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It is white with orange and silver decoration." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/BB-8%2C_Star_Wars_The_Force_Awakens.jpg" decoding="async" width="205" height="300" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="205" data-file-height="300" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">BB-8 from <i>The Force Awakens</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a></i> (2015)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last appearance</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Rogue_Not_Quite_One" title="Rogue Not Quite One">Rogue Not Quite One</a></i> (2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Kasdan" title="Lawrence Kasdan">Lawrence Kasdan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._J._Abrams" title="J. J. Abrams">J. J. Abrams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Arndt" title="Michael Arndt">Michael Arndt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Voiced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Schwartz" title="Ben Schwartz">Ben Schwartz</a> (consultant)<sup id="cite_ref-Chitwood2016_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chitwood2016-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hader" title="Bill Hader">Bill Hader</a> (modulated via synthesizer)<sup id="cite_ref-Chitwood2016_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chitwood2016-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Performed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Chapman_(actor)" title="Dave Chapman (actor)">Dave Chapman</a><sup id="cite_ref-Brooks2015_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brooks2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Brian Herring<sup id="cite_ref-Brooks2015_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brooks2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Species</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Astromech_droid" class="mw-redirect" title="Astromech droid">Astromech droid</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Republic_(Star_Wars)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Republic (Star Wars)">New Republic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Resistance_(Star_Wars)" title="Resistance (Star Wars)">Resistance</a></li><li>Team <i>Fireball</i></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>BB-8</b> (or <b>Beebee-Ate</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Droid_(Star_Wars)" title="Droid (Star Wars)">droid</a> character in the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars"><i>Star Wars</i> franchise</a>. He appeared in the three films of the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_sequel_trilogy" title="Star Wars sequel trilogy">sequel trilogy</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a></i> (2015), <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi" title="Star Wars: The Last Jedi">Star Wars: The Last Jedi</a></i> (2017), and <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker" title="Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker">Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker</a></i> (2019). He also appeared as a major supporting character in the animated series <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Resistance" title="Star Wars Resistance">Star Wars Resistance</a></i>, appearing in the first 17 episodes of season 1, and in the 2023 <a href="/wiki/Short_film" title="Short film">short film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Rogue_Not_Quite_One" title="Rogue Not Quite One">Rogue Not Quite One</a></i>. He is a BB astromech droid serving the <a href="/wiki/Resistance_(Star_Wars)" title="Resistance (Star Wars)">Resistance</a>, and is owned by <a href="/wiki/Poe_Dameron" title="Poe Dameron">Poe Dameron</a>. Spherical with a free-moving domed head, BB-8 is portrayed by both a <a href="/wiki/Puppetry" title="Puppetry">rod puppet</a> and a remote-controlled robotic unit. The character has been well received by critics and fans, and has become one of the most beloved and recognizable characters of the <i>Star Wars</i> saga in recent years. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conception">Conception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Conception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Idea_and_design">Idea and design</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Idea and design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BB-8's design was based on a sketch by <i>The Force Awakens</i> director <a href="/wiki/J._J._Abrams" title="J. J. Abrams">J. J. Abrams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-art_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-art-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to special effects artist <a href="/wiki/Neal_Scanlan" title="Neal Scanlan">Neal Scanlan</a>, "It was a very simple sketch, beautiful in its simplicity of a ball with this little dome on top."<sup id="cite_ref-EW_2015-11_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_2015-11-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His design included asymmetrical panels to make it easier for the viewer to track motion, because, Scanlan says, "If you had parallel patterns that ran around the circumference, they would be less informative as to the direction BB-8 was traveling".<sup id="cite_ref-EW_2015-11_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_2015-11-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abrams also named the character, saying, "I named him BB-8 because it was almost <a href="/wiki/Onomatopoeia" title="Onomatopoeia">onomatopoeia</a>. It was sort of how he looked to me, with the 8, obviously, and then the two B's."<sup id="cite_ref-EW_name_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_name-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name was conceived early on in the film's production and was one of the few to remain unchanged.<sup id="cite_ref-EW_name_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_name-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before receiving his final name, the droid was nicknamed "Surly" by the pre-production team.