“I started looking around the internet and I found the R2-D2 Builders Club,” he says. He scoured the R2-D2 Builders Club site, absorbing all the information he could from blueprints, progress photos, and back-and-forth between members. It’s 1,000 little projects instead of this one impossible one.”Although a lifelong Star Wars fan, Kurt wasn’t a toy collector or someone who had walls lined with posters and merch. The R2-D2 Builders Club’s close ties with Lucasfilm, however, opened the door to something completely unexpected. All with Lucasfilm’s blessing.” The remote-controlled droids that greet visitors at Disneyland and Disney World were actually built by Club members.