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" Anyone who&amp;#039;s ever had their heart broken will immediately relate to this short film unveiled at the Sonoma Film Festival last weekend. Created by Autodesk employee Evan Atherton, &amp;quot;Artoo in Love&amp;quot; shows everyone&amp;#039;s favorite droid falling madly in love with a mailbox. He makes her a picnic, shields her from the cold rain, and even defends her honor as humans try to stuff mail into her mouth.  Sadly, his love is ultimately unrequited.  The short has certainly been making pretty much everyone cry, not least of all because of the earnest, silent gestures that make Artoo resemble a mime in a sad Parisian love story.  &amp;quot;People have definitely been having real emotional reactions to it,&amp;quot; Atherton told Mashable. &amp;quot;I think that stems from what always made Artoo special: He was more than just a machine. So seeing that play out, and seeing Artoo really sad, tugs on some childhood heartstrings.&amp;quot; And in case the video wasn&amp;#039;t sweet enough, it turns out the pink droid at the end was actually made for a little girl with terminal cancer, who wanted to have the robot watch over her as she died, just as R2-D2 did with Padme.  Now try to get through the whole video without shedding at least one manly tear:       "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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