The Star Wars series' showrunner, Tony Gilroy, talks about the melancholy droid's conception and inspiration.
talked about how the droid, an instant fan-favorite, was created—including the inspiration behind his stubbornly loyal, somewhat doddering manner: “The idea was that it was a dog, an older dog,” he said. Gilroy praised credits creature effects supervisor Neal Scanlan and his team for the design, which came together quickly—and met with instant success. “We were all smiling,” Gilroy remembered of the moment the prototype was revealed.
And in case you were wondering about B2EMO’s voice, it came from a source both surprising and not-so-surprising at the same time: Dave Chapman, a veteranpuppeteer who operated the droid on-set. “I remember having a list of audition pieces and watching a bunch of them,” Gilroy said. “My brother John was over there one day, and he goes, ‘I’m not hearing anything here I like as much as [Dave].’ He goes, ‘This guy’s really good.’ And we went back and were like, ‘Man, let’s just keep him.
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