As a kid, [Wes] always dreamed of building a full-size, functional R2-D2 droid from Star Wars. While most youthful aspirations such as this fall to the wayside amid adult responsibilities and commi… ...

The defendant “is correct that this is a case about robots,” write Digital Dream’s lawyers. ... “Indeed, numerous copyrights have been obtained on C-3PO and R2-D2 characters, ...

R2-D2, the Batmobile, Han Solo encased in carbonite and a TARDIS time traveling phone booth — copies of all of them are being built in a little warehouse on an industrial street in Santa Ana … ...

Not far below the dream of owning a real lightsaber is the fantasy of every earthbound Jedi—owning one’s very own R2-D2. And if that droid can roll around and bring beer on command, all the ...

The kit includes everything young Star Wars fans need to build their own working R2 unit. At $99, the Droid Inventor Kit isn't coming cheap, but it's also not your typical toy.

STANWOOD, Wash. — R2-D2's best friend is a man from Stanwood. And his name is Bob Jacobsen. Jacobsen followed his dreams and built this perfect droid replica around 10 years ago. It was the ...

A "cheeky" pitch to Kathleen Kennedy at a convention led to the ultimate fanboy dream. By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent “I made a comment that if they were making any films in the U.K. and ...

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from the 1999 book The Science of Star Wars by Jeanne Cavelos.. The most amazing thing about R2-D2 (Artoo) and C-3PO (Threepio) is how human they seem.

Android R2-D2 is to appear in the next Star Wars film, and is being created and maintained by two British robot building fans. ... "It's a dream come true," he added.