Skywalker Grill sits on the top floor of the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, a project that cost over $1 billion to build. With its plush interior and sweeping views of the Los Angeles skyline, it seems like the kind of place that would serve fussy little plates with foams, sauce squiggles, and $500 tasting menus. Instead of any special effects, the restaurant features a menu of crowd-pleasers.

Among the undulating walls (there are zero right angles), soaring ceilings, and completely custom furniture, diners dig into familiar favorites like spinach and artichoke dip and grilled salmon. Of course, the ruffled potato chips that arrive with the dip are made in-house, and the fish is lacquered with a honey miso glaze. Imagine Applebee’s had a cousin that grew up in Bel-Air and insisted on only the best ingredients.

Legendary filmmaker George Lucas and business executive Mellody Hobson, his wife, founded the museum with the ethos that everyone should feel welcome.…