THE MANDALORIAN Concept Art Reveals A Chubbier, Far Less Adorable Version Of Baby Yoda

THE MANDALORIAN Concept Art Reveals A Chubbier, Far Less Adorable Version Of Baby Yoda

During Friday's episode of Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, some new concept art from the Disney+ Star Wars series was revealed, and these alternate, early takes on Baby Yoda aren't quite as adorable...

By JoshWilding - Jun 01, 2020 04:06 AM EST
Filed Under: The Mandalorian
Source: The Direct

Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian often feels a little like a bonus feature on a Blu-ray, but there's been some fascinating titbits along the way, and this past Friday's edition focused on creating Baby Yoda. 

Discussing how practical effects were used to bring "The Child" to life in The Mandalorian, executive producer Jon Favreau shared some concept art and revealed a series of slightly less adorable takes on the character (one of which is more like "Cartman Yoda," if we're being honest). 

"[Everything] was about the eyes looking at you and about the ears moving was something I had wanted to try," he explained (via The Direct). "And we got lots and lots of drawings. Some of them were too cute, some too ugly, some were the wrong proportions."

"But they were all informing, as we gave notes on each drawing, Dave (Filoni) and I started zeroing in on what it was. And then finally, it was one image that Chris Alzmann did that had him wrapped up in what looked like a piece of flight of jacket..."

That piece of artwork is the familiar one at the bottom of this page, but it's certainly interesting to see what might have been. We're definitely grateful for Alzmann's more adorable take, however!
 

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Spidey91
Spidey91 - 6/1/2020, 5:16 AM
post-quarantine be like
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 6/1/2020, 5:22 AM
for real though, this is one of the few cases where the final design is better than the concept art.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 6/1/2020, 5:43 AM
@Spidey91 - I think the last piece of concept art here is basically how it looks in the show though. That's the design they must've picked.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 6/1/2020, 6:11 AM
@Nightwing1015 - that's what I meant. sorry, I should've said this is one of the few cases where they went with the best design.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 6/1/2020, 6:16 AM
@Spidey91 - If there's one thing Disney artists know how to do, it's make something goddamn adorable.
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 6/1/2020, 6:59 AM
This is haunting. I wonder if they'd gone with the first design, if he'd be as popular as he became
IcePyke
IcePyke - 6/1/2020, 8:19 AM
DUUUURRRRHHHH!!!

GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/1/2020, 8:37 AM
Josh fat shaming lol
Mansuper
Mansuper - 6/1/2020, 1:20 PM
They literally took a mawgwi, shaved it and painted it green.
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