<sup id="cite_ref-art_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-art-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constraints_and_realization">Constraints and realization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Constraints and realization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2013, <i>The Force Awakens</i> cinematographer <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Mindel" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Mindel">Daniel Mindel</a> and <i>Episode VIII</i> director <a href="/wiki/Rian_Johnson" title="Rian Johnson">Rian Johnson</a> each stated that Abrams would use little <a href="/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery" title="Computer-generated imagery">computer-generated imagery</a> (CGI) and more practical, traditional special effects in order to recreate the visual realism and authenticity of the original <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">Star Wars</a></i> film.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To that end, the droid BB-8 was a physical prop developed by <a href="/wiki/Disney_Research" title="Disney Research">Disney Research</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Fortune_BB-8_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fortune_BB-8-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> created by Neal Scanlan and operated live on set with the actors.<sup id="cite_ref-BB-8_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BB-8-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Scanlan_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scanlan-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seven BB-8 puppets were constructed for filming.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most prominent was a rod puppet, controlled by puppeteers <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chapman_(actor)" title="Dave Chapman (actor)">Dave Chapman</a> and Brian Herring. In addition, there were several radio controlled units and some static prop versions. A fully functioning, self-contained robotic unit was not practical for shooting, so most of the "walking" scenes were achieved by the puppet, with rods removed in post production. Later a self-standing remote controlled unit was constructed and used at promotional events.<sup id="cite_ref-Brooks2015_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brooks2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Description">Description</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BB-8 is a <a href="/wiki/Spherical_robot" title="Spherical robot">spherical robot</a> with a free-moving domed head. It is white, with orange and silver accents and a black optical lens on its headpiece. BB-8 also possesses multiple panels containing various tools or ports. Scanlan said of the robot's personality, "We always imagined BB-8 as being quite manipulative. I think he knows he's cute. He knows that he can win people over. And he uses that, like children do, to get his own way. In this film, he has a very important mission that he has to accomplish and so he uses his personality, his coyness, and all of those things."<sup id="cite_ref-EW_2015-11_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_2015-11-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of BB-8's gender he said, "I'm still not sure, dare I say, whether BB-8 is male or female ... BB-8 was female in our eyes. And then he or she became male. And that's all part of the evolution, not only visually, but in the way they move, how they hold themselves."<sup id="cite_ref-EW_2015-11_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_2015-11-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Calling the robot a "<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Army_Knife" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss Army Knife">Swiss Army Knife</a> that shouldn't be trusted", he noted that while each of the BB-8's panels has a specific purpose, like a port or tool, not all of them have been absolutely defined to leave options for future films.<sup id="cite_ref-EW_2015-11_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_2015-11-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voice">Voice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Voice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The voice of BB-8 was supplied by comedians <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hader" title="Bill Hader">Bill Hader</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Schwartz" title="Ben Schwartz">Ben Schwartz</a>, both credited as "BB-8 vocal consultants" in the film. The effect was created by Abrams manipulating Hader and Schwartz's voices through a <a href="/wiki/Talkbox" class="mw-redirect" title="Talkbox">talkbox</a> attached to an <a href="/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a> running a sound effects app.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearances">Appearances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_film">In film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Force_Awakens_(2015)"><span id="The_Force_Awakens_.282015.29"></span><i>The Force Awakens</i> (2015)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The Force Awakens (2015)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a></div> <p>BB-8 was first seen in the 88-second <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens">The Force Awakens</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Teaser_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Teaser campaign">teaser trailer</a> released by <a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm" title="Lucasfilm">Lucasfilm</a> on November 28, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its name was revealed by <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> in a Lucasfilm-designed <a href="/wiki/Topps" title="Topps">Topps</a>-style <a href="/wiki/Trading_card" title="Trading card">trading card</a> <a href="/wiki/Mockup" title="Mockup">mockup</a> in December 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the film, the robot is the <a href="/wiki/Astromech_droid" class="mw-redirect" title="Astromech droid">astromech droid</a> of the Resistance <a href="/wiki/X-wing_fighter" title="X-wing fighter">X-wing fighter</a> pilot <a href="/wiki/Poe_Dameron" title="Poe Dameron">Poe Dameron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oscar_Isaac" title="Oscar Isaac">Oscar Isaac</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Databank_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Databank-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Poe