What is the app that controls R2-D2?

Is Hasbro Smart R2D2 app being discontinued?

Hi everyone, Hasbro has informed me that R2D2, BB-8 and the AT-AT will be going out of circulation on June 21st.

"This includes the Smart R2-D2 app which will no longer work after this date, they say. This is a shame as it's what has made R2 so easy to use. I'd love it if you could help me with this one. I'd be most grateful for any help you could offer.

Thanks. Jared, Australia. I know that there are other options out there for apps like this but I'm looking for a cheap one that's simple and that requires less maintenance (eg can only support 1 device at a time.) In a nutshell: I want to keep my R2D2 with me at all times and also connect to him when in the back yard to control his actions (via an app/smartphone, which is my only option). I've looked around for apps that do just that but most of them seem to require a huge annual fee (or just cost more than a toy) and the ones that don't seem to be working or working so well (eg remote access). For your info, I'd really appreciate it if you could recommend any possible solutions for me. If you're reading this, please feel free to reply to this thread and help me out. Sorry for the delay in replying Jared. I hope you're all right. We just heard the news yesterday and I was concerned for your safety! The AT-AT was pretty special to me, so I had to have one. Luckily it's been pretty well protected by the two of you in the past.

I would think that it'd be fairly easy for you to make an app for your Android phone that supports the smart remote. It should be fairly easy to get hold of the required hardware, as most of it can probably be sourced from China and sold at a reasonable price. If you haven't yet gotten it then it shouldn't be too expensive to build the app - even if you're starting from scratch, you should be able to find a lot of good information on what's required. You could either put up a website for the app or download something like Xcode.

How is R2-D2 so smart?

If you have ever seen Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, you will remember the scene where Luke Skywalker uses his lightsaber to cut open the belly of the giant space slug that was attacking the Imperial capital.

We see R2-D2 come out of the hole in the slug and attack the slug with a laser drill. He starts drilling holes in the slug, which eventually cause the slug to explode.

How did R2-D2 know to use the laser drill? According to George Lucas, R2-D2 made a choice. If you look at the scene in the film again, you can see that there is a moment of decision when R2-D2 cuts the belly open. I think that R2-D2 is smart because he made a choice. And that choice was to save the lives of the people who were in danger of being killed by the slug. If R2-D2 had not made the choice to help the people, they would have all been killed. R2-D2 had a choice to make. And he made that choice. This makes R2-D2 smart because he made a choice that allowed him to save the lives of many people.

Is R2-D2 smart? No, R2-D2 is not a smart robot. R2-D2 is a robot. He is not a person. R2-D2 is not a computer program. He does not have feelings, he does not think, he does not make choices. He is not smart. He does not think. He is a robot.

Do you mean that R2-D2 is not smart? Yes. Does that mean that R2-D2 is not a robot? Yes, that means that R2-D2 is not a robot.

How much is R2-D2 worth?

This is a story about what's wrong with the economics of Star Wars Episode VII and why it must change for it to have a chance of succeeding in the marketplace.

I've covered Star Wars on this site before, but you can think of my work at FanBolt as Star Wars-branded fan content. I go where the stories take me, but I also do it as a writer and blogger. Sometimes I produce analysis and commentary on what I see, other times I bring readers and bloggers closer to the action. So, let's talk about economics.

There are two primary schools of thought among Star Wars fans - we all agree that the franchise's economics are completely fucked. They're completely screwed up by Disney's greedy insistence on squeezing every last dime out of the franchise. We also agree that those economics are absolutely ruining Episode VII.

To clarify, I think Disney's greedy practices are killing the franchise. I do not blame people who like it, or people who buy tickets to see it, and I don't think the filmmakers are entirely at fault for the current situation. They're going to do their best with the material they're given. But that doesn't change the fact that what they're being forced to do will most certainly kill the franchise and make it difficult, if not impossible, to see anything like it again.

So what am I doing here? On a daily basis, I report on what is happening in the Star Wars franchise. I make links between movies, merchandise, and conventions, and I offer analysis. But I'm not here to do fan service or just talk about what I think is going wrong. I'm here to tell you what I think is going wrong, why it matters, and how you can fix it.

How do we know Star Wars is a dead franchise? First, let's talk about when the franchise died. There are many ways you can determine that it's dead. The most obvious way is to look at the box office results. As I'm sure you know, Rogue One did fine. It did very well, but it didn't make a blockbuster in the way we had all hoped for.