Published 19:19 IST, November 29th 2019
The Mandalorian's adorable Baby Yoda could have been CGI instead of a puppet
The Mandalorian is already highly popular thanks to its unintentional mascot, Baby Yoda. But did you know the cute alien was almost CGI instead of a puppet?
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Disney Plus' new Star Wars spiff, Mandalorian, is alrey one of most-watched shows of 2019. And undoubtedly, one of primary reasons for shows massive popularity is introduction of extremely cute character that is Baby Yoda. fifty-year-old baby is third member of Yoda's unnamed species that we have seen up till w in new Disney Star Wars can. But did you kw that orable baby version of Yoda was almost a CGI effect rar than an actual practical-effect puppet?
Baby Yoda was almost CGI inste of a puppet
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re are several reasons as to why creators of Mandalorian thought about using a CGI Baby Yoda inste of a practical puppet. Using a CGI stand it would have given creative team a lot more freedom with way baby could have moved and interacted with scene. However, just like all or CGI, a computer-generated Baby Yoda would lack texture and realistic look that puppet has.
In a recent interview, creator Jon Favreau and executive producer Dave Filoni revealed that y did t think that a puppet would reach level of believability that a CGI model would. Because of this, y decided to shoot every scene with Baby Yoda twice, once with puppet and once without it, where y would d a CGI model. However, y were immediately told t to do so by Werner Herzog, who plays role of mysterious Imperial Client in show.
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Werner, who was a fan of Baby Yoda puppet, apparently called two cowards for thinking about CGI and told m to leave scenes as y are. So fans of Mandalorian can thank Werner Herzog for fact that y got to see orable Baby Yoda puppet in show. Fans will never kw how a CGI Baby Yoda would have looked in show.
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Perhaps he would have remained as popular as he is w, or maybe he would have t looked as cute and would fe into obscurity. Can you imagine a world without Baby Yoda puppet? Without it, world would probably never become enamoured with character and we would t have Boby Yoda memes that we do today.
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17:42 IST, November 29th 2019