In a world where antigrav has been perfected, I have no issue with the soccer ball droid with the exception that it looks kinda stupid. My assumption is that there's gyro's and magnets and such inside the soccerball.
I actually liked the look of the droid myself.
Totally agree with OP. Stupidest thing I've seen in a long time. Put a box on a soccer ball and call it a droid.
Maybe we can at least get a shot of it falling down the stairs?
Is it really any stupider than the trash can on legs with roller skates that is R2D2?
Yes. How is the head held on? If there is a slot all the way around the soccer ball so the head can stay on top, then how does it not roll to the left or right and topple over?
Dumbest thing I've seen in a long time.
In a world where antigrav has been perfected, I have no issue with the soccer ball droid with the exception that it looks kinda stupid.
I think that was the OP's point.
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Yes. How is the head held on? If there is a slot all the way around the soccer ball so the head can stay on top, then how does it not roll to the left or right and topple over?
Presumably, the head is not attached to the ball.
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, they were seemingly doing some other astonishing things with magnetism and Jedi weaponry.
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what's soccer?
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Swedish for sugar. Although the OP spelled it wrong - it's actuslly "socker"
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what's soccer?
What everyone except Americans and Canadians call "football", because for Americans and Canadians, "football" is sport where the ball needs to be picked-up, thrown and carried in one's arms...
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I kind of like that droid.
It's a stupid design for sure, but it fits in a universe full of stupidly design droids. I like it.
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what's soccer?What everyone except Americans and Canadians call "football", because for Americans and Canadians, "football" is sport where the ball needs to be picked-up, thrown and carried in one's arms...
It's often referred to as soccer here in Australia as well, much as it irritates me.
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Let a new set of nerdrage rants begin!
The droid is Kira's (Daisy Ridley) droid so expect to see it in quite a few scenes.
Here it is in concept art in a key scene inside the remains of an AT AT.
The R series droid in the trailer is actually in homage and based on 1976 Ralph McQuarrie concept art. One could argue Ralph McQuarrie is The Master behind conceptual art. Let's give credit where credit is due.
Rant terminated.
Is it really any stupider than the trash can on legs with roller skates that is R2D2?You mean the flying trash can on legs with roller skates that is R2D2!
Hey, even Darleks can fly now. Gotta keep up with the times.
The football droid was adorable!
What everyone except Americans and Canadians call "football", because for Americans and Canadians, "football" is sport where the ball needs to be picked-up, thrown and carried in one's arms...
I've been trying to persuade people to call American football "handegg" for some time now. It's definitely a more accurate description.
I've seen it called "Gridiron" in some places.
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That droid is terribad. Now I know why droids arent allowed in cantinas. That dumb thing would be bouncing around spilling drinks the whole time.
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It's probably the obligatory "cute and funny thing for the kids" that every Star Wars movie has ever had. R2D2, Jawas, Ewoks, Jar Jar, etc.
Dumb soccerball droid is dumb.
"Soccer" is dumb. Football is apt.
Jawas not cute. Jawas are legend. Legend because have awesome Sandcrawler vehicle which also legend.
Ewoks not cute. Ewoks are legend. Except baby Ewok is beautiful, and sad Ewok crying when friend die in Return of Jedi is feelings. Or Caravan of Courage. Or Forest Moon of Endor. Or E-e-e-e-e-e-ewoks. That Caravan not exist. Forest Moon have legendary hang gliding, so legend. E-e-e-e-e-e-ewoks must be cute because is cartoonily.
Jar-Jar not exist.
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Totally agree with OP. Stupidest thing I've seen in a long time. Put a box on a soccer ball and call it a droid.
Maybe we can at least get a shot of it falling down the stairs?
Smells like a probe droid disguised as harmless.
Princess leia: "aww! can we keep him?"
10 parsecs later: chutchutchutwheeeee! "grooowll!" thew! Thew!
Han solo: "into the escape pod! the droid just disected chewwie!"
The droid is fine... at this tech level you can have them look and move in any way the builder feels looks cool.
