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Jon Favreau Reveals Why He Chose Baby Yoda, the Internet’s Biggest Obsession!


The Star Wars fandom collectively melted when Baby Yoda was made public information. Fans’ reactions went from vying for Baby Yoda merch to making memes. The little big-eyed creature character is just too adorable (have you seen him holding his little broth bowl? *ded*). In spite of our obsession, we know very little of him. Pedro Pascal did give us his playlist but we needed a little more to go on so The Mandalorian series creator, Jon Favreau just weighed in on the subject.

Favreau, in a chat with The Hollywood Reporter, talked about how he went about picking the character and spilt all the details we need to know about the green baby.

“He’s mostly a puppet. When it’s CG, we try to make him obey the same physical laws that he would if he were a puppet. I think a lot of times CG makes itself too obvious where you don’t create parameters creatively that allow the character to keep the same identity and charm.” - Jon Favreau

Not long ago we talked about Baby Yoda’s speech when the internet questioned if he’ll have Yoda’s signature broken speech. But The Mandalorian is set to explore a lot more than that. Turns out, Jon Favreau knows just how intrigued we are about the mysterious origins of the Jedi master.

SEE ALSO: What Will Baby Yoda’s Speech In ‘The Mandalorian’ Be Like? A Linguist Decoded It!

“We’ll learn more about him over the course of the season. I think what’s great about what George [Lucas] created is that Yoda proper, the character that we grew up watching, was always shrouded in mystery, and that was what made him so archetypal and so mythic. We know who he is based on his behaviour and what he stands for, but we don’t know a lot of details about where he comes from or his species. I think that’s why people are so curious about this little one of the same species.” - Jon Favreau

We want Baby Yoda everywhere so we’re absolutely delighted that fans are editing him into unexpected universes. Check out this one with the Avengers:

If Avengers Had The Powers Of Baby Yoda And Lightsabers On Their Side