Meet The New, Grumpy Droid Being Introduced In Star Wars Rebels [VIDEO]

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Jill Pantozzi

Published: Jan 28, 2014 09:30 am

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With a new Star Wars animated series on the way to Disney XD, we were bound to learn about a few new characters soon. We already know a baddie, the Imperial Inquisitor, now meet a good guy! “The design for Chopper (a.k.a. C1-10P) was inspired by early Ralph McQuarrie concept art for R2-D2, with significance placed on the arms that fold out of Chopper’s head,” write The Hollywood Reporter. Check out this behind-the-scenes look at his creation and find out if you like the cut of his jib.

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Jill Pantozzi

Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."