A Bounty Hunter from the STAR WARS Universe Rumored to Appear in OBI-WAN KENOBI

A new rumor has surfaced regarding an old-school bounty hunter character from the Star Wars universe that may be appearing in Lucasfilm’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series. The bounty hunter was introduced in the line-up that Darth Vader hired in The Empire Strikes Back to hunt down Han Solo.

Obviously, there are possible spoilers ahead if you decide to keep reading. StarWarsNews.net is reporting that “a credible source” revealed to them that the bounty hunter 4-LOM will make an appearance in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series.

There are no details regarding 4-LOM’s involvement, but it’s explained that the Bounty Hunter droid will have a bigger role in the series than the few seconds he did have in The Empire Strikes Back.

The LOM-series of protocol droids had a flaw in their software and 4-LOM was able to override his programming system and became a galactic thief and later a bounty hunter. Here’s some additional information on the droid:

4-LOM was a LOM-series protocol droid manufactured by Industrial Automaton who was programmed by a specific individual. The programmer told him about a planet where droids rose up. 4-LOM was assigned to a luxury liner, but logic glitches and personality software corruption allowed 4-LOM to override his programming. 4-LOM rewrote his programming, and became a galactic thief, and later a bounty hunter. As a criminal 4-LOM was known for specializing in anticipating the moves of its targets. The Droid Gotra used 4-LOM's story as proof that a droids original programmed function did not determine its future. Industrial Automaton however, tried to bury the droids story, fearing that the public might learn their protocol droids could potentially turn into lethal killers.

 What do you think about 4-LOM joining the Obi-Wan Kenobi series?