{"id":1088,"date":"2017-09-29T19:01:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T17:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2017-09-29T20:37:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T18:37:33","slug":"eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/","title":{"rendered":"[:nl]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-8 at your service![:en]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-8 at your service![:de]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-6 at your service![:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:nl]Brian Herring (BB-8) te gast op Echo Base Charity Con &#8211; A Star Wars Event!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Rey: Where do you come from?<\/em><br \/>\n<em> [BB-8 beeps]<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Rey: Classified, really? Me too. Big secret.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2015 maakten we kennis met de coole nieuwe droid <strong>BB-8<\/strong>, die direct goed in de smaak viel bij de fans. Zo werd de op afstand bedienbare uitvoering van Sphero al voordat <em>The Force Awakens<\/em> uitkwam een enorme hit.<\/p>\n<p>BB-8 werd voor een aantal sc\u00e8nes door middel van CGI gerealiseerd, maar in de meeste gevallen was BB-8 een &#8220;echte&#8221; robot die door acteur en poppenspeler <strong>Brian Herring<\/strong> tot leven werd gewekt. Hij vervulde deze taak niet alleen voor <em>The Force Awakens<\/em> maar ook voor de nieuwe film <em>The Last Jedi<\/em>. Brian werkte daarnaast ook aan <em>Rogue One<\/em>, waarin hij onder meer te zien is als droid SE-2.<\/p>\n<p>We zijn blij dat Brian te gast zal zijn op <strong>Echo Base Charity Con<\/strong>, waar hij vragen zal beantwoorden van bezoekers en een signeersessie zal houden.<\/p>\n<p>Meer informatie over Brian Herring vind je op zijn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/eb-vip-brian-herring\/\">Gasten<\/a> pagina.[:en]<strong>Brian Herring<\/strong> (BB-8) will be at Echo Base Charity Con &#8211; A Star Wars Event!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Rey: Where do you come from?<\/em><br \/>\n<em> [BB-8 beeps]<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Rey: Classified, really? Me too. Big secret.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2015 we got to know the cool new droid\u00a0<strong>BB-8<\/strong>, who instantly became a fan favorite. It led to the enormous success of the remote controlled version by Sphero even before the movie <em>The Force Awakens<\/em> was released in cinemas.<\/p>\n<p>BB-8 was realised by CGI for a number of scenes, but in most cases BB-8 was an &#8220;actual&#8221; robot who was brought to life by actor and puppeteer <strong>Brian Herring<\/strong>. He didn&#8217;t just fulfil this task for <em>The Force Awakens<\/em> but also for the upcoming film <em>The Last Jedi<\/em>. Besides that Brian also worked on\u00a0<em>Rogue One<\/em>, in which he amongst other things can be seen as the droid <strong>SE-2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We are thrilled that Brian will be our guest at\u00a0<strong>Echo Base Charity Con<\/strong>, where he will be available to answer your questions and participate in signing sessions.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Brian, please visit his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/eb-vip-brian-herring\/\">Guest<\/a> page.[:de]<strong>Brian Herring<\/strong> (BB-8) zu Gast bei der Echo Base Charity Con &#8211; A Star Wars Event!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Rey: Wo kommst du denn her?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2018BB-8 piept\u2019<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Rey: Geheim? Ich auch. Ein gro\u00dfes Geheimnis!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>2015 haben wir den coolen neuen Droiden <strong>BB-8<\/strong> kennengelernt, der sofort zu einem Liebling der Fans wurde. Schon bevor der Film in die Kinos kam war die ferngesteuerte Version von Sphero ein riesen Hit.<\/p>\n<p>BB-8 wurde f\u00fcr einige Szenen mit CGI Technik auf die Leinwand gezaubert, aber meistens benutzten die Macher von <em>The Force Awakens<\/em> einen \u2018echten\u2019 Roboter, der vom Schauspieler und Puppenspieler Brian Herring zum Leben erweckt wurde. Auch f\u00fcr den neuen Star Wars Film <em>The Last Jedi<\/em> \u00fcbernahm Brian wieder die Rolle von BB-8. Brian hat au\u00dferdem auch in <em>Rogue One<\/em> eine Rolle, in der er als Droide SE-2 zu sehen ist.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\nWir freuen uns sehr, dass Brian bei der <strong>Echo Base Con<\/strong> zu Gast sein wird. Michael wird w\u00e4hrend der Echo Base Con unter anderem an einer Autogramm-Session teilnehmen und Fragen beantworten.<\/p>\n<p>Mehr Info \u00fcber Brian k\u00f6nnt ihr auf seine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/eb-vip-brian-herring\/\">G\u00e4ste-Seite<\/a> finden.[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:nl]Brian Herring (BB-8) te gast op Echo Base Charity Con &#8211; A Star Wars Event! In 2015 maakten we kennis met de coole nieuwe droid BB-8, die direct goed in de smaak viel bij de fans. Zo werd de op afstand bedienbare uitvoering van Sphero al voordat The Force Awakens uitkwam een enorme hit.