We Built a DROID in Galaxy's Edge, But Was It Worth It?

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Published 2019-06-25
Last week we went to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in Disneyland to build a droid in Droid Depot. We decided to build an R2 unit instead of the BB-unit because the R2 units seem to control better and offer more accessories. Watch us build a droid and see the whole process.

Also: Watch Kitra build a BB-unit droid here:    • Building a Droid in Galaxy’s Edge: Wh...  


We build a droid in Galaxy's Edge, but was it worth the $100? How does the experience compare to Savi's Build-your-own-lightsaber experience next door in Black Spire Outpost? What droid depot accessories should you buy and avoid? Are the droid personality chips cool? What did our dogs Pixel and Gizmo think of our new droid? Find out the answer to all of these questions in the video.

For $99.99 plus tax, you get entrance into the droid factory in Droid Depot, and choose if you want to build an R-series (aka R2-D2 style) of BB-series (aka BB-8 style) droid. We decided the R-series, and there was more options, accessories, and the BB-series seems to drive unstable due to the balancing head gyro tech. Watch us build a droid and see the whole process in the video above.

Was it worth the $100? I think so. For $100 the remote control droid is pretty cool, and you get a truly customized addition to your family.

How does the experience compare to Savi's Build-your-own-lightsaber experience next door in Black Spire Outpost? Sadly the experience is not comparable. At Savi's it's a show, it's emotional, you feel like the gathers are helping and assisting you. At Droid Depot, you feel like a customer who is taking too long, and it's hard to get assistance. The coolest parts are using the electronic screwdriver to put the droid together and the activation sequence, but it's nothing amazing. But you have to ask yourself, who is this for? If this is for a young child, they might enjoy the droid more than the saber, and the cost is half the price.

What droid depot accessories should I buy? Here is where it can get costly. There are a ton of accessories that you can add to your droid, including cosmetic, tools, weapons, decals, different colored panels, personality chips, and more. So don't think you can get out of there just spending $99. I would probably recommend getting a personality chip at very least. This makes your droid sound different than R2-D2. I wish they still had the sound preview devices to let customers know what they were buying. From there I might recommend one of the powered accessories, like the boosters or blasters, because the remote has functionality with them.

What droid depot accessories should I avoid? I am not happy with the R-series serving tray set (basically R2-D2's serving set-up from Jabba's place in Return of the Jedi). It looks nice but is not practical. The R-Series toolset we purchased is a bit more practical but doesn't do anything. I thought the decals would allow for a more customizable looking droid, but the result looks very cheap, so I would probably recommend against those as well.

See the answers to all of these questions in the video, alongside our building process. Moreover, please let us know in the comments if you think it's worth it for a custom droid, and if you did the experience, share your thoughts!

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All Comments (21)
  • @zejash
    Seems cool and all, but don’t talk to me until I can make a Gonk droid
  • @drdiabetes7469
    If im paying 25,000 for a droid, it better be alive, not remote controlled, it better be fully autonomous.
  • @JMel2012
    That’s the problem, IT LOOKS CHEAP! And the remote looks like something from Fisher-Price.
  • @uliketurtle
    Only 12.99.... only 17.99.... maaaaaaan....I see more than 1 digit and get scared lmao
  • @wallabismith1598
    lol.. that 25k life size r2 unit better have a nvidia titan v powered computer running deep learning ai
  • @haydenbrooksarenburg3024
    There is no star wars without droids, but, they need to make Gonk Droids! those things are honestly becoming a meme in the star wars community for just existing. Help raise awareness of the Gonk Droids today!
  • @Moody_n54
    Just a heads up, the droids don't actually interact with each other. They do interact in the park due to frequencies being sent out in certain areas, and the separate frequencies are staggered to make it seem like they are talking to each other. Personality chips will make them behave differently depending on what section of the park you are in as well, like the Resistance chip will make the droid sound nervous in the First Order area while it will be excited in the Resistance area and vice versa. Just wanted to put the info out there so you don't buy multiple droids thinking they will talk to each other at home when they will not.
  • @ThePete1081
    Thats dissapointing about the drink tray. I was hoping you could actually serve drinks on it. But it looks like trash. The Droid Depot is supposed to be chaotic though. Kind of how I imagined it would be from the movies. I think they did good with the atmosphere for both Savi's and the depot. Lightsaber building should be mysterious and cerimonial while building a droid should be like an insane flea market with parts everywhere.
  • @The_Thulhu
    I think the experience, even though it's not a show, the fact that it's chaotic, and like an actual junk store where you're mashing your own parts together to get a droid, it's more authentic.
  • @SilentZombie
    When it comes to stuff like that, cast members are only friendly and helpful for a few minutes After the attraction opens and only for a few guests. After like the 10th guest their attitudes change and their patience go out the door, why? Because they have to service several hundred to thousand guests, all of which ask the same questions and often times multiple times because they either don't pay attention or its too loud. You have better luck getting excellent customer service from a Gamestop Employee.
  • @garyelder4610
    If they made this thing so it would vacuum around your house as you controlled it-it would be really cool.
  • @king24lakerskobe
    Dont talk to me until i can have a mouse droid UPDATE: THERES A MOUSE DROID!
  • @itsalias6581
    The reason why they took the sound demos out is so your curiosity gets the best of you and you force yourself to buy all of the personality chips to fulfill your curiosity. Nice mind tricks Disney 👍🏻
  • @SangTheCryptek
    When he started putting it together, I immediately thought, "Oh it all just snaps together? That's pretty lame." But then he had to use the screwdriver to attach it, which is a nice touch. Actually gives the sense you're actually assembling it. For 100 bucks, it seems like a decent experience, considering it would probably cost the same amount of money or more to buy a toy droid outside of the park. The remote did indeed look incredibly toyish, but thats probably because it needs to be simple enough for kids to use. Having all the pieces just go by on the conveyor was probably my favorite part, though.
  • @jaredchacon2645
    It does kinnda make sense for the remote to look so simple cause 1, usually kids will use these and 2, if you look at controls in general in the star wars universe they are very obvious and almost always red,blue, or white.
  • @perseverance8
    Given paying theme park prices, $99.99 to build you’re own RC droid that’s not bad.