The Mandalorian introduced the world to a little guy known as The Child, who everyone refers to as Baby Yoda. The little guy captured the hearts of audiences with his ridiculous cuteness. But, some of the original concept designs weren’t as adorable.
As you might imagine there was a long process in creating an infant version of Yoda’s species as they needed to find a design that was both cute and also included the features of Yoda’s unique species. On the most recent episode of Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian Jon Favreau said:
“We got lots and lots of drawings. Some of them were too cute, some of them were too ugly, some of them were the wrong proportions.”
You can check out a few of the abandoned designs below.
Favreau went on to say that it was ultimately a piece of art that came from artist Chris Alzmann that won him over.
“It was finally that one image that Chris Alzmann did that had him wrapped up in what looked like a piece of a flight jacket or something. And his eyes were a little weird, and he looked a little out of it, there was something a little off with it. But we found it charming, and that became the rallying image that we said, ‘This is good.'”
They certainly made the right decision on the design they chose!