The HAN SOLO Movie Will Reportedly Feature the First Significant Female Droid
Before I get into this news, I've always thought it was weird to think that a robot has a gender. A robot is a robot and is neither male or female. I guess the only thing that sets it apart is the design of the droid and the voice.
Regardless of that random thought about droids not having a gender, a new report has surfaced saying that the new Han Solo Star Wars movie will feature the first significant female droid. As we previously speculated, the droid will be played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who was recently cast in the film.
The news comes from Tracking Board, who says the actress is definitely going to play “the first significantly-featured female droid in Star Wars history” in Lucasfilm's upcoming Star Wars standalone movie.
We've seen female droids before in the Star Wars universe including BD-3000 and Bettie-Bot VJ from The Clone Wars animated series. There is also the PZ-4CO protocol droid who serves alongside Billie Lourd’s character Lieutenant Connix in The Force Awakens (pictured above). Then, of course, there's Aly San San who appears in the prep video for Disneyland’s Star Tours.
None of these droids have played a big role in a story like R2-D2, C-3PO, or K-2SO from Rogue One, though. We don't know what she'll look like, but I'm sure we'll find out soon enough now that the cat's out of the bag.