entrusts it with a map that must be delivered to the Resistance headquarters in order to determine the whereabouts of <a href="/wiki/Jedi" title="Jedi">Jedi Knight</a> <a href="/wiki/Luke_Skywalker" title="Luke Skywalker">Luke Skywalker</a>. While Poe is captured and interrogated by the sinister <a href="/wiki/First_Order_(Star_Wars)" title="First Order (Star Wars)">First Order</a> warlord <a href="/wiki/Kylo_Ren" title="Kylo Ren">Kylo Ren</a>, BB-8 flees across the desert of the planet <a href="/wiki/Jakku" title="Jakku">Jakku</a> and finds sanctuary with the plucky scavenger <a href="/wiki/Rey_(Star_Wars)" title="Rey (Star Wars)">Rey</a>. Eventually Rey, the renegade <a href="/wiki/Stormtrooper_(Star_Wars)" title="Stormtrooper (Star Wars)">stormtrooper</a> <a href="/wiki/Finn_(Star_Wars)" title="Finn (Star Wars)">Finn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Han_Solo" title="Han Solo">Han Solo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chewbacca" title="Chewbacca">Chewbacca</a> bring BB-8 to Resistance leader <a href="/wiki/Princess_Leia" title="Princess Leia">Leia Organa</a>, and ultimately reunite him with Poe. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Last_Jedi_(2017)"><span id="The_Last_Jedi_.282017.29"></span><i>The Last Jedi</i> (2017)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The Last Jedi (2017)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi" title="Star Wars: The Last Jedi">Star Wars: The Last Jedi</a></div> <p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi" title="Star Wars: The Last Jedi">The Last Jedi</a></i>, BB-8 fixes Poe's X-wing weapons system by smashing his head into it. In <a href="/wiki/Canto_Bight" class="mw-redirect" title="Canto Bight">Canto Bight</a>, a drunken gambler repeatedly inserts coins into a slot in BB-8, thinking he is a slot machine. The droid later subdues several guards, allowing Finn and Rose to escape imprisonment. BB-8 then uses the coins to subdue a fourth guard. Later, he operates a First Order <a href="/wiki/Walker_(Star_Wars)#All_Terrain_Scout_Transport_(AT-ST)" title="Walker (Star Wars)">AT-ST</a> in order to rescue Finn and Rose after they are captured by the First Order. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Rise_of_Skywalker_(2019)"><span id="The_Rise_of_Skywalker_.282019.29"></span><i>The Rise of Skywalker</i> (2019)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker" title="Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker">Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker</a></div> <p>BB-8 appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker" title="Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker">The Rise of Skywalker</a></i> where, in mission with Rey, Finn, Poe, Chewie and C-3PO on Pasaana eventually befriended a droid named D-O. Later followed them on Kef Bir and Exegol in the last war against <a href="/wiki/Palpatine" title="Palpatine">Emperor Palpatine</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sith#Sith_Eternal" title="Sith">Sith Eternal</a>. After celebrating the victory of the Resistance on Ajan Kloss, BB-8 followed Rey on Tatooine where she buried Luke and Leia's lightsabers in the Lars homestead and, in the end, the droid watched the binary sunrise along with her. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_television">In television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: In television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Forces_of_Destiny_(2017–18)"><span id="Forces_of_Destiny_.282017.E2.80.9318.29"></span><i>Forces of Destiny</i> (2017–18)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Forces of Destiny (2017–18)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Forces_of_Destiny" title="Star Wars Forces of Destiny">Star Wars Forces of Destiny</a></div> <p>BB-8 makes several appearances in <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Forces_of_Destiny" title="Star Wars Forces of Destiny">Star Wars Forces of Destiny</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In "Sands of Jakku" and "BB-8 Bandits", both of which take place shortly after Rey finds him in <i>The Force Awakens</i>, Rey helps the droid evade a Nightwatcher worm and several bandits. In "Tracker Trouble", the droid, Rey, Finn, and Han help to get a tracker off the <i>Millennium Falcon</i> shortly after leaving Jakku. In "Shuttle Shock", which takes place during the journey to Canto Bight in <i>The Last Jedi</i>, BB-8 is overloaded by electrical shocks from a jellyfish monster, forcing Finn and Rose to try and fix it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Star_Wars_Resistance_(2018)"><span id="Star_Wars_Resistance_.282018.29"></span><i>Star Wars Resistance</i> (2018)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Star Wars Resistance (2018)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Resistance" title="Star Wars Resistance">Star Wars Resistance (season 1)</a></div> <p>BB-8 is a supporting character in the 2018 first season of the animated television series <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Resistance" title="Star Wars Resistance">Star Wars Resistance</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rogue_Not_Quite_One_(2023)"><span id="Rogue_Not_Quite_One_.282023.29"></span><i>Rogue Not Quite One</i> (2023)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Rogue Not Quite One (2023)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rogue_Not_Quite_One" title="Rogue Not Quite One">Rogue Not Quite One</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_appearances">Other appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Other appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_media">Related media</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Related media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BB-8 is a <a href="/wiki/Narration#Third-person,_subjective" title="Narration">point of view</a> character in both the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens_(novel)" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens (novel)">2015 novelization</a> of <i>The Force Awakens</i> by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Dean_Foster" title="Alan Dean Foster">Alan Dean Foster</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FA_novel_I_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FA_novel_I-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 