Lucasfilm came to Paul King and Simon Farnaby after Paddington 2 and asked if they wanted to make a Star Wars movie. They pitched a film built entirely around a droid, with none of the franchises established characters in it. Lucasfilm passed. “ We really need it to be a Star Wars movie, “ Farnaby recalled being told, in a Variety interview this week, which is roughly why it never became one. He...
