littleBits invite Silicon Valley firms to create new R2-D2 Droid Inventor Kits builds

November 16, 2017

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The BBC have reported a nice feature of Star Wars licencee littleBits inviting several top Silicon Valley companies to take part in a competition to hack the R2-D2 from their Star Wars Droid Inventor Kit and create new and exciting Droid functions.

The aim of the event was to promote tech careers to children.

With the Star Wars Droid Inventor Kit kids can create their own custom Droid and bring it to life it with littleBits electronic blocks.

Create a Droid from scratch
Go on 16+ missions in the free app
Customize & reconfigure for new powers

Take the link to check out the video on the BBC.

SourceDave Lee, BBC

Dave Tree

Dave Tree has been an active participant in the UK collecting and fan community for a number of years and was the brains behind the fondly remembered Palitoy Archive at 2007's Celebration Europe. The owner of All The Cool Stuff Dave had been a panelist at Star Wars Celebration, was a member of Caravan of the Force which journeyed to Essen with Jeremy Bulloch and is the co-host of Making Tracks on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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The Mandalorian and Grogu, announced as The Mandalorian & Grogu, is a Star Wars movie that started production in 2024. Directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni, it takes place between the events of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Episode VII: The Force Awakens, focuses on the adventures of Din Djarin and Din Grogu, and will be a spinoff to the TV series Star Wars: The Mandalorian. The film was announced on January 9 that year on StarWars.com with a conceptual sketch by veteran illustrator Ryan Church, along with an announcement of a second season of the television series Star Wars: Ahsoka. A fourth season of The Mandalorian is also still in development.

On May 7, 2019, Disney revealed their future movie release schedule, including a set of three untitled new Star Wars films, one of which had a scheduled release date of December 20, 2024. The Star Wars Show also reported on the news on May 15. On July 23, 2020, after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was delayed to December 19, 2025. After the start of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, Disney shifted their theatrical film release slate, with the film being pushed to its current release date of May 22, 2026. A film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy occupied this release slot until The Mandalorian & Grogu was announced.

Star Wars Insider 224 revealed the initial film logo was the same as the one for The Mandalorian Season Three. In August 2024, during D23 2024, it was revealed that the film had entered production, and a new logo was revealed, in addition to a teaser that was shown to the audience. In August 2024, Sigourney Weaver revealed that she had joined the cast of The Mandalorian & Grogu.

Alongside the release of the movie, Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run will be updated to include a new mission featuring Djarin, Grogu, Tatooine, Endor and Cloud City, which takes place off camera from the film.