Jon Favreau, the showrunner of The Mandalorian, has said that even he and his crew still call Grogu “Baby Yoda” sometimes.
While Din Djarin is the main focus of The Mandalorian, for many the true star is little Grogu, who fans got used to calling “Baby Yoda” before his name was revealed in season two.
Many have started calling the little force wielder by his true name but for some, he will always be Baby Yoda, and this is just fine according to creator and showrunner Jon Favreau.
When speaking to Good Morning America, Favreau was asked how the name Grogu came about: “I had written it in the script from very early on and we finally revealed it in the show, but of course everybody knows Grogu as ‘Baby Yoda.’ Which, by the way, is fine with all of us. We still call him Baby Yoda, too. But he prefers to be called Grogu in the show. If you notice, he perks up a lot when you say his name.”
Grogu certainly does enjoy hearing his own name, having had to hide who he was during his time alone in the galaxy after escaping the Jedi Temple following Order 66. Grogu is now in the safe hands of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker so hopefully, he won’t get in any more danger for the time being.
The Mandalorian season two sees the returning Pedro Pascal (Din Djarin), Gina Carano (Cara Dune), Carl Weathers (Greef Karga), Giancarlo Esposito (Moff Gideon), Bill Burr (Mayfield), and Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand) joined by the likes of Temuera Morrison (Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones), Katee Sackhoff (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Timothy Olyphant (Justified), Michael Biehn (The Terminator), Rosario Dawson (Daredevil), and WWE Superstar Sasha Banks.
