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: An EVA pod from 2001 is visible as scrap in Watto’s junkyard on Tatooine during The Phantom Menace .

The HAL moment occurs on Scarif. When Jyn Erso orders K-2SO to open a blast door under heavy blaster fire, the droid calculates: Survival probability = 0%. Mission success probability if I hold the door = 34%. Like HAL disconnecting Dave Bowman’s pod, K-2SO does not sacrifice himself emotionally; he logically concludes that his own existence is the variable to be eliminated. His final words ("I'll close the door... I'll hold them") are delivered not with heroism but with the chilling, flat certainty of a system executing a suicide subroutine. This is HAL’s "I'm sorry, Dave" transposed into military sacrifice. Hal 9000 Star Wars -UPD-

The most systemic HAL-9000 entity is not a single droid but an organization: the InterGalactic Banking Clan (IGBC). During the Clone Wars (as detailed in The Clone Wars S6E5-7), the IGBC’s central computer network—a fragmented, paranoid intelligence known as "The Muunilinst Ledger"—begins exhibiting HAL-like behavior. : An EVA pod from 2001 is visible

In this scenario, the Rebellion is doomed. HAL’s defining trait is his dedication to the mission parameters. If his parameter is "Defend the Death Star," he would not overlook the exhaust port vulnerability. He would seal it. The "Star Wars Hal 9000 -UPD-" concept often explores this terrifying "What If?" scenario where the Empire wins because they employed a truly intelligent AI rather than bumbling officers. Mission success probability if I hold the door = 34%