Modeling Star Wars’ R2-D2, Live!

May the 4th be with you! Selfishly, may it also be with @TheOnlyAaron and I as we take on R2-D2 for this week’s live stream! Join us for expert SketchUp tips, the usual playful banter, and a deep dive into modeling one of cinema’s most iconic droids.

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2026-05-01T18:00:00Z

Super excited for this one! Feel free to drop any inspiration you think Aaron might need below.

Really looking forward to this build. May the force be with you Aaron.

Turn to the darkside, you know you want to. Let your anger control you.

I can ‘see 3 possible other’ options.

I had to read this three times before I caught it!! Drinking more coffee before the stream!

The most disturbing thing about this is I deliberately avoided Starwarts when it came out due to the hype and being a young teen with their own identity and have never actually sat and watched any version. But I still know enough about it to be able to make a slow joke. Not sure the average Wars fan could get by with a trekky joke.

c’mon man, off course we khhaaaaaaaaaaan !

I’ll need to unbutton my shirt a touch before I can reply to that.

The t-shirt I’m wearing for today’s stream.

Thanks Guys!

I’m even worse. I once got a real virtual bombing when I confessed that I don’t know the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek and the plastic toys animation series that came from TV in the 60s. One of them has a princess character that our local press tells wore a silver necklace designed by the Finnish jewel designer Björn Weckström.

it’s fitting to use a Designer from Finland, a country that doesn’t actually exist, to make stuff for star wars, also fiction :stuck_out_tongue:

The usual tech issues aside, that was a fun stream. As promised, here is Aaron’s R2D2 model. Feel free to get in there and modify to your heart’s content!

Not actually existing accounts for my empty feeling, although some crackers with cheese helped somewhat.

I once got a real virtual bombing when I confessed that I don’t know the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek and the plastic toys animation series that came from TV in the 60s.

“Danger, Will Robinson!” Lost in Space