Poe Dameron Comic Reveals BB-8's Girlfriend

A newStar Warscomic has break that BB-8 , the dear ball - droid that essay to be the breakout star ofThe Force Awakens , at one detail had a girlfriend . This is n’t the first time that an important piece of droid - based info has been spilled in a comic : after all , the trueness aboutC-3PO ’s red armwas unveiled in a like fashion .

As BB-8 ’s bragging screen return inThe Last Jediraces ever closer , fans have had plenty to sing about . As well as the fiery speculation aboutSnokeandRey , there has also been lots of news : Mark Hamill comparedEpisode VIII ’s shoot to that ofA New Hope ; a fresh image go forth ofLaura Dern ’s Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo ; and , it was announced thatBenicio del Toro ’s DJ characterwill be contract his own comic book spin - off .

Now occur this slightly phantasmagorical story to account : BB-8 has a love life , and at one distributor point it was going quite well . The latest yield of the on - goingPoe Dameroncomic introduced a new droid character visit Ivee . This newfangled droid comes looking for BB-8 , and explains to Poe that she repaired his X - flank “ for Beebee ” . The pair of droids then stroll off together , leaving Poe to put two and two together and say , “ Huh . dear for you , pal ” :

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PSA : BB-8 canonically has a girlfriend named Ivee , so start yer fanficspic.twitter.com/PGjvWplT4y — Alex Zalben ( @azalben)October 20 , 2017

The comic ’s author Charles Soule responded to this Tweet by Alex Zalben . He further teased the bond paper between Ivee and Beebee bytweetingthe words , “ Relationship position : It ’s complicated . ” speak of complicated things , there has been some discussion already about whether it ’s actually right to call BB-8 a boy and Ivee a girl , since neither of their genders has been explicitly express in the canon . Fans with adept memories will commemorate the rumor that BB-8 is actuallya distaff droid , which come along online in 2015 .

disregardless of how their sexuality actually align ( or whether droids without humanoid voices even have genders ) , it ’s nice to have it away that BB-8 had a petty love in his heart at one point . However , since this comic takes lieu prior to the outcome ofThe Force Awakens , there ’s every chance that Ivee will meet her Jehovah before Soule ’s storey is finished , explaining why she ’s nowhere to be seen in the movie that follows . Perhaps a tragical droid decease is on the cards , providing BB-8 with his own saturnine backstory . Readers will just have to keep pick up new issues to find out .

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