Published 13:48 IST, January 7th 2020
Taika Waititi refuses to share the real name of Baby Yoda from 'The Mandalorian'
Taika Waititi has revealed that the child in the show that the internet had affectionately dubbed Baby Yoda is not Yoda and has its own name but did not share.
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director of Mandalorian season one finale, Taika Waititi has revealed that child in show that internet h affectionately dubbed Baby Yoda is t Yoda and has its own name. He hinted that he alrey knew name but choose t to reveal it saying that reveal will most likely come in later episodes.
Waititi unwilling to reveal name
In 2019, with release of Mandalorian on Disney's streaming platform Disney+, fans of series fell in love with child in series which y affectionately dubbed as Baby Yoda. Baby Yoda perhaps even overshowed series protagonist played by Pedro Pascal.
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In an interview, director said that fans would soon have to let go of pet name of Baby Yoda because real name would be revealed. He ded that he was aware of child's real name but would wait for its reveal in future.
Earlier in an interview, Bob Iger, CEO of Disney spoke about how 50-year old infant character, Baby Yoda, has an actual name. He said that world is referring to character as Baby Yoda and that he does t approve of it. He also mentioned how he was initially yelled at for referring to character as Baby Yoda by Jon Favreau, producer. He also said how he got his wrist slapped as he called character by that name.
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He was told by Jon Favreau, “It is t Baby Yoda!”. He also spoke about how character does t have to say anything and just has to emote, which is very intriguing. He also said that people wanted to kw what its name was. He said that he is aware of character’s real name. He jokingly ded that he has been given security so that people can't try to get name out of him. He refused to reveal name in interview as well.
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Over course of season 1, fans learned a lot about child or asset as Baby Yoda is occasionally referred to as. Baby Yoda is 50 years old and is being chased by what is left of broken Empire. He is accompanied by a Mandalorian played by Pedro Pascal.
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13:48 IST, January 7th 2020