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"star wars" movies have only featured male droids, like c3 p po, r3d2 and bb8. the next movie will feature a female droid, the first time a major android will be voiced by a woman. a feminist blogger writes -- before feminists get too excited, maybe they should check out this footage "red eye" obtained of the female droid in action. [laughter] >> tom: we are kidding, thats not it. they havent started filming yet, but early sketches of the female droid have surfaced. shes good, right?

President, will get a female droid and "star wars." we have to get something, "rogue one" exactly right. to quote strong characters, i am a father of daughters, im happy. i dont think it matters. [laughter] >> captain phasma was a woman. >> shes a stormtrooper, theyre not robots. >> tom: theres a person under there. kirsten, is it important to see your gender reflected in the android world. >> i was very excited to hear about the first female droid because as you know im a feminist, but i was ve...

>> its everybodys dream come true. >> andy: it had a james bond field to it. >> i like her bangs. >> andy: we disagree on that. the female droid and "star wars," shes just going to keep crashing into things, isnt she? [laughter] as a ninth wave feminist, i can make those jokes. tom, you said in the script that the "star wars" movies have only featured male droids, then you later said you dont consider them to be male. i agree with that, i dont know why people think theyre male. >> tom: i dont kn...

What do you think, should people be excited about this? >> do i get an award for setting my theory to a female voice. i dont member people celebrating c3 po for being gay. >> tom: was he? >> clearly, he was also bronze. >> tom: the other droids, i dont see them as male or female. >> no, because theyre robots. >> tom: i dont know -- >> they certainly are. >> we had a female droid, and also if youre a feminist, why are you glad that the female droid is a sidekick? if youre a feminist you should wa...