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Was my memory wiped or was the Star Wars sequel trilogy just that forgettable?
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Just enough to maintain their grip on the IP and make some merch sales
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.