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"The idea of sharing our software, or giving it away for free, disappeared with Kevin Flynn."
―Edward Dillinger, Jr. to Alan Bradley
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Edward Dillinger, Jr.
Biographical information
Username EDJ_0431
Status Alive
Physical description
Gender Male
Hair Color Brown
Eye Color Blue
Other information
Functions ENCOM Programmer & Executive
Allies Richard Mackey
Claire Atkinson
Out of universe information
Actor Cillian Murphy
Appearances TRON: Legacy
TRON: The Next Day (mentioned only)
TRON: Identity (mentioned)
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Edward Dillinger, Jr. is the son of the programmer and former ENCOM Senior Executive Ed Dillinger. In 2010, he was a board member at ENCOM and had taken over the development of ENCOM OS-12, formerly known as Flynn OS.

History[]

Childhood[]

Edward Dillinger, Jr. was born to the now notorious Ed Dillinger, though his birth date is largely unveiled. Like his father, Jr. had an inventive streak, reportedly showing an aptitude for mathematics and computing.[1]

2010[]

Despite his father's checkered history at ENCOM, Ed Jr. was employed there and eventually rose to become the favored head of the company's software design team.

Ed Jr. attended the celebratory board meeting on the eve of the launch of ENCOM OS-12, where the company's chairman, Richard Mackey, praised his achievements and value to the company at the expense of any mention of their still-missing former CEO Kevin Flynn. When Kevin's son Sam broke into ENCOM Tower and hacked the company's servers, causing a loop video clip of his dog Marv to appear on the boardroom screen instead of the midnight launch of OS-12, Ed Jr. was one of the few board members to stay cool and attempt to trace the problem through his tablet. As Mackey's panic escalated, Ed Jr. firmly told him to relax and entered the command to terminate the looping video clip. However, he was unable to prevent OS-12 from being uploaded onto the web for free and retired off-screen after calmly suggesting to Mackey that the software leak be explained as an act of generosity from ENCOM to the public.[2]

When Roy Kleinberg asked the board's new chairman, Alan Bradley, whether Dillinger, Jr. would remain at the company after the upcoming reorganization, Alan replied that "Junior" had earned his place and would be allowed to stay.[3]

Behind the Scenes[]

  • Edward Dillinger, Jr. is portrayed in TRON: Legacy by Irish actor Cillian Murphy in an uncredited role. It is rumoured that he may return for the third TRON film. Bruce Boxleitner has hinted at that, saying during an interview, "Let's just say... Cillian Murphy doesn't do cameos."
  • A teaser scene featuring Dillinger Jr., and a second ambiguous character has been produced together with TRON: The Next Day and is an "easter egg" on the US Blu-ray release of TRON: Legacy. The second ambiguous character (with the username MCTRL_751) is either Ed Dillinger, Sr. or a new version of the Master Control Program. The former is probably more likely to be true, as Dillinger Jr. refers to the ambiguous character as "Dad".

References[]

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