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# Watch BB-8 Have Adorable Adventures With New Objects

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## Video: Star Wars Behind the Scenes: On Set With BB-8

[Watch (HLS stream): Star Wars Behind the Scenes: On Set With BB-8](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5izeYaFu.m3u8) (0:31)

![Star Wars Behind the Scenes: On Set With BB-8](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/5izeYaFu/poster.jpg?width=720)

_Published 2015-12-03. On Set With BB-8_


by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Dec 9, 2015 6:35 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Dec 9, 2015 6:35 PM UTC

_The Force Awakens_ is almost here, but if your _Star Wars_ fever needs an outlet, head to Sphero’s [YouTube](http://dailydot.com/communities/youtube) channel to watch [The Curious Adventures of BB-8.](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSdn63ba-PlYuM%5FrMzqxhfZwigjLsXJxi)

In the web series that began running last month, BB-8, the little Astromech Droid who is already the biggest star of _The Force Awakens,_ comes to Earth. In his exploration of this planet far, far from his home, he has many enchanting adventures, like when he has a meet-cute with [a hedgehog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wALNiHTpbdg&feature=youtu.be), which is so adorable it might make the internet implode under the weight of all the geeky adorableness.

In other adventures, the cutest droid in any galaxy frolics through [the fall leaves](https://youtu.be/UkCUbvJJI9U), explores his [vinyl collection](https://youtu.be/QkQdZumx-1k), plays [marbles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQgw%5FKOMY7M), and even takes a page out of _Toy Story_ and has a moment with [The Claw](https://youtu.be/yyF%5Fyp04HMg). (Maybe he met the three-eyed aliens in that galaxy far, far away?)

\[H/T [The Daily Dot](http://www.dailydot.com/geek/star-wars-bb8-droid-toy-sphero-adventures/)\]


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