Gallery is now up! CLICK HERE

FOR DVD's CLICK HERE

June 3, 2006 - R2 at Grand opening of G.Willikers Toy Emporium in Sacramento, California.

April 30, 2006 - R2 was on the red carpet for the 1st Annual Larpy Awards in Hollywood, California.

February 5, 2006 - Took R2 to Valley Children's Hospital, the kids loved him! Also met up with several other SW characters, we had a great time.

September 24, 2005 - R2LA III at Mike Senna's House. Saw Brian MIx's awesome "Kenny Baker" style droid, as well as the now famous Senna Droid Lift!

September 9, 2005 - R2 makes appearance at a relief fundraiser for hurricane katrina. Hosted by Harry Shearer from "The Simpsons".

August 26, 2005 - R2 makes an appearance at the Stage Nine booth at CalExpo in Sacramento, California. CLICK HERE

August 11, 2005 - I now have a link to the DVD's section. CLICK HERE to view what is currently available.

May, 2005 - R2 hired by Pepsi Bottling Company for some in-store promotions! CLICK HERE FOR PICS

April 25, 2005 - CIII was incredible! I am now working on the DVD, which should be complete sometime in August.

March 25, 2005 - R2 Walks for the first time! I will be posting pics of my nearly completed droid as soon as I can spare some time.

June 1, 2004 - R2LA II was awesome! CLICK HERE for pics. For archived pictures from R2LA 2003 CLICK HERE

Special thanks to astromech.net for storing the galleries!

This site will follow my progress as I attempt to build a replica of my favorite droid, R2-D2. As an 11 year old boy, I was absolutely blown away by the film Star Wars. I remember a documentary on the making of The Empire Strikes Back, and that was it! By the time I reached high school I was hooked on the idea of one day working at Industrial Light and Magic, creating special effects, running motion control rigs, and building models. At one point I had the opportunity to visit Skywalker Ranch and briefly met George Lucas (we literally bumped into each other in the cafeteria!).

Eventually I went on to open my own video production company, Media Magic. Instead of producing special effects, I produce documentaries. It has been a true adventure that I would not trade for anything.

But the dream of owning my own R2-D2 stuck with me. Eventually this led me to the R2-D2 Builders Club. This group is dedicated to producing droids that in some cases are better than the original. The talent and endless creativity that these people posess has insipred me to pursue my dream and make it a reality.

I hope you enjoy the site. Thank you for visiting!

-Michael