'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' BB-8 "Ball Droid" Isn't CGI

The Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer debuted plenty of characters, and we recently found out what to call some of them thanks to an amazing new trading card-styled image series released by J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm. Not only did we learn that the name of the Sith featured in the trailer is Kylo Ren, but we saw that the cool "ball droid" robot is named BB-8. This week, Mark Hamill answered a bunch of questions about the 2015 blockbuster from Disney, revealing that BB-8 wasn't a CGI effect, but rather a practical effect! Also he hated his beard and wasn't sure if Harrison Ford wanted to make the movie. (SPOILERS to follow) Read More »