‘Star Wars’ Fans Already Can’t Get Enough Of Their Newest Droid

Friday’s Star Wars Celebration event from Disney and LucasFilm landed as a roaring success. The presumed centerpiece, of course, was the arrival of the new teaser trailer (ending with the telltale cackle of Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious) and the switch out of the Star Wars: Episode IX title for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Director and co-writer J.J. Abrams and much of the cast (including Daisy Ridley and a heavily bearded Oscar Isaac) appeared onstage for a quick panel discussion, but then a little something stole the show.

Meet BB-8’s newest pal, a droid capped off with a megaphone-looking device and whose name appears to be “Dio” or “D-O” or maybe “D/O” (that’s the one that Entertainment Weekly is going with). Neither spelling seems to have earned a consensus (though EW is usually correct), so we don’t know which one is correct as of this writing. Confusion abounds!

— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) April 12, 2019

New droid ! I think it’s D-0 Dio Deeeeeooohhh One of those is probably right pic.twitter.com/4RvEwaW9TH

— Ash Crossan @ SWCC (@AshCrossan) April 12, 2019

Or as one user called it, a “[n]ew f*ckin’ droid thing.”

— Kris Tapley (@kristapley) April 12, 2019

So, the spelling wars are officially on, as are the warring descriptions (“a desk lamp” or a creature from Plants Vs. Zombies), but no one is questioning the cuteness of this heart-capturing addition to the franchise.

— Siths and Giggles Podcast (@SithsGigglesPod) April 12, 2019

#StarWars #EpisodeIX will have another new droid for you to fall in love with pic.twitter.com/xmmwUc1LZf

— Kirsten (@KirstenAcuna) April 12, 2019

Is this like a Droid Doggy

I want 30!!!#Starwars #EpisodeIX #StarWarsCelebaration #BB8 pic.twitter.com/PkCuO5VclO

— TheDisneyBum (@_thedisneybum) April 12, 2019

When I first saw this new Droid, I thought it was a megaphone on a wheel, and now all I want it to do is just yell unpopular opinions & random facts #EpisodeIX #StarWars pic.twitter.com/quSo4s4keg

— ✨Emily Rose ✨ (@Frankly_Emily) April 12, 2019

The new droid in Star Wars IX looks like a desk lamp. pic.twitter.com/PygFXL1Sbc

— ⋆ ⋆ (@kyeluh) April 12, 2019

Será que o novo Droid de @starwars foi inspirado em @PlantsvsZombies#EpisodeIX #StarWarsCelebaration #geek #videogames #gamers pic.twitter.com/GfLfXq4Ee0

— Meugamer (@MeuGamerbr) April 12, 2019

Alright @starwars BB-8 was already cute enough! Then you go and make an even CUTER droid! Take my money! #StarWarsCelebration2019 pic.twitter.com/PBlcCcnWZK

— Jonathan Hess (@jonny_hess) April 12, 2019

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which will include unreleased footage of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia (get your tissues ready), will open on Dec. 20.