Mark Hamill Says Star Wars: The Force Awakens Droid Is Real Not CGI

Fulfilling J.J. Abrams' promise for more practical effects in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, actor Mark Hamill has now confirmed that BB-8 -- the soccer ball-looking droid from the teaser -- is a physical prop, not CGI. Also, the actor curiously mentions the word "offspring" when talking about the film's new characters...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Character Names Revealved

The trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens gave us our first look at several new characters, but we still didn't know what any of these newcomers were named - until now.

EW has now revealed the names of all of the characters seen in the trailer - or at least their partial names.