The Senator instead ordered HK-47 to kill the assistant, and the droid remained with his master, helping him eliminate his political enemies.

With his rivals quickly being eliminated, the Senator was on his way to being elected as the, but things did not go as they had been planned.The next target the Senator ordered HK-47 to kill was his own, who, as he had discovered, had been cheating on him. As HK-47 approached the wife and her illicit lover to terminate them both, his master suddenly regretted his order and dove between the droid and his intended victims. Having accidentally terminated his master, HK-47 had no choice but to shut down once more. The Senator's wife later sold him to a of Systech Corporation. At first, the officer used HK-47 as a protocol and droid, but following his discovery of the droid's assassination protocols, the officer sent HK-47 on a mission to eliminate workers of a competitor company that was developing a product which, if launched onto the market, would ruin the officer's career. The officer did not realize that the competing company was, in fact, another branch of Systech Corporation. By the time he realized his mistake, HK-47 had already terminated 104 Systech employees.

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HK-47 assumed that, being the only officer remaining, his master would be promoted. Instead, the officer, in dismay, attacked the droid. While doing so, the officer pierced one of HK-47's actuators with a writing utensil, resulting in an electric shock that killed him and destroyed the droid's assassination protocols, again forcing the droid to deactivate himself for killing his master. Back with Revan. ' Statement: I see you have purchased me, master. I find this a satisfactory arrangement. Am I to accompany you now?

Shall I kill something for you?' ―HK-47, to RevanHK-47 during his travels with RevanAfter the accident with the Systech Corporation officer, HK-47 was sold to —an droid dealer at the settlement on the planet —who fitted him with a, further restricting the droid's memory and his protocol and assassination protocols. There, HK-47 encountered his original master, Revan, whose mind had been erased by the after being injured at the hands of Darth Malak. Revan was once again trying to find the Star Forge and was looking for the, an ancient artifact located on Tatooine. This time, Revan was acting on behalf of the Jedi Council in order to locate and destroy the superweapon and save the Republic from defeat. Revan purchased the droid for his knowledge of the, as he intended to negotiate with the local about ceasing attacks against Czerka Corporation personnel and could not understand the dialect himself.

HK-47 eagerly accompanied Revan, as he disliked Yuka Laka, and acted as a translator when Revan met with the of the local tribe.In keeping with his violent programming, HK-47 advocated for simply eliminating the local tribe, but Revan opted for a peaceful method and managed to gain entrance to the by using disguises taken from fallen Tusken Raiders. Revan was able to successfully reach an accord with the chieftain by trading two he had bought from the Czerka outpost so that the tribe could journey farther away from the settlement and cease their constant raids. As a sign of appreciation, the chieftain gave Revan his as well as a map of the area of Tatooine where the Star Map was located. At that, HK-47 expressed his disappointment at the loss of a chance for combat against the Sand People.

HK-47 was present when Revan was allowed to meet with the Sand People in return for presenting the chieftain with a. HK-47 translated for this meeting as well, cautioning Revan against making any potentially offensive statements.When Revan later asked HK-47 about the droid's past, he was quite taken aback to discover that the droid had, indirectly or otherwise, been the cause of death of all of his interim owners. This did not stop Revan from making multiple repairs to the droid, despite some trepidation on HK-47's part. Revan eventually restored everything but HK-47's, which was too fragile to attempt to repair manually. Revan later Malak for the first time since his former apprentice had betrayed him.This meeting proved to be the stimulus necessary for Revan to remember the truth about his own history.

It was also the signal for HK-47's internal programming to unlock and undo the damage to his primary memory core, allowing the droid full access to his entire memory as well as his entire combat and assassination protocol package. HK-47 appeared more than satisfied to be reunited with his master, but later commented that Revan had changed since he had last served him, stating that Revan was more compassionate than before. Despite this, the droid still believed that Revan was just as capable of merciless and necessary actions when required. The droid also expressed his alleged frustration and rage at being absent during Malak's betrayal and his inability to defend Revan from Malak's treachery.HK-47 remained with Revan until the of the former Dark Lord's journey, following him to the Star Forge and aiding in the of the superweapon as well as the defeat of Darth Malak.

