Unicorn: Warriors Eternal’s robot is actually speaking a real language

Unicorn: Warriors Eternal,New sci-fi adventure from Samurai JackGenndy’s Tartakovsky is full of quirky characters that will stick in your mind. Copernicus the top-hatted steampunk robotic warrior who reawakened the Unicorn Warriors in order to fight evil is one of the most memorable characters. While Copernicus is only capable of speaking in a series of bleeps, bloops, and assorted whistles — much to chagrin of the series’ protagonist Emma — it turns out everything he’s saying makes perfect sense… so long as you listen closely.

“It’s just something that Genndy and I do a lot,” Unicorn Warriors EternalDarrick Bachman is the head writer, and previously worked with Tartakovsky. PrimaryThis is the last season of Samurai Jack“We like to strip dialogue away from everything, our whole career is just pulling as much dialogue out of possible and doing everything pantomime,” Polygon told Zoom. “We like to strip dialogue away from everything, our whole career is just pulling as much dialogue out as possible and doing everything pantomime. It’s just relying on old Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin-style physical humor and physicality to convey what you’re trying to say.”

When asked what it was like writing the “dialogue” for a character who The following is a list of the most commonly used terms: doesn’t speak, Bachman offered a fascinating answer: Everything Copernicus is saying can be translated into actual words and sentences. “All the toots and beeps are actual words in the script,” Bachman says. “So I will actually write the words, he could be saying ‘We have to go over here’ but it’s [various bleeps, bloops, and whistles] on-screen. It’s all about writing the dialogue of the other characters in a way that allows the audience to tell what Copernicus is saying.”

Bachman compared Copernicus, the droid of the Star Wars series, to R2-D2. From what we’ve seen of him in the series so far, Copernicus is every bit as charming and capable as that iconic droid from a galaxy far, far away. The character can change into a vehicle or a rubber hose, use a rear-mounted engine to propel him, and even crane over the clouds. He’s one of the coolest new characters to premiere on television this year, and it’s all thanks to Genndy Tartakovsky, Darrick Bachman, and character designer Stephen DeStefano for bringing him to life on screen.

Unicorn Warriors EternalAdult Swim airs the episode on Thursdays and HBO Max streams it.