20 Things You Somehow Missed In Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

4. Bill Hader And Ben Schwartz's Unusual Star Wars Appearance

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As already noted, there were a number of secret cameos on show in The Force Awakens. But perhaps the most obscure could be found whenever a certain rolling ball of joy was on-screen.

Though you probably wouldn't be able to guess from listening to the various bleeps and sounds that BB-8 makes throughout the flick, these were actually created with a little help from actors/vocal consultants Bill Hader and Ben Schwartz.

Schwartz was brought in to fill in the places where BB-8 would speak to various different characters, with Hader then later operating a talk box that would be adjusted by a sound effects app on J. J. Abrams' iPad.

Hader in particular also attempted to do a voice for the little astromech (via TheVerge), but everyone soon agreed that this sounded a bit too human for the Resistance droid.

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