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This article was published on September 3, 2015


Want to know how BB-8 works? This site explains Disney and Sphero’s magic collaboration

Want to know how BB-8 works? This site explains Disney and Sphero’s magic collaboration
Mic Wright
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Mic Wright

Mic Wright
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Mic Wright

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Mic Wright is a journalist specialising in technology, music and popular culture. He lives in Dublin. He is on Twitter at @brokenbottleboy. Mic Wright is a journalist specialising in technology, music and popular culture. He lives in Dublin. He is on Twitter at @brokenbottleboy.

We’ve just got a close look at Sphero’s BB-8 toy – and we love it. If you feel the same, here’s another brilliant resource for BB-8 fun, an entire site focused on finding out how the droid works.

The self-explanatorily titled HowBB8Works.com is the product of two Spanish ‘Star Wars’ geeks and is a brilliant bit of work. Hopefully Disney and Lucasfilm will look on its fandom kindly.

Check it out at the link below.

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