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Hey, a soccer ball droid was my companion in Fallout New Vegas, so I have no problem with one in Star Wars.
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Love me some ewoks.
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Braised or fried?
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Broiled.
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You two can go yub-yub yourselves...
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"Don't like the ball droid."
* Remembers Jar-Jar *
"Meh, can live with it."
It's an obviously real-world thing stuck into a fantasy/sci-fi world with no attachment to the real world.
While one could try and argue this with some general thing like 'clothes', it doesn't apply here, as the object is an extremely specific one--a specific type of ball used for a specific type of game on a specific world that doesn't exist in the medium in which it's displayed. Unless they recently retconned that soccer/"football" is a sport in the Star Wars galaxy, it's just a glaring oddity that's hard to ignore, especially if it's to be a main character.
Now, while other real-world objects have snuck in there (various guns, usually kit-bashed to make Blasters, although sometimes left alone), these are more background objects and not major characters or essential to them.
And if that wasn't enough, it's not even really consistent with the universe. Star Wars very rarely uses obvious 'wheels' for anything. Most non-primitive vehicles use hover technology (even Luke's beat-up old speeder that looks like it belonged on a used-car lot). Most primitive vehicles use either animals or treads, and the few that use obvious wheels aren't self-propelled vehicles as often as they are carts or wagons pulled by an animal of some sort. The only time wheels or rolling spheres are used is when they are concealed (R2-D2's feet, for instance).
Finally, it's downright impractical and... dumb. Kick over R2, he can extend a tool and get back up. Every other method of transporation will work better (hover, legs, etc). Kick SoccerDroid and it'll either go flying or its method of movement will, leaving it helpless in any case. What happens when it hits stairs? I was a little grumpy when R2 extended rockets, but it makes sense if he's going to be repairing ship hulls from the outside (most of my annoyance comes from never having seen that it the original trilogy).
While one could try and argue this with some general thing like 'clothes', it doesn't apply here, as the object is an extremely specific one--a specific type of ball used for a specific type of game on a specific world that doesn't exist in the medium in which it's displayed. Unless they recently retconned that soccer/"football" is a sport in the Star Wars galaxy, it's just a glaring oddity that's hard to ignore, especially if it's to be a main character.
Umm... different cultures across the world have been playing various forms of soccer throughout the history of humankind. It's not really much of a stretch to imagine that humans and/or other bipedal, sentient creatures throughout the galaxy developed the same/similar sport.
And they've very much used spherical objects in Star Wars canon. There are the spherical laser drones that Luke trains with in A New Hope; the war droids in The Phantom Menace transform into spheres as their main transportation mode.
I'm not certain if that was a droid or not.
It could be that a droid lost it's dome and was being rolled along on a ball or something...
The films are full of droid jokes to a degree.
Than again, it could be a soccer ball droid.
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...Finally, it's downright impractical and... dumb. Kick over R2, he can extend a tool and get back up... What happens when it hits stairs?
It doesn't take Dalek-level genius to figure out how to navigate stairs especially when the little droid demonstrates in the teaser how it already has repulsorlift tech.
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Yub Yub, Commander
Wouldnt that be cool? One of Han solo's kids steals the millenium falcon along with an ewok copilot who dresses like chewbacca.
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For all the naysayers: BB-8 at Star Wars Celebration
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HAHAHAHA!
Proof that the football droid can roll realistically.
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I just watched the "Force Awakens, Trailer 2" 3-4 times in a row. The silliness (silliness in the way of trying to be cute. Yes, I saw the video above showing that the technology actually works) of the soccer ball droid was completely drowned out by the deafening awesomeness of everything else.
Perhaps he will only reach an ewok-level or irritation, instead of dragging the film down into full-on Jar-Jar-ism.
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I expect it will probably be no more than Artoo or Threepio levels of silliness.
Could be wrong, but I'm hopeful.
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I like the ewoks.
My favorite moment in the old Star wars EU, the Ewok "hawk bat" who inspires Zingi to create a real one.