Sure, BB-8 has a nifty inbuilt lighter, but we highly doubt that lil’ rotund droid is edgy enough to spark up dad’s Winnie Blues and listen to Hawthorne Heights behind the sports shed at your local high school.
We say this to contextualise news from the official Star Wars YouTube channel: it looks like Rogue One is going to introduce an emo-as-shit droid, and we’re all about it.
via YouTube.
Named C2-B5, the new character isn’t just a nonconformist individual who you just don’t get, it’s essentially R2-D2’s foil. Same make, same model, but murdered out and put to use / slavery by Imperial forces.
However, as the video explains, C2-B5 is also subjected to memory wipes every now and again. Of course, that couldn’t possibly be a plot point for the upcoming flick. Not. At. All.
It’s a short segment, but you can catch it at 2:10 in the video below to have a look at the garbage-can lookin’ bot:
It’s a short segment, but you can catch it at 2:10 in the video below to have a look at the garbage-can lookin’ bot:
Source: The Hollywood Reporter.
Photo: Star Wars / YouTube.
