Not entirely accurate. He has not had much of an in front of the camera acting career. However, he has had a very lucrative voice acting career.
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Not entirely accurate. He has not had much of an in front of the camera acting career. However, he has had a very lucrative voice acting career.
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Lucas has no pretty much zero involvement in these movies after he sold the rights to Disney.
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New Star Wars droid ISN'T a CGI: BB-8's ball body can move in any direction - but how does it work?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...CGI-BB-8-s-ball-body-direction-does-work.html
It may look like CGI in the trailer, but the droid that will join R2-D2 in the forthcoming Star Wars film - The Force Awakens - is very much real.
The robot, named BB-8, took to the stage at Star Wars Celebration convention in Anaheim, California, where it literally ran rings around the retro droid on its spherical body.
JJ Abrams, the film’s director, confirmed that a real robot was used during filming, but did not reveal how it works.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...CGI-BB-8-s-ball-body-direction-does-work.html
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It may look like CGI in the trailer, but the droid that will join R2-D2 in the forthcoming Star Wars film - The Force Awakens - is very much real.
The robot, named BB-8, took to the stage at Star Wars Celebration convention in Anaheim, California, where it literally ran rings around the retro droid on its spherical body.
JJ Abrams, the film’s director, confirmed that a real robot was used during filming, but did not reveal how it works.
My guess is it's much more simplistic than it looks. I mean it's probably not cost effective to development a magnetic head above a spherical body.
I noticed that you occasionally see the head bop above the body. I bet it's literally on a rod and that there is a channel for the sphere to rotate around the rod.
Notice how you don't see it spinning in circles in the trailer. You only seeing it going from right to left. I bet if there are any shots of BB8 making complicated moves it will be CGI. They didn't say that the character has no CGI shots only that in that scene it's not CGI.
Even in the prequels they went back and froth between practical robots and CGI.
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They had BB8 on stage with R2 at the event, it rolled right on out and did a little spin and stayed there for awhile. Pretty cool.
Check out this page for some of the props for the new movie, nice close up looks at the costumes...
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/20/8457705/star-wars-the-force-awakens-props-celebration
Check out this page for some of the props for the new movie, nice close up looks at the costumes...
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/20/8457705/star-wars-the-force-awakens-props-celebration
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Cool robot.
...and if you guys like videogames, the new Battlefront looks AMAZING.
Like the Battlefield FPS series, but slightly different, and set in Star Wars universe/weapons/vehicles.
There is also going to be some free extra content, the Battle of Jakku. Which is supposedly the real end fight for the Empire approximately one year after the Battle of Endor. I guess it's also supposed to be a bit of a bridge to the new films, where I guess Jakku is where some of the new movie takes place on/around/about.
Here's a trailer.
...and if you guys like videogames, the new Battlefront looks AMAZING.
Like the Battlefield FPS series, but slightly different, and set in Star Wars universe/weapons/vehicles.
There is also going to be some free extra content, the Battle of Jakku. Which is supposedly the real end fight for the Empire approximately one year after the Battle of Endor. I guess it's also supposed to be a bit of a bridge to the new films, where I guess Jakku is where some of the new movie takes place on/around/about.
Here's a trailer.
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Here is a link to the video of BB8 at Celebration, I am curious to hear how they do it when they finally reveal their secrets.
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Oh wow. I guess BB8 does use some sort of magnetic system. That was cool. I had not seen that footage yet. I guess when you have a Disney budget anything is possible.
Pretty damn cool!
Pretty damn cool!
That is pretty friggin' cool!!!! 
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Yeah, the image Zeno showed is the basic functionality. There is an r/c toy ball in the the original article was was the basis for the original idea. The ball worked the same way, but didn't have BB's head. That's where the magnets come in.
The balast is the key to the whole thing. It keeps the innards centered while the body rotates on the bearings. Similar concept to tilting a glass of water and the water stays level, but the glass can tilt.
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that is flippin' hilarious.
LMAO. That's awesome. Next generation of fans!
I bet the parents put them up to it as it seems it was for AFV to win some cash...
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as awesome as this trailer was on my computer, it gave me absolute chills for two minutes watching it in the theater before the Avengers. There was uproarious applause at the end of the trailer, which is much more then I can say for the Avengers.
They never showed it during my viewing of the Avengers. We were robbed!
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it was sick... especially on a screen the size of the one in the dome.
that opening image alone of the beached Destroyer sent shivers down my spine.
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Star Wars Cover: J.J. Abrams Reveals His Idea to Kill Jar Jar Binks
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/star-wars-the-force-awakens-vanity-fair-cover#1
In addition to the blend of old and new characters on the cover, Annie Leibovitz traveled to the film’s set and photographed never-before-seen images of characters played by Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, and Lupita Nyong’o. The Oscar-winning actress is covered in C.G.I. tracking dots, revealing that even her most die-hard fans may not recognize her playing a purely animated character in the film.
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/star-wars-the-force-awakens-vanity-fair-cover#1
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In addition to the blend of old and new characters on the cover, Annie Leibovitz traveled to the film’s set and photographed never-before-seen images of characters played by Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, and Lupita Nyong’o. The Oscar-winning actress is covered in C.G.I. tracking dots, revealing that even her most die-hard fans may not recognize her playing a purely animated character in the film.
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