Well shit. Guess I have to watch Star Wars now.

I think Rey is in fact the daughter of Luke. She is naturally strong with the force. That means she has to be of Skywalker lineage and Leia and Han never mentioned having a daughter.

@HighRollerHydra  
The video I watched on it didn’t explain that part.

@Aharon L’anglais  
How does his head stay up?

@Swashbucklist  
Best part? That was a real functioning robot.

Fun fact: Bill Hader (aka Fear from “Inside Out”) was one of the actors that “voiced” BB-8 in the movie.

@Swashbucklist  
Yeah, makes sense. For example we already got some phones that can be charged wireless, it could be a very advanced sci-fi version of that technology (I think it’s called induction or something like that?)

@Spiritus Arcane  
It’s a good thing Star Wars isn’t logic-based sci-fi, but rather imagination-based fantasy disguised as sci-fi.
 
But if you want to make any sense out of it, I’m sure there’s some kind of current running from BB-8’s ball into whatever rolling mechanism keeps his head balanced. It doesn’t have to be hard wiring.

I like BB-8, but his design drives me nuts. Why would a company design a droid like that? It just smacks of something they came up with as a gimmick for marketing. I can’t imagine the systems that keep his head on and upright are easy to maintain, plus I think that he would require two separate power sources to be able to run (one for body, one for head). It’s just way over-complicated and gimmicky a design, especially since we see traditional astromechs cans still work in the same jobs BB-8 does, like starfighter plug-in.
 
Yeah, while I like BB-8 the character, if I were living in the SW galaxy, give me a good ol’ R-unit any day.
 
Except for the R5, they suck.

@Joshua  
Bruh,a droide can explode.
 
Which means that they can die by being exploded.

@Background Pony #A7D5  
Good joke, sir!
 
Also, Droids can’t die. They can be shut down, or shot to a certain point, which is sort of similar.

BB-8 dies in the movie.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(JK)
 
XD

Assigning genders to non-biological things is a tricky business. But yeah, BB-8 looked and acted “female” to me. (Spoiler explaining my reasoning here: BB-8 was playing the “damsel in distress” role, with the Bad Guys trying to capture her and the Good Guys trying to protect her. To this old-fashioned sci-fi nerd, that really reinforces the idea that she’s female.)

This is so rad, I can’t handle it!
 

@Background Pony #082E  
Really? I guess I forgot that.

@Joshua  
In the movie they call BB-8 “he.” To be fair, though, he’s a ball-shaped robot that communicates through beeping noises, so there’s not much to suggest one way or the other.

@Joshua  
I recall reading some things that’s a say she

@mrdoctorderpy  
WAIT! …BB-8 is a girl droid?

@Joshua  
@Choo  
I love bb-8 she was cute and funny  
I’m still amazed that she wasn’t CGI

@Joshua  
I haven’t seen the movie and I already prefer BB-8.

I love R2-D2, but I still find BB-8 to be a cute droid. And I only knew the guy for just a month!