Production is winding down on Star Wars Episode IX at Pinewood Studios, with all the scenes featuring a major character having been completed today. That character: BB-8. Puppeteer Brian Herring, who has performed BB-8 on set for all three installments of the sequel trilogy took to Twitter today to announce that the droid had wrapped all his scenes on the upcoming film. BB-8 is the second major character (and second droid) to wrap, with C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels also having finished all his scenes.
Herring tweeted,
Today was a wrap on BB-8. The last 5 years have been an amazing ride. Thanks to @jjabrams, Kathleen, Neal, #teamBB8 especially Dave and the entire cast & crew for the time of my life. Few people get to live the dream. Thank you. #StarWars #IX #puppeteer #BB8 #StarWarsEpisodeIX pic.twitter.com/Oxa8n1oHu2— Brian Herring (@BrianHezza) February 1, 2019
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| Herring & BB-8 on the set of The Last Jedi |
Ever since he rolled out on stage at Star Wars Celebration in April 2015, BB-8 has been a fan favourite and one of the icons of the new films. Given his iconic status, with all the BB-8 scenes having been shot, it's really starting to sink in that the sequel trilogy is winding down. Fortunately, this just the beginning of the end and there's a lot more fun to be in the hype and lead up to Episode IX's release later this year.
Star Wars Episode IX hit theaters on December 20th, 2019. The
film is directed by JJ Abrams, with a script by Abrams and Chris Terio.
The film stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac,
Kelly Marie Tran, Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, Richard
E. Grant, Naomi Ackie, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Joonas
Suotamo, and Carrie Fisher.
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