The faith in their little green God was not strong enough.
That was the judgment of Werner Herzog, the imperious German filmmaker turned galactic space villain turned Baby Yoda fan club president, when he saw The Mandalorian creator and showrunner Jon Favreau and executive producer Dave Filoni removing the miniature creature from set during one of his scenes with the being.
They were preparing to shoot a blank slate of the sequence as a backup in case they decided during postproduction that the puppet wasn’t convincing enough and a digital version had to be substituted.
Herzog, known for films about pushing the limits of human ability and endurance, could not hide his contempt.
“You are cowards,” he declared. “Leave it.”
From now on baby yoda is yoda and the other yoda is busted yoda— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) November 23, 2019
— no context baby yoda (@nocntxtbabyyoda) November 22, 2019
"The Mandalorian chapter 1 & chapter 2 comic book covers"— StarWars Art Gallery (@SW_ArtGallery) November 25, 2019
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LOL a kid in a Kylo Ren sweater in this Star Wars themed commercial for the German supermarket chain Kaufland gets a redemption arc in 90 seconds, RESPECT 😄 pic.twitter.com/5oV5YON6jq— K8 (@blessmycircuits) November 14, 2019
Sorry for duplicate tweet, tagged wrong person before.— Patrick Ballesteros Desigercon Booth 223 (@PatrickBallest) November 18, 2019
Is Disney+ plus worth it, for this show alone yes it is! “I have spoken.” Limited edition print coming to @DesignerCon this weekend so stop by to collect this bounty! Also, @Jon_Favreau you killed it with the story so far! pic.twitter.com/2XdQlXzHbh
Official concept art from Chapter 2 of #TheMandalorian by Christian Alzmann (1/9) pic.twitter.com/uZPQUflgVs— The Mandalorian (@themandalorian) November 21, 2019
— Guy Pascal Vallez (@Gaxix) November 25, 2019
Are these not the coolest things you've ever seen? These #KyloRen and #Rey tumblers are hitting @Cinemark theaters now! Thanks to "rocknrullbunnicula" on Instagram. https://t.co/PC0PJnUdfU#TheRiseOfSkywalker pic.twitter.com/aimU6FIFdI— Jenmarie (@acrossthestars) November 22, 2019
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