SPOILER WARNING: This article contains spoilers for "Doctor Aphra" #4, which is on sale now.


Yep -- a pair of handles and little platforms pop out of Beetee's side legs, turning him from a blastomech into a full-blown scooter. This allows for Triple Zero to hop on and, yes, ride him like a Segway.

Whether or not this capability is unique to blastomech droids -- of which BT-1 is the prototype -- remains unclear. Artoo Detoo certainly never displayed this feature in any of his previous appearances on film, but the little droid did have a number of abilities retroactively added to him in the prequel trilogy. Most notable of all of those features are his rockets boosters, which he used in "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" and "Episode III - Revenge of the Sith." That caused some confusion amongst fans, as the ability to fly would have come in handy in a number of moments in the original trilogy of films.

Additionally, Artoo possesses a holoprojector, a life-form scanner, a periscope, a fire extinguisher, a small saw and a few other minor utility devices. He's yet to display BT-1's Segway ability, although who knows what could happen in "Episode VIII"...

The adventures of BT-1 and 0-0-0 continue in "Doctor Aphra" #5, which arrives in stores on March 8.