He frequently gets into trouble and frets loudly about it , but he just as frequently is there to help save his friends. Look, small things are cute. We don't make the rules. The Death Star is a cold, inhospitable place, and having tiny little mouse droids zipping around the corridors makes it feel more homey. Yes, he'll help you on your mission to steal the Death Star plans, but he's going to complain the whole time. A droid obsessed with droid rights, L3 is a fast-talking radical who disobeys orders and thrives on chaos.
She's also self-assembled and self-modified, making her truly one of a kind. The sequel trilogy introduced dozens of memorable new characters — Rey, Poe, Finn, all those porgs — but hands down, the best addition has been BB This sassy, spherical astromech droid is the unexpected heart of the new films, injecting the series with both comedy and some surprisingly poignant moments.
Also, he's just adorable, with his roly-poly body and big bug eye. C'mon, like anyone else could take the No. Good ol' R2 has borne witness to some of the most dramatic events in the galaxy, from helping protect Queen Amidala to delivering Princess Leia's message to Obi-Wan Kenobi. This clunky blue astromech is one of the only Star Wars characters to appear in every single one of the main Skywalker films plus a cameo in Rogue One. He's smart, he's resourceful, and he's got a little bit of a temper.
Home Movies The droids of the Star Wars universe, ranked. The droids of the Star Wars universe, ranked. Meredith has affiliate partnerships. These do not influence editorial content, though Meredith may earn commissions for products purchased via affiliate links. Save FB Tweet More.
Pinterest Email Send Text Message. Published Dec 19, Books from Priceonomics. Everything is Bullshit. Hipster Business Models. The Content Marketing Handbook. Read Now ». Content Marketing Bootcamp. Priceonomics Data Studio. We are flattered you shared our blog post! If you want to be notified when we write a "halfway decent" blog post in the future, leave your email here below. I'm not sure anyone else could have made Android happen. But Rubin was unwilling or unable to make big industry partnerships that could turn Android into a moneymaker for Google.
Android has outgrown Andy and honestly, I don't think he knows where to take it next. Rubin and Danger are credited with making one of the first smartphones, a web-enabled device with its own app ecosystem that debuted in the US as the T-Mobile Sidekick. A hot, well-funded startup in the midst of the dot-com crash, Danger felt like an exceptional club house.
The company had a Sparrow electric car, a Segway, and a version of the Pole Position arcade racing game, on top of whatever new color-screen phone Rubin had picked up that week. Danger was a technical powerhouse with a product far ahead of its time, but it remained a business underdog. In , Rubin was nudged out by his board of investors in favor of an ex-military, telecom industry veteran, a gray-haired deal maker named Hank Nothhaft.
There was already innovation in the product. Hank was a CEO who could really take the company to the next level. Rubin left shortly after to start Android.
Rubin has been at Google since , when Larry Page bought the fledgling Android. He "found Google crazy" because of its loose corporate structure, he told Google chronicler Steven Levy in the book In the Plex.
There was a veil of secrecy around the acquisition. The Open Handset Alliance, the industry-wide leadership group for Android, launched with fanfare, but has since fallen into the background as major OEMs have fragmented the platform.
Other big partnerships included the Android Update Alliance, which was supposed to coordinate releases between carriers but has had limited success. Rubin also sponsored the Motorola acquisition, a messy, costly undertaking that has yet to pay off for Google: CFO Patrick Pichette has said the company inherited a product roadmap that doesn't "wow," and the much-ballyhooed patents are caught up in an international controversy over how tech standards can be litigated.
Meanwhile, more than Google employees report themselves as working on Android or Google Play on LinkedIn; the actual number is likely much higher. R2-D2 is always there for his masters when they need a holo transmission, a map, or a lightsaber. AP-5, an Imperial inventory droid who defected to the Rebellion in Star Wars Rebels , is memorable for both his grumpiness and his…singing.
Also, his name comes from Rebels producer Athena Yvette Portillo. No matter how dire the situation, this BD unit exploration droid is always ready to scan objects, open chests, and offer up a healing stim to help Cal continue his journey. Mouse Droid. Mister Bones has never appeared in a Star Wars film, but his type of droid, the B-series battle droid, played a large role in The Phantom Menace.
Bounty hunter. He became more human than most, and honored his programming until the end.
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