<\/p>\n<p>BB-8 werd voor een aantal sc\u00e8nes door middel van CGI gerealiseerd, maar in de meeste gevallen was BB-8 een &#8220;echte&#8221; robot die door acteur en poppenspeler Brian Herring tot leven werd gewekt. Hij vervulde deze taak niet alleen voor The Force Awakens maar ook voor de nieuwe film The Last Jedi. Brian werkte daarnaast ook aan Rogue One, waarin hij onder meer te zien is als droid SE-2.[:en]Brian Herring (BB-8) will be at Echo Base Charity Con &#8211; A Star Wars Event! In 2015 we got to know the cool new droid\u00a0BB-8, who instantly became a fan favorite. It led to the enormous success of the remote controlled version by Sphero even before the movie The Force Awakens was released in cinemas.<\/p>\n<p>BB-8 was realised by CGI for a number of scenes, but in most cases BB-8 was an &#8220;actual&#8221; robot who was brought to life by actor and puppeteer Brian Herring. He didn&#8217;t just fulfil this task for The Force Awakens but also for the upcoming film The Last Jedi. Besides that Brian also worked on\u00a0Rogue One, in which he amongst other things can be seen as the droid SE-2.[:de]Brian Herring (BB-8) will be at Echo Base Charity Con &#8211; A Star Wars Event! In 2015 we got to know the cool new droid\u00a0BB-8, who instantly became a fan favorite. It led to the enormous success of the remote controlled version by Sphero even before the movie The Force Awakens was released in cinemas.<\/p>\n<p>BB-8 was realised by CGI for a number of scenes, but in most cases BB-8 was an &#8220;actual&#8221; robot who was brought to life by actor and puppeteer Brian Herring. He didn&#8217;t just fulfil this task for The Force Awakens but also for the upcoming film The Last Jedi. Besides that Brian also worked on\u00a0Rogue One, in which he amongst other things can be seen as the droid SE-2.[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[58,59,13,60,31,61,7],"class_list":["post-1088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geen-categorie","tag-bb-8","tag-brian-herring","tag-echo-base-charity-con","tag-se-2","tag-star-wars-nederland","tag-the-force-awakens","tag-the-last-jedi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[:nl]EB VIP #6 - BB-8 at your service![:en]EB VIP #6 - BB-8 at your service![:de]EB VIP #6 - BB-6 at your service![:] - Echo Base<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[:nl]EB VIP #6 - BB-8 at your service![:en]EB VIP #6 - BB-8 at your service![:de]EB VIP #6 - BB-6 at your service![:] - Echo Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[:nl]Brian Herring (BB-8) te gast op Echo Base Charity Con - A Star Wars Event! In 2015 maakten we kennis met de coole nieuwe droid BB-8, die direct goed in de smaak viel bij de fans. Zo werd de op afstand bedienbare uitvoering van Sphero al voordat The Force Awakens uitkwam een enorme hit.  BB-8 werd voor een aantal sc\u00e8nes door middel van CGI gerealiseerd, maar in de meeste gevallen was BB-8 een &quot;echte&quot; robot die door acteur en poppenspeler Brian Herring tot leven werd gewekt. Hij vervulde deze taak niet alleen voor The Force Awakens maar ook voor de nieuwe film The Last Jedi. Brian werkte daarnaast ook aan Rogue One, waarin hij onder meer te zien is als droid SE-2.[:en]Brian Herring (BB-8) will be at Echo Base Charity Con - A Star Wars Event! In 2015 we got to know the cool new droid\u00a0BB-8, who instantly became a fan favorite. It led to the enormous success of the remote controlled version by Sphero even before the movie The Force Awakens was released in cinemas.  BB-8 was realised by CGI for a number of scenes, but in most cases BB-8 was an &quot;actual&quot; robot who was brought to life by actor and puppeteer Brian Herring. He didn&#039;t just fulfil this task for The Force Awakens but also for the upcoming film The Last Jedi. Besides that Brian also worked on\u00a0Rogue One, in which he amongst other things can be seen as the droid SE-2.[:de]Brian Herring (BB-8) will be at Echo Base Charity Con - A Star Wars Event! In 2015 we got to know the cool new droid\u00a0BB-8, who instantly became a fan favorite. It led to the enormous success of the remote controlled version by Sphero even before the movie The Force Awakens was released in cinemas.  BB-8 was realised by CGI for a number of scenes, but in most cases BB-8 was an &quot;actual&quot; robot who was brought to life by actor and puppeteer Brian Herring. He didn&#039;t just fulfil this task for The Force Awakens but also for the upcoming film The Last Jedi. Besides that Brian also worked on\u00a0Rogue One, in which he amongst other things can be seen as the droid SE-2.[:]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Echo Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EchoBaseCon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-29T17:01:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-09-29T18:37:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nieuws-029.