Is BB-8 saying goodbye for now or forever after Star Wars: Episode IX? It's the end of the new trilogy, but with Disney+ coming, and standalone movies hitting theaters, it's hard to imagine this is really The End.
Brian Herring is one of the puppeteers and lead performer behind BB-8. You may not think of the process that goes into creating the character, but it has been his life -- and his dream -- for the past five years. Now that many stars are wrapping their roles on Star Wars: Episode IX, Herring took a moment to thank the Lucasfilm team and look back fondly on his journey:
What a joy. Brian Herring joined the creature shop for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was directed by J.J. Abrams. Abrams returned to direct Episode IX, which has yet to reveal its title. Herring's BB-8 was also part of the saga in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, directed by Rian Johnson.
Brian Herring also worked on other creatures in the Star Wars galaxy, including Porgs, Fathiers, and the sea cows Luke Skywalker milked. Herring shared BB-8 puppeteer duty with Dave Chapman. And did you know Bill Hader and Ben Schwartz were both credited as "BB-8 vocal consultants" in The Force Awakens?
Brian Herring has a great interview on StarWars.com from March 2018, talking about the differences as a puppeteer going from operating a droid puppet to operating an organic creature like a Porg. He also talked about why it's important to have the practical effects puppets versus just using CGI for the movies:
Practical effects on set, I think, are so important because the actors have something to react to, but also the audience can tell if somethings not there. [...] There was a shot in The Force Awakens, where Chewbacca is on the gurney and Finn is trying to help him and BB-8 comes in. And I whizzed it in at one point and I hit a crate and I said, "Sorry, JJ! I hit the crate." He went, Hit the crate every time you come in because it shows youre there. It shows youre real and people can invest more. You do get brilliant performances, like Gollum [played by Snoke actor Andy Serkis], where you have a human performance. And all these things work best when you have a performance at the heart of them. Thats not to say that the animators arent awesome at what they do, but even if they have to go in and fix it digitally later, they have something organic and its the imperfections that make things perfect.
Good points! BB-8 is not the only droid saying his goodbyes right now. Anthony Daniels just shared his own farewell, after playing C-3PO since the very first Star Wars movie back in 1977. But it's also not clear if his goodbye was for now or forever. After all, once Return of the Jedi completed the first trilogy in 1983, no one really saw six more movies coming to the big screen with the prequels and now this new trilogy.
Star Wars: Episode IX has yet to reveal its true title or any first look footage at this point, and we're not expecting tomorrow's Super Bowl to change that. So we wait. The movie arrives in theaters on December 20, as one of the many releases of 2019.
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
BB-8 Puppeteer Wraps Star Wars: Episode IX After 5-Year
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BB-8 Puppeteer Wraps Star Wars: Episode IX After 5-Year
Is BB-8 saying goodbye for now or forever after Star Wars: Episode IX? It's the end of the new trilogy, but with Disney+ coming, and standalone movies hitting theaters, it's hard to imagine this is really The End. Brian Herring is one of the puppeteers and lead performer behind BB-8.
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BB-8 Puppeteer Wraps Star Wars: Episode IX After 5-Year
Yet another major Star Wars character has wrapped filming on Star Wars: Episode IX, and it is none other than BB-8. Well, his puppeteer has wrapped at least, thanks to a tweet from Brian Herring. He expressed his appreciation for the role by saying: Today was a wrap on BB-8. The last 5 years have been an amazing ride.
As the release of Star Wars: Episode IX inches ever closer, one of the film's most notable characters has wrapped production: the astromech droid BB-8. "Today was a wrap on BB-8. The last 5 years have been an amazing ride." puppeteer Brian Herring wrote on Twitter. "Few people get to live the dream. Thank you."
Star Wars Puppeteer Brian Herring Announces a Wrap on BB-8
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BB-8 Wraps Filming On STAR WARS: EPISODE IX As Puppeteer
BB-8 puppeteer Brian Herring is the latest to announce that filming on Star Wars: Episode IX had wrapped for his character. Check out his heartfelt goodbye to the cast and crew after the jump
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Is BB-8 saying goodbye for now or forever after Star Wars: Episode IX? It's the end of the new trilogy, but with Disney+ coming, and standalone movies hitting theaters, it's hard to imagine this
BB-8 Puppeteer Wraps Star Wars: Episode IX After 5-Year
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BB-8 Puppeteer Wraps Star Wars: Episode IX After 5-Year
Star Wars Puppeteer Brian Herring Announces a Wrap on BB-8 for Episode IX As the end of filming for Star Wars: Episode IX draws closer to the end, we expect more announcements about actors and crew wrapping up their part in the film's principal production.
BB-8 Has Wrapped Filming on Star Wars: Episode IX
