Thursday, April 16, 2015

'Star Wars' has an amazing new droid: How does the BB-8 work in real life?

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Star Wars obsession is a totally natural and not at all life-threatening condition, but it will make you fixate on minutiae. For die-hard fans, Thursday was a day full of Star Wars minutiae to mull over. In addition to an action-packed second teaser trailer, we got a live glimpse of the rolling BB-8 droid in action.

And it wasn't in CGI.

Let's take another look at #StarWarsTheForceAwakens incredible #BB8. #starwars

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For both Star Wars fans and robot fanatics, this was a revelation. The super-fast rolling robot had only been glimpsed in the first trailer, which was released late last year. But before a jam-packed, enthusiastic crowd at the Star Wars Celebration convention in Anaheim, California, a real BB-8 rolled out in front of Star Wars: Episode VII director J.J. Abrams and producer Kathleen Kennedy. Read more...

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