As adorable golem go , it seems almost insufferable to ever get tempestuous at The Force Awakens ’ BB-8 . Which is whyturning the slight robot into an alarm clockis such a brilliant idea , because no matter how tired or grumpy are , you ’ll never be tempted to throw BB-8 across the room when he frantically endeavor to awaken you up .

create by Japanese clock makerRhythm , this bedside version of BB-8 features an LCD display obscure behind a pop - out jury showing the current sentence , and when the alarm will go .

When it ’s time to awaken up , BB-8 will depart rolling around your night - sales booth like the Empire is about to bust down your doorway , while playing either the Star Wars principal melodic theme , the Imperial March , that tricky tune from the Mos Eisley Cantina , or one of 10 different BB-8 sound effects .

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With a cost tag of around $ 130 when it ’s useable in Japan come March , BB-8 is n’t exactly the cheap alert clock you may corrupt , but it might actually make you look frontwards to awaken up in the aurora .

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