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BB-8 (or Beebee-Ate) is a droid character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, appearing in both the 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens and 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi films. [1]

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/Film

/Film (pronounced "slashfilm") is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers.

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Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi (أبو ظبي) is the capital and the second most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (the most populous being Dubai), and also capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the largest of the UAE's seven emirates.

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Alan Dean Foster

Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction, who has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels and many faithful novelizations of film scripts.

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Ben Schwartz

Ben Schwartz (born September 15, 1981) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, director and producer.

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Bill Hader

William Thomas Hader Jr. (born June 7, 1978) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor, producer, and writer.

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Bob Iger

Robert Allen Iger (born February 10, 1951) is an American businessman who is chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company.

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C-3PO

C-3PO or See-Threepio is a humanoid robot character from the ''Star Wars'' franchise who appears in the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy.

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Chewbacca

Chewbacca, nicknamed "Chewie", is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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CNET

CNET (stylized as c|net) is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.

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Collider (website)

Collider is an entertainment website and YouTube channel founded by Editor in Chief Steve Weintraub in July 2005 and February 2007.

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Computer-generated imagery

Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is the application of computer graphics to create or contribute to images in art, printed media, video games, films, television programs, shorts, commercials, videos, and simulators.

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CraveOnline

CraveOnline Media, LLC is a male lifestyle website based in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco.

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Dan Mindel

Daniel Mindel,, (born 27 May 1958) is a South African-American cinematographer best known for his work on blockbuster action films for directors like Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and J. J. Abrams.

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Dave Chapman (actor)

Dave Chapman (born 9 June 1973 in Kent) is an English actor, puppeteer and voice artist.

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Disney Research

Disney Research is a network of research labs supporting The Walt Disney Company.

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Droid (robot)

A droid is a fictional robot possessing some degree of artificial intelligence in the Star Wars science fiction franchise.

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E-book

An electronic book (or e-book or eBook) is a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.

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Finn (Star Wars)

FN-2187 (Finn) is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise.

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First Order (Star Wars)

The First Order is an autocratic military dictatorship in the Star Wars franchise, introduced in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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Fortune (magazine)

Fortune is an American multinational business magazine headquartered in New York City, United States.

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Han Solo

Han Solo is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise.

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Hasbro

Hasbro, Inc. (an abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational toy and board game company, It is the largest toy maker in the world in terms of stock market value, and third largest with revenues of approximately $5.12 billion.

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HitFix

HitFix, or HitFix.com, is an entertainment news website that launched in December 2008 specializing in breaking entertainment news, insider information, and reviews and critiques of film, music, and television.

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IGN

IGN (formerly Imagine Games Network) is an American video game and entertainment media company operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis wholly owned by j2 Global.

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IMDb

IMDb, also known as Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to world films, television programs, home videos and video games, and internet streams, including cast, production crew and personnel biographies, plot summaries, trivia, and fan reviews and ratings.

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International Business Times

The International Business Times is an American online news publication that publishes seven national editions and four languages.

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Io9

io9 is a blog launched in 2008 by Gawker Media, which focuses on the subjects of science fiction, fantasy, futurism, science, technology and related areas.

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IPad

iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., which run the iOS mobile operating system.

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J. J. Abrams

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and composer.

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Jakku

Jakku is a fictional desert planet first featured in the 2015 Star Wars film The Force Awakens.

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Jedi

The Jedi are the main protagonists in the Star Wars universe.

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Jules Verne

Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

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Kylo Ren

Kylo Ren is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise.

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Lawrence Kasdan

Lawrence Edward Kasdan (born January 14, 1949) is an American screenwriter, director and producer.

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Lego Star Wars

Lego Star Wars is a Lego theme that incorporates the Star Wars saga.

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Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises

Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises is a five-episode Lego ''Star Wars'' short form computer animated series that debuted on Disney XD on February 15, 2016.

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List of breakout characters

A breakout character is a character in serial fiction, usually stories involving an ensemble cast, who becomes a more prominent, popular, discussed, and/or imitated individual, than was originally intended or expected.

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Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Luke Skywalker

Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the original film trilogy of the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas.

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Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, a publisher of American comic books and related media.

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Mashable

Mashable is a digital media website founded by Pete Cashmore in 2005.

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Michael Arndt

Michael Arndt is an American screenwriter.

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Mockup

In manufacturing and design, a mockup, or mock-up, is a scale or full-size model of a design or device, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, and other purposes.

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Neal Scanlan

Neal Scanlan (born 1961) is a British special effects artist and make-up artist, best known for his work on the Star Wars sequel trilogy and Anthology films.