2017 novelization of <i>The Last Jedi</i> by <a href="/wiki/Jason_Fry" title="Jason Fry">Jason Fry</a>. The droid also appears in the comic book series <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Poe_Dameron" title="Star Wars: Poe Dameron">Star Wars: Poe Dameron</a></i>, published by <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> in April 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-UT_Comic_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UT_Comic-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Merchandising">Merchandising</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Merchandising"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The official September 4, 2015 launch of all merchandise for <i>The Force Awakens</i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> included an 11.4-centimeter-tall (4.5-inch) mobile app-enabled BB-8 robot toy developed by <a href="/wiki/Sphero" title="Sphero">Sphero</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fortune_BB-8_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fortune_BB-8-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sphero had participated in a Disney-run <a href="/wiki/Startup_accelerator" title="Startup accelerator">startup accelerator</a> program in July 2014, during which Disney CEO <a href="/wiki/Bob_Iger" title="Bob Iger">Bob Iger</a> showed Sphero executives on-set photos and imagery of BB-8 before anyone outside of the production team knew of the robot's existence. Sphero acquired the license in November 2014, completing the development and production of the toy in time for its September 2015 release.<sup id="cite_ref-wired-bb8_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-bb8-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thenational-bb8_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thenational-bb8-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Time_toy_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time_toy-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Wired_(website)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wired (website)">Wired</a></i> called the BB-8 toy "the only truly cutting-edge item" in the <i>Force Awakens</i> collection.<sup id="cite_ref-wired-bb8_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-bb8-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, Sphero sold over 1 million of the robots.<sup id="cite_ref-Tri_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tri-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other BB-8 merchandising includes household items,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> luggage and bags,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IGN_Toys_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN_Toys-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a life-size plush,<sup id="cite_ref-CNET_Hug_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNET_Hug-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars" title="Lego Star Wars">Lego <i>Star Wars</i></a> playset called Poe's X-wing Fighter,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a>'s <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> Takodana Encounter set,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other action figures and other toys.<sup id="cite_ref-IGN_Toys_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGN_Toys-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lego versions of Poe and BB-8 have also appeared in the 2016 short form animated series <i><a href="/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars:_The_Resistance_Rises" title="Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises">Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-EW_2016-02_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_2016-02-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OMD_2016-02_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OMD_2016-02-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wired_2016-02_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wired_2016-02-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-io9_2016-02_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-io9_2016-02-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the short <i>Poe Dameron vs the First Order Snowspeeder</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BB-8&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Breznican" title="Anthony Breznican">Anthony Breznican</a> of <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> wrote of BB-8 in November 2015, "He bowled us over immediately. From the moment <i>Star Wars</i> fans laid eyes on the droid with the roly-poly body and the babyface, it was love."<sup id="cite_ref-EW_2015-11_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_2015-11-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The droid has been called a <a href="/wiki/Breakout_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Breakout character">breakout character</a> of the film,<sup id="cite_ref-CNET_Hug_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNET_Hug-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and of 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> Alex Fitzpatrick wrote in September 2015, "As a movie character, BB-8 feels destined to become a fan favorite. Some <i>Star Wars</i> fans have already tattooed likenesses of the droid on various parts of their body, and the movie isn't even out until December."<sup id="cite_ref-Time_toy_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time_toy-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Roeper" title="Richard Roeper">Richard Roeper</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i> noted that "the hype for <i>The Force Awakens</i> has been so insane and the marketing so intense, we knew about BB-8 as a pricey and cool toy well before BB-8 ever made his big-screen debut.<sup id="cite_ref-Chicago_Sun-TimesR_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chicago_Sun-TimesR-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/Tor.