Since its early access days, Disney Dreamlight Valley has remained committed to propping up films from Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Studios. This is most obvious in the hit simulation game’s character roster, which only features iconic characters from the aforementioned studios. However, Disney obviously has a huge array of profitable IPs under its umbrellas. Slowly, Disney Dreamlight Valley has begun to incorporate these cash cow properties, mostly in the game’s motifs, furniture, clothing, and various other design items. While it doesn’t seem as though these non-Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Studios properties will head to Disney Dreamlight Valley’s character roster anytime soon, the game has managed to add full-fledged characters outside these companies to the game without including them on its character roster.
Disney Dreamlight Valley manages to sneak these characters into the game as Companions. Technically, only one character outside of Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Studios has officially received Companion status, but it sets a precedent for future additions. However, R2-D2’s addition to Disney Dreamlight Valley as a Companion would not have been possible without various animal sidekicks from Disney films getting the same treatment as well, like Pegasus from Hercules, Pua from the Moana franchise, the Footstool from Beauty and the Beast, and Minnie Mouse’s cat Figaro.
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R2-D2 Has Joined Disney Dreamlight Valley
But R2-D2 simply can’t be left in Disney Dreamlight Valley to his own devices. Sure, R2-D2 was not the only piece of Star Wars content that joined the hit simulation game. In addition to the lovable droid, a Naboo-inspired House Dream Style and accompanying furniture, clothing inspired by Padme Amidala, a set of Jedi Robes, a lightsaber hand accessory with accompanying photo pose, and various other Star Wars items joined the game in celebration of May 4.
These new items are certainly fun for players while also being a profitable move for Disney Dreamlight Valley. Yet R2-D2 is often depicted as a duo with another iconic Star Wars droid. Perhaps this was a strategic move by Disney and Gameloft, leaving more Star Wars content by the wayside to be added to Disney Dreamlight Valley next year if this initial release was successful. With player reception to the new Star Wars content mostly positive, R2-D2 should definitely be joined by his buddy C3PO in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
How C3PO Could Head to Disney Dreamlight Valley
However, adding C3PO to Disney Dreamlight Valley may be a bit more difficult than R2-D2’s addition. Unlike R2-D2, C3PO is very humanoid, walking around on two legs. This is much different from other Companions already present in Disney Dreamlight Valley, which tend to be animals and objects that roll, crawl, fly, or walk on four legs. Therefore, C3PO may have to break Disney Dreamlight Valley tradition entirely, and either become one of the first bipedal Companions or one of the game’s first full-fledged Star Wars characters.
The first option would be ideal, as while the new Star Wars items were well-received by Disney Dreamlight Valley’s playerbase, the simulation game should focus on Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Studios. Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Villagers similarly follow players across the Valley in the same manner as Companions, though this only occurs if Villager-specific quests are in progress. In comparison, Companions are enabled as a clothing item. Making C3PO a Companion could be a way for Disney Dreamlight Valley to yet again test the limits of its playerbase, determining if it has become more receptive to the addition of Star Wars characters. Of course, Disney Dreamlight Valley may go a new route entirely for C3PO, perhaps making the droid an exclusive NPC or an interactive piece of furniture. Nevertheless, R2-D2 and C3PO deserve to be reunited in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
