'The Mandalorian' creators reveal their big disagreement over Baby Yoda: 'We were very cautious'
It's safe to say that Disney+ is the house that Baby Yoda built. When the Mouse House's streaming service launched in November 2019, "The Mandalorian" was the first original series out of the spaceport, and its immediate success turbocharged not only Disney+, but also the Star Wars brand. And the key to that success was the pint-sized scene stealer introduced in the closing moments of the show's premiere: Grogu, aka The Bounty aka The Chid aka Baby Yoda. But in a revealing new Vanity Fair cover story about Disney's long-term plans for the "Star Wars" brand, "The Mandalorian"'s co-masterminds — Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni — reveal that Grogu almost wasn't ready for primetime when they started working on the show. "Honestly, it’s something I never would’ve done because Yoda is Yoda," Filoni admits about why he wasn't sold on Favreau's pitch for a younger, smaller version of the fan-favorite Jedi master.
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