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In this live installment of Galactic Builders, animatronics engineer and co creator of BB-8, Matt Denton, shares what it was like building BB-8, his approach to building engineering marvels and how you can get involved in animatronics. Matt also shares a closer look at building his very own D-O, the lovable droid from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Galactic Builders is created in collaboration with FIRST, the world’s leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Learn more about FIRST:

https://www.firstinspires.org/2021season

Visit Star Wars Kids

http://www.starwarskids.com

Subscribe to Star Wars Kids on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/starwarskids

While you’re here, check out our own chat with Matt at last years Maker’s Central.

Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Star Wars Insider, having previously written for StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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Galactic Builders Live!: Building BB-8 with Matt Denton

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In this live installment of Galactic Builders, animatronics engineer and co creator of BB-8, Matt Denton, shares what it was like building BB-8, his approach to building engineering marvels and how you can get involved in animatronics. Matt also shares a closer look at building his very own D-O, the lovable droid from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Galactic Builders is created in collaboration with FIRST, the world’s leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Learn more about FIRST:

https://www.firstinspires.org/2021season

Visit Star Wars Kids

http://www.starwarskids.com

Subscribe to Star Wars Kids on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/starwarskids

While you’re here, check out our own chat with Matt at last years Maker’s Central.

Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Star Wars Insider, having previously written for StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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