As Galactic Builders showcases, the organization encompasses different roles for students in K-12. He's thrilled to see Force for Change supporting FIRST and his enthusiasm in sharing what he does with Star Wars speaks to an important aspect of FIRST. When I got home from the cinema I tried to build a LEGO AT-AT.”Įngineering and robotics are close to Denton's heart it's his background. And I was a huge fan of LEGO Technic when I was younger I was always building things out of LEGO. “It flicked something in my head that spurred my interest in walking machines, per se, and robotics. “I came out of the cinema when I was eight or nine years old and had just watched The Empire Strikes Back, and I couldn't get over the scene on Hoth,” he tells. He developed a passion for STEM in general, and robotics, specifically, in part because of Star Wars. One episode features Matt Denton, an engineer, robotics expert, and co-creator of BB-8. Then, the FIRST participants get to show off their creations.
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FIRST students host the series and ask the spokespeople how they intersect technology and robotics with their work in the Star Wars universe - from making the just-revealed Ultimate Interactive D-O App-controlled Droid toy, to talking to the co-creator of BB-8, to getting a behind-the-scenes look at robotics in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, to learning about motion capture for droids. Galactic Builders gave a few FIRST teams the opportunity to discuss engineering and robotics with makers from Hasbro, Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Imagineering, and Industrial Light & Magic. They work in teams to build robots that they then put to work at competitions, fostering an environment of creativity and cooperation. Over 600,000 students are part of FIRST's global robotics community.
“Our hope is that the Star Wars movies will help inspire the next generation of innovators, to work with their teammates and have fun exploring robotics and pushing technology. We hope it will be a first step in their journey into engineering and computer science careers and maybe even lead them to being part of the Lucasfilm team someday.” “Lucasfilm and FIRST are a great match,” says Lucasfilm general manager Lynwen Brennan.
The series debuts today on /StarWarsKids and, kicking off a weekly run of four episodes, and will show kids how technology and robotics play a key role in making Star Wars stories and products come to life. The collaboration was announced at Star Wars Celebration Chicago and - in addition to providing a $1.5 million in-kind donation and mentorship resources - as revealed during the Triple Force Friday livestream event, Lucasfilm and Disney are supporting FIRST with the launch of a new digital series: Galactic Builders, powered by Star Wars: Force for Change. Through robotics, FIRST empowers young people to learn, grow, and positively affect the world around them, which is why Disney and Lucasfilm are teaming up with FIRST as part of the Star Wars : Force for Change philanthropic initiative. speaks to Lucasfilm’s Lynwen Brennan and BB-8 co-creator and puppeteer Matt Denton about an exciting new digital series.įIRST is the world’s leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) - fields incredibly important to creating the Star Wars universe.
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