怎麼看星戰中BB-8，R2D2不是更好？

01-13

在《星球大戰》正史小說《餘波：生命債》（Aftermath: Life Debt）第五部分的第一篇插曲（Interlude）里，有位在恩多戰役中負傷的新共和國老兵在霍斯尼亞主行星的傷兵醫院裡養傷。結果，醫院送給他這麼一個機器人：

This droid is unlike one he』s ever seen before. It』s got a clunky, squarish head, but it rolls around slowly on a blue-and-gold ball-shaped body. Smaller than your standard astro-droid—this one only sits about knee-high. It warbles and blurps at him, focusing a pair of ocular lenses on him as it juggles its own head, which sits improbably upon its body like a box balanced poorly on a child』s ball. The droid tries to stay balanced as its head dips dangerously to the side.

「What is this?」 he asks.
「It』s a droid, Dade.」
「Yeah, Doc, I see that, but why is there a droid here?」
「This is QT-9. He is your droid.」

Dade arches an eyebrow so high he』s pretty sure it hovers a few centimeters above his head. 「I don』t recall owning a droid.」
「Think of it as renting one, except for free. QT-9 is a prototype therapy droid.」
Arsad smirks. 「I could put you in for a therapy Ewok, instead. Some of the native Endor creatures have agreed to travel offworld to help veterans like you recuperate. As a manner of recompense for saving their home.」
「Oh, yeah, I don』t want one of those. They smell horrible.」
「Good news, then. The droid smells clean as new metal. In part because it is new—with the Empire falling, opportunity arises across the galaxy for new technologies. Droids included. This one is designed to be friendly and familiar. Like a pet.」

黑字部分尤其要注意。目前國內外星戰迷普遍認為，這個QT-9機器人就是BB系列機器人的前身。只不過BB系列機器人的頭部是半球形，而QT-9的頭部是方形。QT-9的作用就是治癒，給傷兵當寵物用的。

所以，大家明白了吧。BB-8是從一個以賣萌為主要功能的機器人型號發展過來的，跟兇殘的R2-D2不能比啊！