Baby Yoda heads to big screen in new ‘Star Wars’ movie

LOS ANGELES, Baby Yoda’s next adventure will take the young alien, seen only on a hit Star Wars streaming series, to movie theatres.

The first feature film inspired by The Mandalorian series will start production this year, Walt Disney’s Lucasfilm said yesterday. The title character, a helmeted bounty hunter, and his companion, known as Baby Yoda or Grogu, debuted on the Disney+ streaming service in 2019.

Jon Favreau, creator of the series, will direct the movie called The Mandalorian and Grogu. Disney did not announce a release date. Pedro Pascal, who plays the Mandalorian in the series, is expected to return to the role.

Disney had paused development of new Star Wars films and scrapped a few projects as it worked to figure out a new strategy for the franchise, one of its biggest. The last Star Wars film, The Rise of Skywalker, was released in 2019 and took in nearly US$1.1 billion (RM5.1 billion) at global box offices.
Reuters