Merchandising Spree for “Baby Yoda” Begins, Just in Time for the Holidays

[Tsing]

With three episodes of The Mandalorian out of the way, the world can now talk freely about the Star Wars universe's latest lovable creation: "Baby Yoda." While the character's official name remains unknown, Disney and Lucasfilm's merchandising teams are already capitalizing on the green runt's popularity for the holidays. "The Mandalorian" showrunners Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni purposely barred Baby Yoda from early marketing to keep its appearance a complete surprise.

The Child has become a social media sensation since debuting at the very end of the first episode of “The Mandalorian.” Notably, the cute creature has been called “Baby Yoda” because of his resemblance to the iconic “Star Wars” character and the fact that creator George Lucas has never revealed the name of Yoda’s species or his home planet.

 

[ThreeDee]

..me wants ..

Just watched episode 3 .. I'm digg'n the series

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Gotta admit. Pretty **** cute. We've loved all so far and can easily see some spoilers comin'

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

fact that creator George Lucas has never revealed the name of Yoda’s species or his home planet.

Might of been a game, or comic but I could've swore I saw a mention somewhere for that. I've got a friend specialized on such things and will have to check. I only remember that the species was supposed to be naturally adept at the force, or some such. Granted that still is isn't George providing the lore but pretty sure someone else did. You know, before they jettisoned it.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Quick search and there's this:

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Yoda's_species

and this:

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Yoda's_species/Legends

edit: And here's a good read https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/11/the-mandalorian-yoda-species/

edit2: Yeah, I'm a nerd.