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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, that's not it. they haven't started filming yet, but early sketches of the female droid have surfaced. she's 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, i'm happy. i don't think it matters. [laughter] >> captain phasma was a woman. >> she's a stormtrooper, they're not robots. >> tom: there's 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 i'm a feminist, but i was very upset when i found that the actress who plays the part of the female droid works in the caf...

>> it's everybody's 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," she's just going to keep crashing into things, isn't 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 don't consider them to be male. i agree with that, i don't know why people think they're male. >> tom: i don't know. my favorite droid, k2 -- >> andy: if you're going to go by male voice, he was male. it w...

What do you think, should people be excited about this? >> do i get an award for setting my theory to a female voice. i don't member people celebrating c3 po for being gay. >> tom: was he? >> clearly, he was also bronze. >> tom: the other droids, i don't see them as male or female. >> no, because they're robots. >> tom: i don't know -- >> they certainly are. >> we had a female droid, and also if you're a feminist, why are you glad that the female droid is a sidekick? if you're a feminist you should want that droid to be in the lead role. we arty have female droids on earth, they're called wash...