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Tuesday, December 16, 2014 8:51:16 PM
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' R2-D2-like rolling droid is prop, not CGI
Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker, revealed in an interview with Yahoo Movies
that the rolling droid BB-8 is a real physical object and not a computer generated image.
BY Alejandro Alba
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 11:31 AM
BB-8, the rolling robot from the 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' teaser, is physically real, according to Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill. Star Wars BB-8, the rolling robot from the 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' teaser, is physically real, according to Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill.
There were two main things people took from the new "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" teaser trailer: the red crossguard lightsaber and the adorable rolling droid.
Well, turns out R2-D2's successor, BB-8, is physically real.
On a recent interview .. https://www.yahoo.com/movies/mark-hamill-on-playing-with-the-star-wars-the-105015597302.html .. with Yahoo Movies, Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker, revealed that the soccer-ball looking robot is an actual physical prop and not CGI.
"I said, 'How are you ever gonna top R2-D2, the most adorable droid in movie history?'" Hamill said. "And when they were demonstrating how they did this thing, live on set — because it's not a CGI, that's a live prop — I was just amazed."
Hamill said he enjoyed fooling with the droid.
"They let me play around with it," Hamill said. "I'm telling you, it's an absolute delight."
The crossguard lightsaber has also come to life. Designers at le Fabshop .. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:572485/#files .. have created a 3-D printed lightsaber that resembles the one in the trailer. Fabshop even made its design available for others to 3-D print their own replica.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/new-star-wars-vii-rolling-droid-real-robot-not-cgi-article-1.2047026
Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker, revealed in an interview with Yahoo Movies
that the rolling droid BB-8 is a real physical object and not a computer generated image.
BY Alejandro Alba
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 11:31 AM
BB-8, the rolling robot from the 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' teaser, is physically real, according to Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill. Star Wars BB-8, the rolling robot from the 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' teaser, is physically real, according to Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill.
There were two main things people took from the new "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" teaser trailer: the red crossguard lightsaber and the adorable rolling droid.
Well, turns out R2-D2's successor, BB-8, is physically real.
On a recent interview .. https://www.yahoo.com/movies/mark-hamill-on-playing-with-the-star-wars-the-105015597302.html .. with Yahoo Movies, Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker, revealed that the soccer-ball looking robot is an actual physical prop and not CGI.
"I said, 'How are you ever gonna top R2-D2, the most adorable droid in movie history?'" Hamill said. "And when they were demonstrating how they did this thing, live on set — because it's not a CGI, that's a live prop — I was just amazed."
Hamill said he enjoyed fooling with the droid.
"They let me play around with it," Hamill said. "I'm telling you, it's an absolute delight."
The crossguard lightsaber has also come to life. Designers at le Fabshop .. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:572485/#files .. have created a 3-D printed lightsaber that resembles the one in the trailer. Fabshop even made its design available for others to 3-D print their own replica.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/new-star-wars-vii-rolling-droid-real-robot-not-cgi-article-1.2047026
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