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BB-8 Goes On An Adventure – Gif Essay

March 22, 2016 Laura Kelly

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With the news that the next installment of Star Wars will be filming right here in Ireland, you can be sure that there are plenty of locations and exotic locales for our protagonists to explore. But what of everyone’s favourite teeny tiny gyrating droid, BB-8? What if he happens to run into a terrifying obstacle such […]

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Gets Special Walmart Blu-Ray Cover

March 3, 2016 Laura Kelly

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If you’re one of the millions of people who enjoyed Star Wars: The Force Awakens (and why wouldn’t you be?), you may be pleased to see this special Walmart cover for the Blu-Ray featuring none other than everyone’s favourite spherical droid, BB-8! The cover, pictured below, shows off BB-8 in the deserts of Jakku: Also worth […]

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Ben Schwartz Talks To Reddit About His Time As BB-8

February 12, 2016 Dave McEvoy

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In the wrong hands, Ben Scwartz‘s BB-8 could have been just another crass marketing device. Thankfully, this funny little droid was a lovely addition to the Star Wars universe and displayed all the emotion, sweetness and humour required to make Star Wars: The Force Awakens the film event of the decade. While a lot of work […]

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BB-8 Gets The LEGO Treatment

January 17, 2016 Mairead

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When you think LEGO and BB-8 the first thing that comes to mind is there is no way that LEGO can capture or possibly even recreate this spherical little guy! Well no one would blame you for thinking but the team over at Bright Bricks were able to build the life size LEGO version from Star Wars: […]

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Security Threat Can Turn BB-8 To The Dark Side

January 14, 2016 Mairead

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It has been announced recently that Sphero’s BB-8 appears to have a security risk after a firmware update was pushed through. The firmware update has inadvertently given people the ability to hijack your droid. The update is done over insecure HTTP without the use of SSL. With the BB-8 being controlled through a smartphone app […]

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Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (SPOILER FREE)

December 17, 2015 Anthony McGlynn

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Within seconds of the opening crawl, The Force Awakens is filled with reassurances of its Star Wars-ness. There’s covert operation, a cute droid and a small, desert village that gets decimated by an oppressive military, all revealing the basic gist of a plot that is itself a giant echo of the original trilogy. Although the […]

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