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"EchoBaseCon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EchoBaseCon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@EchoBaseCon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"EchoBaseCon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/29\\\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/29\\\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"EchoBaseCon\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bbf34fc4fc0da01f662881b19f951707\"},\"headline\":\"[:nl]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-8 at your service![:en]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-8 at your service![:de]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-6 at your service![:]\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-29T17:01:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-29T18:37:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/29\\\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":562,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/29\\\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/nieuws-029.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"bb-8\",\"brian herring\",\"echo base charity con\",\"se-2\",\"star wars nederland\",\"the force awakens\",\"the last jedi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Star Wars Nieuws\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/29\\\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/29\\\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\\\/\",\"name\":\"[:nl]EB VIP #6 - BB-8 at your service![:en]EB VIP #6 - BB-8 at your service![:de]EB VIP #6 - BB-6 at your service![:] - Echo Base\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/29\\\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/29\\\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/nieuws-029.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-29T17:01:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-29T18:37:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/29\\\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/29\\\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/29\\\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/nieuws-029.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/nieuws-029.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"brian herring bb-8 echo base charity con\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/29\\\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"[:nl]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-8 at your service![:en]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-8 at your service![:de]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-6 at your service![:]\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/\",\"name\":\"Echo Base Con\",\"description\":\"A Star Wars Event  | 24 mei 2025 | 10:00-17:30 | Path\u00e9 Amsterdam Noord\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Echo Base\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/cropped-Echo-Base-Charity-Con-Logo-2022-GLOW.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/cropped-Echo-Base-Charity-Con-Logo-2022-GLOW.png\",\"width\":3504,\"height\":1915,\"caption\":\"Echo Base\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/EchoBaseCon\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/EchoBaseCon\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/echobasecon\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCdoihLiSe0QPVsJ3ad9mZbQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bbf34fc4fc0da01f662881b19f951707\",\"name\":\"EchoBaseCon\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/bf841cce9bcab69b802d9334a0dcbde3.jpg?ver=1794414405\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/bf841cce9bcab69b802d9334a0dcbde3.jpg?ver=1794414405\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/bf841cce9bcab69b802d9334a0dcbde3.jpg?ver=1794414405\",\"caption\":\"EchoBaseCon\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.echobasecon.nl\\\/en\\\/author\\\/echobase\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[:nl]EB VIP #6 - BB-8 at your service![:en]EB VIP #6 - BB-8 at your service![:de]EB VIP #6 - BB-6 at your service![:] - Echo Base","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"[:nl]EB VIP #6 - BB-8 at your service![:en]EB VIP #6 - BB-8 at your service![:de]EB VIP #6 - BB-6 at your service![:] - Echo Base","og_description":"[:nl]Brian Herring (BB-8) te gast op Echo Base Charity Con - A Star Wars Event! In 2015 maakten we kennis met de coole nieuwe droid BB-8, die direct goed in de smaak viel bij de fans. Zo werd de op afstand bedienbare uitvoering van Sphero al voordat The Force Awakens uitkwam een enorme hit.  BB-8 werd voor een aantal sc\u00e8nes door middel van CGI gerealiseerd, maar in de meeste gevallen was BB-8 een \"echte\" robot die door acteur en poppenspeler Brian Herring tot leven werd gewekt. Hij vervulde deze taak niet alleen voor The Force Awakens maar ook voor de nieuwe film The Last Jedi. Brian werkte daarnaast ook aan Rogue One, waarin hij onder meer te zien is als droid SE-2.