When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Joel Franey Lego R2-D2 (75379) exists, as far as I can see, for two reasons: that the ...

Luke Skywalker may have fired the fatal shots that destroyed the Death Star in the original Star Wars, but for much of the movie, the fate of the entire galaxy rested on R2-D2. We don’t really think ...

Actor Jimmy Vee says climbing inside the droid costume, now on view at the Smithsonian’s American History Museum, is like entering “your own world” Allison Keyes - Museum Correspondent C-3PO and R2-D2 ...

When R2-D2 first hit the scene in 1977, every kid in the world wanted their own little robot friend just like him. Who wouldn’t want a loyal metal companion that solved all your problems and made ...

I've built a few advanced LEGO sets, many for IGN. But building the new LEGO R2-D2 was challenging and difficult in a way that those builds were not. This is not a build designed for multitasking, ...