What is type of droid used for? I can literally see no reason for it.
Because she's female.
sexual violence
>>62912163
>I can literally see no reason for it.
forced meme cute droid to sell toys
>>62912248
My Star Wars would never do that.
>>62912248
I thought R2 was enough.
>>62912163
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9xD9h-uWU4
>>62912163
soccer ball
>>62912163
Same as R2
>>62912385
R2 used to drive around on the exterior hull of spaceships. I'm not sure BB-8 would be able to do that.
>>62912469
Magnets, bro. Magnets.
>>62912163
Sand-based Astromech I assume. Serves the same purpose, I'll bet.
New actions figures, gadgets and shit to sell.
I can only assume a kind of all terrain reconnaissance droid. I mean it has that eye which could probably go around and find shit or whatever, its rolling design is much better than tiny R2 wheels for getting around.
It certainly couldnt serve the same purpose as R2, and putting it into a ship would be useless, because it cant really do any fixing
>>62912469
Also R2 had loads of tools and shit, BB8 cant because any tools that come out of her body would stop her from moving...because she rolls. Its just a spanner coming out of your car tyres, its useless
>>62912469
Why not? Whatever magic was used to glue R2 to the side of a space craft moving at c fractional speeds would probably work on BB-8 as well.
>>62912501
Obviously this.
Or "space magnets" to be more precise.
>>62912577
BB-8 has little extendo-arms
Surveying uneven terrain? I dunno.
>robot is literally called b-8
fucking Lucas
>>62912632
tiny ones though, and it makes him completely immobile whilst he's doing that. At best, she could fix ships when no other droid is around, and nobody else can do it
>>62912163
To sell toys.
is bb8 one piece or two? what connects the head to the body?
>>62912741
magnetic space magic
>>62912741
Magnets,I'm totally serious
>>62912741
Magnets
seriously
Just like TARS. It's a little different, so every jerks themselves off about how good a design it is, and then when you point out its impracticalities they get mad because they don't want to admit that the thing they like has flaws.
>>62912163
Looks really stupid. Fucking JJ
>>62912656
it's a fucking ball. it NEEDS even terrain. it's fucked if it gets stuck in a dip. how could it possibly navigate, for instance, GOING UP A STAIRCASE
>>62912757
To be fair, its not a stupid concept because it is a physical prop, it does work for at very least movement
ITS AN ASTROMECH DROID LIKE R2 ITS IN POE'S X WING
ITS PROBABLY A NEWER VERSION
>>62912163
probably terrain specific
on sand it works. but anywhere else (shiny, metal floors, it'd probably skid a lot)
probably can't be used on an xwing
>>62912678
couldn't it have extra magnetic parts stick on to it?
>>62912898
But then its even more immobile. Twice as much so because it can no longer just quickly pull them away and roll on, you'd have to detach it to escape from whatevers trying to hill you
Also how would BB8 control it?
>>62912248
You can't make a toy out of it though, any toy will just keep falling over
>>62912898
me likey
>>62912577
>>62912594
Even if it uses space magnets to roll around on the outside of spaceships, you have to admit an R2 unit has a much more reliable connection just by the virtue of having more than one wheel.
Excuse my crappy drawing.
>>62912779
I remember when TARS turned into a pinwheel for water, and though "holy shit that's a great design".
>>62912954
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrBavZEKz8A
>>62912944
they would just float on the surface of the ball like it's head, presumably it controls it's body somehow without a physical connection
That fucking ball design is so retarded and impractical jesus christ, what the fuck were they thinking. At least Lucas would design a better robot buddy
>>62913006
its a very nice drawing anon
>>62912954
Sphero already did so, and the prop itself is practical.
All-terrain droid for fucking your mom's giant ass.
>>62913024
TARS makes no sense. It doesn't lift it's legs, they just swing from a single point, meaning not only would it be unable to steer itself, it would kinda just flail back and forth on the spot and most likely fall over
>>62913006
Thats quite a nice doodle desu
But yeh R2 is far more reliable and useful
>>62913038
Actually yeh I guess so. Still wouldnt be able to control the parts though
>>62913103
Shut the fuck up, Nolan is a genius
>>62912163
I want to finger her data ports, and watch R2 strangle her and hate fuck her motherboard. Then I'd rip off her head and kick her into a volcano, and skull fuck her sensor eye.
>>62913024
That's because the way it's animated they just ignore all the impossibilities taking place.
>>62913191
>strangle
the head would probably pop off
I wonder how strong or weak the attraction is. I wonder if we'll see the head come off at all in the movies.
I want to see a BB-8 with more than one head. Give it multiple heads and have it walk on them like feet.
>>62913239
Maybe the head comes off and attaches directly to the ship, and the ball part is just for traveling around in spaceports.
>>62912163
It's an astromech, it does navigation & minor repairs for small ships like fighters, yachts & light freighters. Presumably, like other models of astromech droids, it has all manner of tools & manipulators hidden within its body.
And it's cute. CUTE.
>>62912163
Playing divegrass?
>>62913112
of course it would be controllable
just not be one magnetic blop but many tiny but strong controllable magnets and you deactivate/activate/set the power of each magnet accordingly to move the floating head around the body
>>62913320
She'd be easier to fuck without the head getting in the way.
