Wait, Is Star Wars: The Force Awakens' New Droid Female?

There are so many reasons why we're excited for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but one element that has already struck a chord with fans of that far, far away galaxy is BB-8, that adorable new droid. In addition to the obvious differences between BB-8 and other droidsâ€"chiefly that it moves by rolling on a ballâ€"there could be one other distinctive feature: BB-8 may be female. While robots and droids may be inherently genderless, that's never stopped us from using the pronoun "he" when it...