Looking at the incredible baby yoda animatronic that was used on set it s not entirely hard to understand werner herzog s position regarding the use of visual effects but to also defend.
Baby yoda puppet on set.
Behind the scenes of season 1.
Actor adam pally found that out after punching the cute co star of the mandalorian a little.
Werner herzog directed baby yoda on mandalorian set as if the puppet was real it was like one of the weirdest and best things that ever happened with werner deborah chow says.
The filmmaker went viral last fall for saying the puppet brought tears to his eyes while filming the mandalorian.
Two technicians operate the baby yoda puppet on set.
But cheap to make he was not.
Since baby yoda is our talking point let s dive into how he was a big deal on set even if he was just a puppet.
One was for the eyes and the mouth and the other one was for other facial expressions herzog explained.
Attention baby yoda fans i e.
Baby yoda is small and expensive.
Baby yoda has become an instant internet icon but the character was almost very different as the crew had to choose between a puppet and cgi.
The puppet form of the child apparently cost 5 million to make which may help to explain why the explosively popular character it helps to portray has.
Thinking of yoda or baby yoda not as magical aliens but as rubber puppets is admittedly not that hard if you re an adult star wars fan.
The madalorian received praise for a new story set in the star wars universe as well as nostalgic nods to the original films but the character of baby yoda known officially as the.