The film says that BB was a customised droid right? Or did I mishear that bit?
I’ve started headcanoning that Poe and his father Kes built BB8 themselves as a father-son bonding experience while Poe was growing up.
“Your mother always said how important it was to have the right astromech.”
On one of Poe’s birthdays, Kes buys him a book with lots of different droid schematics and tells Poe to carefully choose the one he wants. And for each birthday and important holiday after, they slowly buy the parts needed and build BB8.
And before they start BB8 up they have to go register the droid and get the designation the unit will have. To their shock they get given ‘BB8’.
“There’s only 7 other BB units out there?! What’s wrong with the unit design that only 7 others have been built?”
“Nothing’s wrong with it dad! It’s perfect!”
And they start BB8 up, and the unit starts to get its personality based upon its interactions with Poe and Kes just before Poe goes off to join and train for the space navy.
BB8's creation
I’ve started headcanoning that Poe and his father Kes built BB8 themselves as a father-son bonding experience while Poe was growing up.
“Your mother always said how important it was to have the right astromech.”
On one of Poe’s birthdays, Kes buys him a book with lots of different droid schematics and tells Poe to carefully choose the one he wants. And for each birthday and important holiday after, they slowly buy the parts needed and build BB8.
And before they start BB8 up they have to go register the droid and get the designation the unit will have. To their shock they get given ‘BB8’.
“There’s only 7 other BB units out there?! What’s wrong with the unit design that only 7 others have been built?”
“Nothing’s wrong with it dad! It’s perfect!”
And they start BB8 up, and the unit starts to get its personality based upon its interactions with Poe and Kes just before Poe goes off to join and train for the space navy.