"Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens", action adventure fantasy film, J.J. Abrams, 2015, USA

Get your first look at Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the new 88-second teaser.

Episode VII in the Star Wars Saga, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, opens in theaters December 18, 2015.

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Full CG animated shot inspired by Star Wars VII first teaser

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Get your first look at the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser #2!

Lucasfilm and visionary director J.J. Abrams join forces to take you back again to a galaxy far, far away as “Star Wars” returns to the big screen with “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

Episode VII in the Star Wars Saga, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, opens in theaters December 18, 2015.

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Get ready for rolling BB-8 toys. The droid in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is a real robot, based on the technology in Sphero's toy robotic balls. And in a galaxy not so far away, SpaceX delivers an espresso machine to the International Space Station.

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We spent the weekend at Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm's official Star Wars convention. Thousands of Star Wars fans gathered to see new footage from Episode VII revealed and revel in their love for the films--many in fantastic cosplay. Here's some of the coolest stuff we found, including props and costumes from The Force Awakens, Star Wars Battlefront gameplay, and collectibles as far as the eye could see.

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Playing catch with my home made BB-8 Droid.

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The real BB-8 droid rolled out onto the Star Wars Celebration Stage during The Force Awakens panel with JJ Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy.

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Part 1 of my Star Wars EP7 BB-8 Droid. I'm building my version as a 'ball balancing robot' which balances on top of its ball using active electronics from Sparkfun Electronics including the LSM9DS0 9 axis accelerometer / gyro / magnetometer, and the Arduino Pro Mini.

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Part 2 of my BB8 droid from Star Wars EP7. I started this project before foootage of the real BB-8 was released. Once this is done I'll be doing a version 2.

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Part 3: Making a few improvements and experimenting with radio control.

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Part 4 of my Star Wars BB8 Droid. Painting and finishing using Vacuum forming and 3D printing

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Sorting out stability issues for my Star Wars BB8 droid, various experiments to slow the ball down so I don't have to take a roll of carpet with me.

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This is VERSION 2 of my Star Wars BB-8 droid which I started building in Early October 2015. This time I'm showing the basic principle of how it's intended to work, and looking at a custom Bluetooth controller. Part 2 goes out on Friday 6th Nov 2015.

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This is VERSION 2 of my Star Wars BB-8 droid which I started building in Early October 2015. This time I'm looking at stability using the Adafruit BNO055 IMU as well as the head dolly.

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Part 3 of my Version 2 Star Wars BB-8, building the head control arm and adding another IMU.

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How the Episode 7 move prop works, how the Sphero and Hasbro toys work, and some alternative methods that aren't used by the toys or movie prop. .

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Using both IMUs to make the head control arm dynamically stable while driving.

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at the OHI/O Hackathon I spent my time buidling a BB8 Droid. More to come on this project!

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Further stability modifications and tuning to my Star Wars BB-8 Version 2, also sorting out the frame for the side panels

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Hand forming and attaching the main ball body panels to my Star Wars EP7 BB-8 Droid Version 2.

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My big BB-8 Toy Unboxing, demo and comparison.

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