The Star of The Mandalorian: Baby Yoda

Publish date: 2024-09-08

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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the first two episodes of “The Mandalorian,” if wish to be surprised you do, only annoyance will you find. 

BB-8 and the Ewoks can step aside with the latest expansion of the “Star Wars” universe with Disney Plus‘s “The Mandalorian.” There’s a new addition to the long list of irrevocably cute things that don’t belong in a war-stricken galaxy far, far away: Baby Yoda.

At the end of the show’s first episode, the titular Mandalorian, played by Pedro Pascal (“Game of Thrones”), finds what he’s been paid to hunt down: a wrinkly, stuffed animal-sized creature that resembles Luke Skywalker’s all-knowing Jedi master.  The rest is “Star Wars” history. The second episode treated the world to a baby/Mandalorian road adventure where the two tackled the star-burnt horizons of unknown worlds and wild beasts.

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Because of the timeline — “The Mandalorian” picks up five years after “Return of the Jedi” where official Yoda is around 900-years-old whereas Baby Yoda is said to be 50-years-old — it’s unlikely that Baby Yoda is the Jedi master.

Still, Twitter has erupted in a flurry of memes about the tiny wrinkled Yoda-esque creature with big ears and giant eyes. Even Werner Herzog told Variety the surprise character was “heartbreakingly beautiful” at the show’s fan premiere in Los Angeles last Friday.

Here’s the best of Baby Yoda:

The look 

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When ur mom runs into someone at the grocery store and they been talkin by the bread for ten minutes pic.twitter.com/dKVlctMqOZ

— Spencer Perry (@TheSpencerPerry) November 18, 2019

The cup

https://twitter.com/vivithao/status/1200623602543947776?s=20

Every Mom on Christmas morning watching you open presents: pic.twitter.com/m7hI1qYoVz

— Julie Benson (@TheJulieBenson) November 29, 2019

Me watching a couple break up loudly on the street while I sip my latte inside the Starbucks pic.twitter.com/dVP9Jsf7bf

— Ryan Simpkins (@ryan_the_ryan) November 30, 2019


https://twitter.com/ChenelynMercad0/status/1200796021502050305

The best 3 seconds in Star Wars history #BabyYoda pic.twitter.com/dsGbqF5WFo

— Brandon (@mrebrandon) November 30, 2019


https://twitter.com/ira/status/1200841487103209473

The reality 

https://twitter.com/CuteBabyYoda/status/1198945757065289731
https://twitter.com/BabyYodaBaby/status/1196944751808909317

The pain

My Uber driving right past me to wait 6 blocks away pic.twitter.com/LQn6EeVNaF

— caitie delaney (@caitiedelaney) November 24, 2019

The Yoda collection

https://twitter.com/reinecitrouille/status/1195758374446608389

The crossover

I’m gonna tell my kids this is Danny DeVito pic.twitter.com/FglUvA5f8z

— pat tobin (@tastefactory) November 19, 2019

Paul Rudd and Baby Yoda are both 50 years old pic.twitter.com/2c2rEsaMJq

— Rachel Paige (@rachmeetsworld) November 20, 2019

The reminder that Baby Yoda is still, technically, a baby

https://twitter.com/BabyYodaBaby/status/1196789141494784000

The second crossover

Baby Yoda's jacket reminds me of something pic.twitter.com/qe7ONPxd7x

— Angie W. (@LibraryTech415) November 19, 2019

An important clarification

https://twitter.com/LaneyyBoyyTalkk/status/1195901802241150976

The unification the fandom needed

can not bELIEVE that it took one green 50 year old baby to unite the entire star wars fandom for one cause pic.twitter.com/gY445S08Ir

— caro dune ♔ (@filmkylo) November 17, 2019

Gen Z Baby Yoda

I’m enjoying this more than I should. pic.twitter.com/UaAB5l7khR

— Tom Costantino (@TomCostantino) November 18, 2019

There are six episodes left in “The Mandalorian” and we wouldn’t be surprised if Baby Yoda is along for the ride. And please feel free to share your favorite Baby Yodas with the rest of the class.

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