--- description: They honored 'Star Wars' composer John Williams title: Oscars 2016: Star Wars' BB-8, R2-D2, C-3PO Crash the Oscars image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01f6291284840df1/69887f85a988ca3c756b6c8d/r2-d2-bb8-oscars-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [awards](/tag/awards/) ## awards Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO Take Over the Oscars  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Feb 29, 2016 3:28 AM CUT  From left: BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO from Star Wars appear onstage during the 88th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 28, 2016 in Hollywood, Calif. From left: BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO from Star Wars appear onstage during the 88th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 28, 2016 in Hollywood, Calif.Kevin Winter—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Feb 29, 2016 3:28 AM CUT Your favorite droids [BB-8](http://time.com/4131312/star-wars-the-force-awakens-r2d2-bb8-meet/ "undefined"), R2-D2 and C-3PO, took the stage at the [Oscars](http://time.com/4240519/oscars-2016-winners-list/ "undefined") Sunday night to honor _Star Wars_ composer John Williams, who recently received his 50th Oscar nomination. To the delight of the star-filled room (and especially young _Room_ star Jacob Tremblay), the three robots wandered on to the stage while looking for their seats and stopped to muse over C-3PO’s resemblance to the Oscar statuette. They then went on to admire Williams, who is responsible not only for the epic music in the _Star Wars_ universe, but also the astounding soundtracks to films like _Jaws_, _Schindler’s List_, _Jurassic Park_, _Indiana Jones_, _Home Alone_ and _Saving Private Ryan_. “He has already won five Oscars for composing,” noted C-3PO. “No wonder he has a good seat.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4240692/oscars-2016-star-wars-bb8-r2d2-c3po/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4240692/oscars-2016-star-wars-bb8-r2d2-c3po/"},"headline":"Watch BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO Take Over the Oscars","datePublished":"2016-02-29T03:28:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:27:04.784Z","description":"They honored Star Wars composer John Williams","url":"https://time.com/4240692/oscars-2016-star-wars-bb8-r2d2-c3po/","keywords":["awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01f6291284840df1/69887f85a988ca3c756b6c8d/r2-d2-bb8-oscars-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01f6291284840df1/69887f85a988ca3c756b6c8d/r2-d2-bb8-oscars-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"88th Annual Academy Awards - Show","caption":"From left: BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO from Star Wars appear onstage during the 88th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 28, 2016 in Hollywood, Calif.","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4240692/oscars-2016-star-wars-bb8-r2d2-c3po/","name":"Watch BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO Take Over the Oscars"}}]}] ```