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Nerdist Industries

Nerdist Industries, LLC is part of the digital division of Legendary Entertainment.

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Onomatopoeia

An onomatopoeia (from the Greek ὀνοματοποιία; ὄνομα for "name" and ποιέω for "I make", adjectival form: "onomatopoeic" or "onomatopoetic") is a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the sound that it describes.

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Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac (born Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada; March 9, 1979) is a Guatemalan-American actor and musician.

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Peter Travers

Peter Travers is an American film critic and journalist, who has written for People and Rolling Stone.

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Poe Dameron

Poe Dameron is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. Introduced in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, he is portrayed by Oscar Isaac. Poe is an X-wing fighter pilot for the Resistance who inadvertently brings renegade stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega) and Jakku scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley) into battle against the sinister First Order. He is featured in The Force Awakens media and merchandising as well as an eponymous comic book series and the December 2017 sequel, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Isaac and the character have received positive reviews, with Poe being compared to the characterization of Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in the original ''Star Wars'' film trilogy.

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Princess Leia

Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan (also Senator Leia Organa or General Leia Organa) is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, portrayed in films by Carrie Fisher.

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Puppetry

Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer.

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R2-D2

R2-D2, or Artoo-Detoo, is a fictional robot character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas.

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Rey (Star Wars)

Rey is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, portrayed by English actress Daisy Ridley. First appearing as the main character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rey is a scavenger who was left behind on the planet Jakku when she was a child, and later becomes involved with the Resistance's conflict with the First Order when her solitary life is interrupted by BB-8, the droid of ace Resistance pilot Poe Dameron, and a runaway Stormtrooper named Finn.

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Rian Johnson

Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker and television director who wrote and directed the films Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Looper, Brick, and The Brothers Bloom.

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Richard Roeper

Richard E. Roeper (born October 17, 1959) is an American columnist and film critic for The Chicago Sun-Times.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Space.com

Space.com is a space and astronomy news website.

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Sphero

Sphero is a spherical robot designed by Sphero, previously Orbotix.

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Star Wars

Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas.

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Star Wars (film)

Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas.

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Star Wars: Poe Dameron

Star Wars: Poe Dameron is an ongoing Star Wars comic book series which centers on Poe Dameron, the Resistance X-wing fighter pilot introduced in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams.

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (novel)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the novelization of the 2015 film of the same name.

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) is a 2017 American epic space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson.

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Startup accelerator

Startup accelerators, also known as seed accelerators, are fixed-term, cohort-based programs that include seed investment, connections, mentorship, educational components, and culminate in a public pitch event or demo day to accelerate growth.

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Stephanie Zacharek

Stephanie Zacharek is the film critic at Time, based in New York City.

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Stormtrooper (Star Wars)

A stormtrooper is a fictional soldier in the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas.

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Swiss Army knife

The Swiss Army knife is a pocketknife or multi-tool manufactured by Victorinox AG (and up to 2005 also by Wenger SA).

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Talk box

A talk box is an effects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument by shaping the frequency content of the sound and to apply speech sounds (in the same way as singing) onto the sounds of the instrument.

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Teaser campaign

A teaser campaign, also known as a pre-launch campaign, is an advertising campaign which typically consists of a series of small, cryptic, challenging advertisements that anticipate a larger, full-blown campaign for a product launch or otherwise important event.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is a multi-platform American digital and print magazine founded in 1930 and focusing on the Hollywood film industry, television, and entertainment industries, as well as Hollywood's intersection with fashion, finance, law, technology, lifestyle, and politics.

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The National (Abu Dhabi)

The National is a private English-language daily newspaper published in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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The Verge

The Verge is an American technology news and media network operated by Vox Media.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Topps

The Topps Company, Inc., manufactures chewing gum, candy, and collectibles.

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Tor.com

Tor.com is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine published by Tor Books, as well as an imprint of Tor Books.

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Trading card

A trading card (or collectible card) is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description of the picture, along with other text (attacks, statistics, or trivia).

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Visual Effects Society

The Visual Effects Society (VES) is the entertainment industry's only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners including artists, animators, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and producers in all areas of entertainment from film, television and commercials to music videos and games.

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WALL-E

WALL-E (stylized with an interpunct as WALL·E) is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.

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Wired (magazine)

Wired is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.

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X-wing fighter

The X-wing starfighter is a fictional spacecraft from the original and sequel Star Wars trilogies and the ''Star Wars'' expanded universe.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB-8

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