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Grogu

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Grogu

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Andor (2022)

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Grogu is a character in the TV series Andor (2022).

10 Interesting Facts About Grogu

Interesting Facts (3)

  1. #001

    Dave Filoni was second unit director on The Mandalorian and Grogu, overseeing the puppet unit that brought Grogu and his Anzellan friends to life.

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  2. #002

    The popcorn-like snack Grogu eats during Rotta's match closely resembles Mantell Mix from Star Wars: The Bad Batch and the Outpost Mix sold at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.

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  3. #003
    Contains a major spoiler — show

    The Child, later named Grogu and known to fans as 'Baby Yoda,' became an internet sensation within months of the series premiere, yet the secrecy meant no toys were available. Items such as Funko Pop! figures and a Mattel plush didn't reach shelves until early 2020. Jon Favreau said the aim was to avoid spoiling the series before it launched. "The way the cat usually gets out of the bag with that stuff is merchandising and toy catalogs and things like that," he told Entertainment Tonight.

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Production Story (1)

  1. #004
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    After filming the "Baby Yoda" scenes with a puppet, the crew shot another take without it, planning to swap in CGI during post-production if the puppet didn't convince. When Werner Herzog, who plays "the Client" in the series, heard about the plan, he said: "You are cowards! Leave it!". The puppet scenes were used in the end; Herzog called the result "heartbreakingly beautiful".

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Career & Awards (1)

  1. #005

    On the press tour, Grogu got a press junket room of his own, where reporters came in to ask him questions; the character also attended the Oscars.

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  1. #006

    Donald Glover gave Jon Favreau the idea of keeping Baby Yoda under wraps until the "Mandalorian" pilot aired on Disney+. While filming the live-action remake The Lion King (2019), Glover, who voiced Simba, told Favreau that audiences enjoy surprises. "We were talking about music and pop culture, and he was saying that what people really like now is to be surprised, because it doesn't happen that much" Favreau said. "When Beyoncé did an album, she would just put it online and everybody would react to it. Just putting it out there spurred a conversation that would become more viral and bring more genuine attention than any marketing."

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  2. #007

    The Red Jammer Y-wing model seen in the film came from the archives on loan; it had been built for the original movie as a reference for the full-sized Y-wings in A New Hope but had never appeared on screen.

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  3. #008

    Naming many characters after their job or a description — 'The Child', 'The Client', 'The Armorer' and 'The Passenger' among them — was a convention borrowed from The Driver (1978).

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  4. #009

    As VFX supervisor Richard Bluff told The Hollywood Reporter, as many as five puppeteers operated the animatronic Baby Yoda's eyes, head and arms in most scenes. A "stuffy" version also existed, used in the background whenever the Child was out of focus. Bluff added that a CGI version was built for "the rare occasion that we needed CG for the performance. It had to match the puppet exactly."

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  5. #010

    Shirley Henderson, who voiced the first Anzellan, Babu Frik, in The Rise of Skywalker, returned to voice all four Anzellans in the film: Minch, Bai, Keeto, and the newcomer Clang.

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