The late actor played the famous droid across seven Star Wars films before his death last August at 81-years-old.

Now R2-D2 will be played by Jimmy Vee in Episode VIII: The Last Jedi and beyond.

In fact the actor first appeared as the character in Episode VII: The Force Awakens alongside Baker, but went uncredited.

The announcement was made by Oh So Small, who asked Vee how he felt about taking on such an iconic role.