--- ---  # Vote: Which _Star Wars_ Cover Is Your Favorite? ## Video: Photographing TIME's Star Wars Cover [Watch (HLS stream): Photographing TIME's Star Wars Cover](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KXrQmNTF.m3u8) (3:31)  _Published 2015-12-03. For the latest issue of TIME, Marco Grob photographed the cast members of_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 3, 2015 12:30 PM UTC  R2-D2 and BB-8 on the cover of the Dec. 14, 2015 issue of TIME. R2-D2 and BB-8 on the cover of the Dec. 14, 2015 issue of TIME.Marco Grob for TIME  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 3, 2015 12:30 PM UTC It’s a classic case of old versus new. The Dec. 18 premiere of _The Force Awakens_ is just over a week away. In anticipation of the film’s release, [TIME hits newsstands](http://time.com/4134371/how-j-j-abrams-brought-back-star-wars/) Thursday with two different covers. Each one features one of the galaxy far, far away’s mechanical characters, R2-D2 and BB-8\. Of course, this split raises an important question: which droid is more deserving of the vaunted spot? **MORE:** [How J.J. Abrams Brought Back _Star Wars_](http://time.com/4134371/how-j-j-abrams-brought-back-star-wars/) On one side of the ring there is the lovable R2-D2, introduced in 1977’s _Episode IV:_ _A New Hope_ and a fast fan favorite. On the other there is BB-8, an adorable new addition to the _Star Wars_ world who will appear in upcoming installments of the series. Cast your vote now. Star Wars Cover: R2-D2 or BB-8? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4133476/poll-star-wars-the-force-awakens-cover-r2d2-bb8/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4133476/poll-star-wars-the-force-awakens-cover-r2d2-bb8/"},"headline":"Vote: Which Star Wars Cover Is Your Favorite?","datePublished":"2015-12-03T12:30:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:19.219Z","description":"Meet the droids","url":"https://time.com/4133476/poll-star-wars-the-force-awakens-cover-r2d2-bb8/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars topic","TIME","Cover","films","star wars: the force awakens","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3524987872b24ad7/698873902dce01016b9e6bfb/droid-time-covers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3524987872b24ad7/698873902dce01016b9e6bfb/droid-time-covers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"droid-time-covers","caption":"R2-D2 and BB-8 on the cover of the Dec. 14, 2015 issue of TIME.","creditText":"Marco Grob for TIME","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4133476/poll-star-wars-the-force-awakens-cover-r2d2-bb8/","name":"Vote: Which Star Wars Cover Is Your Favorite?"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Photographing TIME's Star Wars Cover","description":"For the latest issue of TIME, Marco Grob photographed the cast members of","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/KXrQmNTF/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-12-03T11:59:55.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KXrQmNTF.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4133476/poll-star-wars-the-force-awakens-cover-r2d2-bb8/","duration":"PT3M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4133476/poll-star-wars-the-force-awakens-cover-r2d2-bb8/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```