IG - 100 MagnaGuard IG - 100 MagnaGuards , or Magna Guard , were a type of battle droid created by Holowan Mechanicals . They were a favorite of General Grievous , who used them as his bodyguard s during the Clone Wars , though they were also known to accompany other high - ranking Separatist personnel . MagnaGuards were equipped with electrostaff s that could be used against Jedi lightsaber s and were capable of continuing a fight even with the loss of one or multiple limbs or even their heads . They were worthy competitors even to the most skilled Jedi , one was even able to back Obi - Wan Kenobi into a corner . MagnaGuards usually fought in at least pairs of two , one to occupy the Jedi ' s lightsaber and one to attack from the unguarded flanks or behind . History . Clone Wars . Following the Battle of Geonosis , several Magnaguards accompanied General Grievous when he hired the droid assassin AD - W4 to oversee the Separatist operations on the planet Hissrich . Several MagnaGuards accompanied Count Dooku during his negotiations with Jabba the Hutt at his Palace on Tatooine . After Ventress ' s failure in " rescuing " Jabba ' s son , Rotta , Dooku sent his MagnaGuards to deal with Skywalker . A pair of MagnaGuards flew " Rogue " - class starfighters and were able to shoot down Skywalker ' s ship before they were destroyed . A group of MagnaGuards then attacked Skywalker ' s apprentice , Ahsoka Tano , with orders to kill Jabba ' s son near his palace . Despite being only a Padawan , Tano was able to destroy them all and return Rotta to his father . Grievous then took another group MagnaGuards with him to Skytop Station . When Grievous ' s spy , R3 - S6 , reported that Skywalker had infiltrated his station , Grievous tasked his MagnaGuards with taking R2 - D2 to his ship . However , Skywalker and R2 were able to defeat the MagnaGuards . Several Magnaguards were then stationed at Grievous ' s fortress on Vassek third moon . However , they were then remotely deactivated by Dooku , in order to test Grievous ' s skills against the Jedi . After Grievous returned to his castle and found Jedi Kit Fisto , his former apprentice , Nahdar Vebb and Commander Fil ' s squad there , Grievous reactivated his MagnaGuards to lock - down the castle . One of the MagnaGuards then used a rocket launcher on the clones ' " Nu " - class transport . However , R6 - H5 was able to make a quick escape before the MagnaGuards attacked him . Though one of them managed to cling onto the fighter as it took off , R6 was able to rid himself of his antagonist by spinning the fighter in mid - air , sending the screaming MagnaGuard flying off it . The MagnaGuards then assisted him fighting Vebb until Grievous killed him . Grievous and his MagnaGuards then surrounded Fisto as Grievous demanded his surrender . However , Fisto escaped . Bane then used one aboard his command ship when he attempted to force Jedi Master Bolla Ropal to open the holocron in order to reveal the Kyber memory crystal ' s information . Grievous was able to use several of his MagnaGuards in subduing and capturing Jedi Council member Eeth Koth . Grievous also used them in his fight with Kenobi aboard a Republic light cruiser at Saleucami . Dooku then had a trio of them awaiting Skywalker with him at Rish Loo ' s secret laboratory on Naboo . Together , they were able to capture Skywalker . One of the MagnaGuards then tortured Skywalker with its electro - staff . Several MagnaGuards were also stationed on Serenno at Dooku ' s palace and the Box . Dooku also used them when he attempted to kidnap the Chancellor , but were defeated by Kenobi and Skywalker . Several of the droids accompanied Grievous as he massacred the Nightsisters on Dathomir . General Kalani also had several MagnaGuards with him to guard , torture and execute King Rash ' s prisoners during their execution . On Utapau there were a pair MagnaGuards stationed on the planet when Dooku and Grievous had prepared a deal with the Sugi arms dealers , for a massive kyber crystal for a secret weapon , but when Tu Ahn , a Jedi investigating the conspiracy , attempted to find out their plans , they shot and killed her with a precision laser dart . Later , Jedi Generals Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi were trying to find the cause of death of Jedi Master Tu Ahn , when Garri , a toydarian informed them that a MagnaGuard was there earlier , during a meeting , and that he was payed by the MagnaGuard to not reveal information . Anakin and Obi - Wan eventually tracked down a pair of MagnaGuards . They were both destroyed , but not before Skywalker obtained information about the arms deal . When Anakin and Obi - Wan obtained the crystal , several MagnaGuards pursued them along with Grievous , all but one were destroyed by the Jedi . Two more accompanied Grievous on a Separatist supply ship , holding the kyber crystal that the Separatists had recently stolen from Skywalker and Kenobi . They were both destroyed when the Jedi caused the crystal to explode . Two MagnaGuards , IG - 101 and IG - 102 , were aboard the " Invisible Hand " during the Battle of Coruscant . When Jedi Skywalker and Kenobi reacquired their lightsabers that Grievous had taken , the general ordered the IG - 100 droids to attack them . Both of the MagnaGuards were destroyed by the Jedi quite easily , however . Another four were with Grievous when he returned to Utapau and one observed Kenobi landing on the planet . They were then destroyed by Kenobi before his and Grievous ' final duel . Age of the Empire . At some point after the Battle of Yavin , a pair of refitted MagnaGuards were on Nar Shaddaa in the service of Grakkus the Hutt . The two droids battled Luke Skywalker during Grakkus ' attempt to steal the young Rebel ' s lightsaber . Later , many of them fought TIE fighter pilots who arrived to capture Skywalker under orders of sergeant Kreel .