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The Force Awakens and its follow-ups had so few memorable characters, it’s a wonder Disney – and Oscar Isaac – are still talking about potential spin-offs

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[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Disney movies are theatrical length ads for merch and experiences. The animation style for BB-8 was 100% prioritizing driving merch sales.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

"What if we had tiny droid but ball?"

And then: "what if we had even tinier droid that does nothing but act like a scared puppy?" for D-0, literally the most useless droid in all of Star Wars history; moreso than the mouse droids from the OT.