HK-47 was honored with Revan's other companions as a hero of the Republic. Shortly thereafter, more of Revan's memories returned, and the Jedi recalled a to the galaxy that he had uncovered as a Sith Lord. HK-47 was left behind with Revan's wife, when he departed for the. Revan also had HK-47's memory of the past four years erased so that the droid would not discover his destination. For a short time, Shan left HK-47 with the on Coruscant, hoping his murderous instincts might be calmed.

Meetra Surik. ' Mockery: Am I all right? Oh, yes, Master, why, I am fine.

Statement: I mean, I have only just been re-activated, only to find that there are sub-standard duplicates of me running all over the galaxy, corroding my good name. But if they are, in fact, hunting you, then I look forward to the opportunity to meet these units—and educate them in proper assassination protocols.' ―HK-47, to Meetra Surik, upon learning of the HK-50 units — HK-47, during his travels with the Jedi ExileHowever, HK-47 was unwilling to stay and wait for his master to return, and when Bastila refused to tell the droid where Revan had gone, HK-47 left to find him. During the droid's attempt to locate Revan, HK-47 was once again heavily damaged and almost entirely dismembered. HK-47's remains were later discovered by one of Revan's other droids, who recovered HK-47 and stored the remains aboard the Ebon Hawk.When Meetra Surik, a former Jedi and one of the few individuals to escape assassination by a new Sith Order, gained ownership of the Ebon Hawk in, she discovered a deactivated HK-47 on board.

Using parts retrieved from the imitation HK-50s and a junk dealer on, Surik reactivated HK-47. The droid was enraged when he was informed of the existence of his copies and saw the coloration of his successors and their lack of using the 'meatbag' reference—their term was instead 'organic'—as signs of their inferiority, believing them to be an insult to himself. Hoping to encounter more of these copies and eventually track them to where they were being created, HK-47 joined Surik on her journey to find and unite the surviving from the former Jedi High Council after the. He also regained a few memories of his past adventure on the Ebon Hawk after Surik reactivated him.The damage that HK-47 had sustained was not fully repaired by Surik; his assassination protocols were still damaged and his personality had become more violent than it had been during the Jedi Civil War.

Much of HK-47's memory was also gone, and because of this, HK-47 did not remember others who had followed the amnesiac Revan, such as T3-M4 or, although he did recognize, a droid crime lord who also joined Surik. However, HK-47 was unaware that G0-T0 was in fact the employer of the HK-50s from whom Surik retrieved the parts necessary to repair HK-47. HK-47 began to analyze the Ebon Hawk and discovered an anomaly: the ship's was locked, making him curious as to where the ship had recently been. Before he could investigate, T3 disabled him and erased his memory of the anomaly. HK-47 continued to follow Surik until after the.

During the battle, HK-47 left the group after capturing and torturing an HK-50 unit into telling him the location where the HK-50 models were being produced.HK-47 eventually tracked the HK-50s to the HK Manufacturing Plant under the surface of Telos IV and, upon arrival, persuaded the HK-50s to join his cause. HK-47 then returned with Surik to Malachor V in order to defeat the Sith Lord. However, the Ebon Hawk crashed due to the stormy of the planet, where the group was separated. Surik had left instructions to destroy Malachor V, an order that G0-T0 tried to prevent from being carried out, as he viewed the on the planet to be too valuable to destroy.

HK-47 and the HK-50s intervened on Surik's behalf and destroyed their former employer. G0-T0's destruction allowed the of, another companion of Surik, to activate a and the planet.After defeating the Sith, Surik decided to find out what had happened to Revan, and decided to leave HK-47 behind. Before she left known space, she heard from the reformed Jedi Council that HK-47's programming seemed to compel the droid to seek out his master, and the droid had left to search for Revan once again.