Promotion and Reception
HK-47 was included as an action figure in the Champions of the Force line of Star Wars figures.
At the 2004 Game Developers Choice Awards, the HK-47 character won the category of "Original Game Character of the Year". The character also won Computer Gaming World's 2003 "NPC of the Year" award. GameSpot called the characters one of the coolest characters of 2003, saying he was possibly the most original Star Wars character in years. GamesRadar listed HK-47 as the 3rd best conceived character in video gaming, calling him "cheerfully insane" and saying he was "asily the highlight of the series". IGN chose the character as the 13th top Star Wars hero. GameDaily's Robert Workman called HK-47 one of his favourite characters from Star Wars video games. GameDaily's Chris Buffa also listed the droid as one of their top 25 video game robots, praising its humour and in-game value. UGO Networks listed the character as one of the top 50 Star Wars Expanded Universe characters, noting his sarcastic personality made him unique among droids. GamesRadar listed it as one of the 25 best new characters of the decade, stating that Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic had some of the best characterization in Star Wars history, adding that HK-47 was one of the most memorable characters in the game.
Empire listed HK-47 as the 43rd greatest video game character, calling him "brilliantly twisted". Dakota Grabowski listed HK-47 as the second top BioWare created teammate, commenting that he delivered some of the best lines in Knights of the Old Republic. Matt Miller called HK-47 the second top AI character of the decade, commenting that if the player chose to go light-side, then "he is a perfect counter to your heroic actions". In the December 2010 issue of Game Informer, HK-47 was ranked at #15 in "The Top 30 Characters who Defined a Decade" list, who called him the best character in Knights of the Old Republic. Game Informer noted that his personality and humour " a mirror to Revan's dual history with both sides of the Force", saying that he highlighted the overarching Star Wars theme of everyone having both good and evil in them. HK-47 was also voted as the 18th top character of the decade by Game Informer's readers. In 2011 GameSpy's Mike Sharkey called HK-47 a noticeable omission from the Guinness World Record's top 50 video game characters.
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