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