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Tor.com">Tor.com</a></i>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>We haven't even seen <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> but we (as in: humanity) don't need to in order to know that BB-8 is the break-out star. This soccer ball that thinks it is a robot is a masterpiece of evocative design that instantly evokes a galaxy far, far away. You see BB-8, even if only in silhouette, and you immediately think <i>Star Wars</i>. Rey and Finn and Poe's little pal is a hint of the continuing universe that will unfold with <i>The Force Awakens</i>, and a promise to fans that the filmmakers of the new films have a deep understanding of what makes <i>Star Wars</i> fun and mythic.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Peter_Travers" title="Peter Travers">Peter Travers</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> wrote that "no one can steal a scene from BB-8".<sup id="cite_ref-RS_2015-12_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS_2015-12-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> Todd McCarthy explained that the droid "serves as a welcome robot reboot from the sidelined (but hardly vanquished) <a href="/wiki/R2-D2" title="R2-D2">R2-D2</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Emmet Asher-Perrin of <i>Tor.com</i> described BB-8 as "the perfect hybrid of R2-D2 and <a href="/wiki/WALL-E" title="WALL-E">WALL-E</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Entertainment Weekly</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> Chris Nashawaty called BB-8 "that rolling gyroscopic <a href="/wiki/Weeble" title="Weeble">weeble</a> that, if possible, may out-cute R2-D2".<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ann_Hornaday" title="Ann Hornaday">Ann Hornaday</a> wrote in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> that "BB-8, a roly-poly little Wall-E of a creature, rolls, beeps and blinks with such puppy-ish charisma that R2-D2 and <a href="/wiki/C-3PO" title="C-3PO">C-3PO</a> might want to call their agents to make sure they're in the next installment.<sup id="cite_ref-Hornaday_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hornaday-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Zacharek" title="Stephanie Zacharek">Stephanie Zacharek</a> of <i>Time</i> also praised BB-8: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Abrams and his team of designers and technicians introduce a new star ... A roly-poly cueball with a surprisingly expressive half-dome for a head—and a vocabulary of squeaks and squiggles that are more eloquent than mere words—BB-8 is both modernist and old-fashioned at once, a marvelous creation that could have sprung from the imagination of <a href="/wiki/Jules_Verne" title="Jules Verne">Jules Verne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>BB-8 appeared with several other <i>Force Awakens</i> characters on the December 2015 cover of <i>Rolling Stone</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and alone on the cover of the December 18, 2015 issue of <i>The Hollywood Reporter</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The droid was also featured alone on one of two alternate covers of the December 14, 2015, issue of <i>Time</i> (the other cover featuring R2-D2).<sup id="cite_ref-Collider_2015-12_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collider_2015-12-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Time_Grossman_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time_Grossman-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Time_cover_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time_cover-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the first time the magazine has offered two covers for editions worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-Collider_2015-12_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Collider_2015-12-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Time</i> cover photographer, Marco Grob, said, "The moment you meet BB-8, you almost build some form of weird human connection. 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title="Yoda">Yoda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens (soundtrack)">The Force Awakens</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Last_Jedi_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: The Last Jedi (soundtrack)">The Last Jedi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Rise_of_Skywalker_(soundtrack)" title="Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (soundtrack)">The Rise of Skywalker</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novelizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens_(novel)" title="Star Wars: The Force Awakens (novel)">The Force Awakens</a></i> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens" title="Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens">Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Battlefront_II_(2017_video_game)" title="Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 video game)"><i>Battlefront II</i> DLCs</a> (2017–2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inspired media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Hypothesis" title="The Love Hypothesis">The Love Hypothesis</a></i> (2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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title="Grogu">Din Grogu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IG-11" title="IG-11">IG-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanan_Jarrus" title="Kanan Jarrus">Kanan Jarrus / Caleb Dume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greef_Karga" title="Greef Karga">Greef Karga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo-Katan_Kryze" title="Bo-Katan Kryze">Bo-Katan Kryze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuiil" title="Kuiil">Kuiil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mandalorian_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mandalorian (character)">The Mandalorian / Din Djarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migs_Mayfeld" title="Migs Mayfeld">Migs Mayfeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Rex" title="Captain Rex">Captain Rex / CT-7567</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fennec_Shand" title="Fennec Shand">Fennec Shand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hera_Syndulla" title="Hera Syndulla">Hera Syndulla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahsoka_Tano" title="Ahsoka Tano">Ahsoka Tano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asajj_Ventress" title="Asajj Ventress">Asajj Ventress</a></li> 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