--- title: BB-8 Pumpkin: Star Wars Jack-O'-Lantern description: Check out this Star Wars fan's droid-inspired pumpkin creation. canonical: https://time.com/4061712/bb-8-pumpkin-star-wars-halloween/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-05T19:46:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:25:36.204Z og:title: BB-8 Pumpkin Is Every Star Wars Fan's Halloween Dream og:description: All it needs is an R2D2 companion og:url: https://time.com/4061712/bb-8-pumpkin-star-wars-halloween/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: BB-8 Pumpkin Is Every Star Wars Fan's Halloween Dream twitter:description: All it needs is an R2D2 companion twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Pumpkin Is Every _Star Wars_ Fan's Halloween Dream Come True  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 5, 2015 7:46 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 5, 2015 7:46 PM UTC While _Stars Wars_ fans everywhere are busy planning their best _The Force Awakens_ Halloween costumes, one twitter user beat everyone to the film’s festive punch with his droid-inspired pumpkin creation. [Daniel Hoogkamp](https://twitter.com/Dantooine2) posted a [picture](https://twitter.com/Dantooine2/status/646859645043273728) of his BB-8 jack-o’-lantern on September 23rd with the caption “Happy first day of Fall!” A new addition to the _Stars Wars_ world, BB-8 is a character who will appear in the upcoming Episode VII installment of the series. > [](https://twitter.com/Dantooine2/status/646859645043273728) The likeness of the adorable droid was perfectly captured by Hoogkamp’s painted pumpkin, which inspired other Twitter users to try their hand at similar gourd art. > [](https://twitter.com/ThePumpkinGeek/status/648626358139011073) > [](https://twitter.com/JuanellSpotts/status/647252926696660992) _Star Wars_‘ [website](http://www.starwars.com/) even [posted](http://www.starwars.com/news/social-scanner-september-25-2015?linkId=17352462) about the fan’s incredible pumpkin creation. The force is with you, young Hoogkamp. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4061712/bb-8-pumpkin-star-wars-halloween/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4061712/bb-8-pumpkin-star-wars-halloween/"},"headline":"This Pumpkin Is Every Star Wars Fan's Halloween Dream Come True","datePublished":"2015-10-05T19:46:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:36.204Z","description":"All it needs is an R2D2 companion","url":"https://time.com/4061712/bb-8-pumpkin-star-wars-halloween/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars topic","Holidays","film","halloween","star wars: the force awakens","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4061712/bb-8-pumpkin-star-wars-halloween/","name":"This Pumpkin Is Every Star Wars Fan's Halloween Dream Come True"}}]}] ```