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A fictional [[robot]] from the [[Star Wars]] science fiction franchise.

[b]BB-8[/b] is a spherical astromech droid that first appeared in the [[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]] film from 2015. 

Contrary to popular belief, the robot's special effects are completely practical (it is actually a working remote-controlled prop) and do not have any [[3d|CGI]] at all.

BB-8's design is based in an early original concept by "Ralph McQuarrie":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_McQuarrie#Posthumous_work for the design of [[R2-D2]] during the production of the first Star Wars film from the 70s. Since that design's effects were too complex to create at the time, another more simple was used instead.
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