Baby Yoda, as much as his stubborn internet ubiquity tempts us to believe otherwise, is a marvel of heart-melting puppet design. In the space of only a few months since he first toddled onto the screen, the big-eyed, floppy-eared, snub-nosed creature has wormed his way into the nerve centers of modern culture. He has become the world’s collective green child. He is the best thing to come out of Star Wars since the little bat kid from the first movie’s cantina scene.
It’s only natural that Boda’s dominance will be challenged. Some suggested that the Porgs might be better. They were wrong. The Rise Of Skywalker introduced Babu Frik as the next big thing in captivating alien puppets. Babu Frik, though, is powerless next to Baby Yoda. And now, Baby Jabba—a new, unofficial take on another classic Star Wars creature—has surfaced as a possible replacement. It, too, we must make clear, is nothing more than an idle distraction from the main event.
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