[:en]Brian Herring (BB-8) will be at Echo Base Charity Con - A Star Wars Event! In 2015 we got to know the cool new droid\u00a0BB-8, who instantly became a fan favorite. It led to the enormous success of the remote controlled version by Sphero even before the movie The Force Awakens was released in cinemas.  BB-8 was realised by CGI for a number of scenes, but in most cases BB-8 was an \"actual\" robot who was brought to life by actor and puppeteer Brian Herring. He didn't just fulfil this task for The Force Awakens but also for the upcoming film The Last Jedi. Besides that Brian also worked on\u00a0Rogue One, in which he amongst other things can be seen as the droid SE-2.[:de]Brian Herring (BB-8) will be at Echo Base Charity Con - A Star Wars Event! In 2015 we got to know the cool new droid\u00a0BB-8, who instantly became a fan favorite. It led to the enormous success of the remote controlled version by Sphero even before the movie The Force Awakens was released in cinemas.  BB-8 was realised by CGI for a number of scenes, but in most cases BB-8 was an \"actual\" robot who was brought to life by actor and puppeteer Brian Herring. He didn't just fulfil this task for The Force Awakens but also for the upcoming film The Last Jedi. Besides that Brian also worked on\u00a0Rogue One, in which he amongst other things can be seen as the droid SE-2.[:]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/","og_site_name":"Echo Base","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EchoBaseCon\/","article_published_time":"2017-09-29T17:01:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-09-29T18:37:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nieuws-029.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"EchoBaseCon","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EchoBaseCon","twitter_site":"@EchoBaseCon","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"EchoBaseCon","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/"},"author":{"name":"EchoBaseCon","@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/#\/schema\/person\/bbf34fc4fc0da01f662881b19f951707"},"headline":"[:nl]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-8 at your service![:en]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-8 at your service![:de]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-6 at your service![:]","datePublished":"2017-09-29T17:01:35+00:00","dateModified":"2017-09-29T18:37:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/"},"wordCount":562,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nieuws-029.jpg","keywords":["bb-8","brian herring","echo base charity con","se-2","star wars nederland","the force awakens","the last jedi"],"articleSection":["Star Wars Nieuws"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/","url":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/","name":"[:nl]EB VIP #6 - BB-8 at your service![:en]EB VIP #6 - BB-8 at your service![:de]EB VIP #6 - BB-6 at your service![:] - Echo Base","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nieuws-029.jpg","datePublished":"2017-09-29T17:01:35+00:00","dateModified":"2017-09-29T18:37:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nieuws-029.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/nieuws-029.jpg","width":600,"height":400,"caption":"brian herring bb-8 echo base charity con"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/2017\/09\/29\/eb-vip-6-bb-8-at-your-service\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"[:nl]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-8 at your service![:en]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-8 at your service![:de]EB VIP #6 &#8211; BB-6 at your service![:]"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/","name":"Echo Base Con","description":"A Star Wars Event  | 24 mei 2025 | 10:00-17:30 | Path\u00e9 Amsterdam Noord","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/#organization","name":"Echo Base","url":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cropped-Echo-Base-Charity-Con-Logo-2022-GLOW.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cropped-Echo-Base-Charity-Con-Logo-2022-GLOW.png","width":3504,"height":1915,"caption":"Echo Base"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EchoBaseCon\/","https:\/\/x.com\/EchoBaseCon","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/echobasecon\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCdoihLiSe0QPVsJ3ad9mZbQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/#\/schema\/person\/bbf34fc4fc0da01f662881b19f951707","name":"EchoBaseCon","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/bf841cce9bcab69b802d9334a0dcbde3.jpg?ver=1794414405","url":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/bf841cce9bcab69b802d9334a0dcbde3.jpg?ver=1794414405","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/bf841cce9bcab69b802d9334a0dcbde3.jpg?ver=1794414405","caption":"EchoBaseCon"},"url":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/author\/echobase\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1088"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1096,"href":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions\/1096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echobasecon.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}