(left to right) Chris Leffel and Kevin Schwarz stand with the life-sized droids they've built: an R2-R9 and an R2-D2. “Makers” is a series that shares stories of why people are compelled to create ...

It's a detailed 1,050-piece R2-D2 build with rotating head and functional droid features.

Prepare your wallets, the Force is coming! If you haven’t already heard, Winter 2015 is probably going to be re-branded as Star Wars Season. Not only are we getting Star Wars Episode VII (no more Jar ...

An R2-D2 unit used in the original "Star Wars" films is expected to sell for something in between $1 million and $2 million during an auction in Calabasas, Calif., from June 26-28. The "Hollywood ...

When I reviewed BB-8 by Sphero, I didn't expect the company would go back and create an R2-D2, too. They built their name on the original remotely controlled sphere – Sphero – and they'd not yet ...

R2-D2 is a character that is so synonymous with Star Wars, that it’s hard to pinpoint who he actually belongs to. There is an answer, of course, about his origin, but he sort of seems to belong to ...

How did the cast of Star Wars get from Hollywood to England for the London premiere of the movie franchise’s latest installment? On a Boeing 787 Dreamliner painted like R2-D2, of course. That came ...