Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ sound supervisor translates BB-8’s dialogue with Rey

Many people across the world are excited by the prospect of learning a new language, whether it's Spanish, German or English… but in the world of Star Wars, languages take up very different forms.

While some hard-core Star Wars fans might have done their research and tried their hand in learning the tongue of a droid, much like Game of Thrones fans and Dothraki, to most people droids just make nonsensical robotic noises.

Some fans might well have wondered what exactly BB-8 said to Rey in order to convince her to let the droid come along with her, and now we have some answers.

The sound supervisor for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Matthew Wood, has been discussing the process of composing BB-8's language, explains some specific dialogue and much more during an interview with The Huffington Post.

He said: "The first time you hear him, it’s sort of off screen, and you hear him yelling because Tito has kidnapped him, and you have the creature sound that Tito is riding on the back of, and BB-8 is making sounds, but then it’s when Rey runs over and starts talking to him.

"Even moments there when she first rescues him, and she’s like, ‘That’s just Tito. He’s a dune bandit, and he’s going to sell you for parts.' And then Ben Schwartz’s dialogue would be like, ‘Oh, yeah? Well, you know, I hate you, Tito.’ And he’s like yelling to him, basically getting mad at him.

"And it’s good for us to know the emotional beats. Like, ‘Well, can I come with you?’ He’s like, ‘Oh, thank you so much for saving me … please take me with you.’ And she’s like, ‘No, I’m not going to,’ and it was just that kind of dialogue to help the plot."

So, was that what you were expecting?… probably.

[HuffingtonPost]