R2-D2 creator Grant McCune dies

glhaynes · on Jan 1, 2011

Ryan_IRL · on Jan 1, 2011

I bet I'm not the only one that hears that sad beep in my head when i read it.

kqr2 · on Jan 1, 2011

Hiis spirit will live on through the works of many diy / homebuilders of R2 units:

thwarted · on Jan 1, 2011

...he created R2-D2 and many of the creatures that populate the film.

Does that include the other R2 unit, the one with the bad motivator? That's one of the few Star Wars toys I had as a kid.

mhd · on Jan 1, 2011

He was the chief model maker, and apart from the "head", this droid wasn't too different from Artoo, so I would guess so.

And to start the new year off in typical nerd fashion: That was actually an R5 unit, R5-D4 to be specific[1].

thwarted · on Jan 1, 2011

Ah, yes, R5. I should turn in my nerd creds, I should have remembered that.