Studio Ghibli, The well-known Japanese animation studio behind classics like Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away has spent the previous few days teasing a attainable collaboration with Lucasfilm and Star Wars on its official Twitter. And there’s some proof that it may be a Child Yoda aka Grogu present based mostly on a earlier leak and a brand new tease.
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In case you are studying Kotaku, I probably don’t want to clarify Studio Ghibli or Star Wars, however let’s simply faux for a second that you haven’t any concept what this stuff are. It will simply take a second, be affected person. Studio Ghibli is an extremely well-liked animation studio that was based in 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. Since its creation, it’s gone on to supply beloved movies, like My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki’s Supply Service. In the meantime, Star Wars is an enormous sci-fi franchise that was created by George Lucas within the 70s and has since grown into one of many greatest issues on the planet. Its most up-to-date present, Andor, is wonderful (and likewise stuffed with cool, however easy-to-miss Easter eggs!) And these two may be working collectively within the not-too-distant future, based mostly on latest tweets from each.
Yesterday, the official Studio Ghibli Twitter account tweeted out a brief video exhibiting the Lucasfilm emblem and its personal emblem. That was it. Nevertheless it was sufficient to get individuals speaking and going “Hey, what’s that each one about, then?” Shortly afterward, the official Star Wars Twitter account re-shared the teaser as effectively. This did two issues. One, it killed my hopes that the anime studio was engaged on an Indiana Jones collection, and two, it confirmed that no matter they’re collabing on entails Star Wars. Now, earlier right now, Studio Ghibli doubled down on the connection to the well-known galaxy, far, distant with a follow-up put up exhibiting a picture of Grogu, additionally identified on-line as Child Yoda. The official Star Wars account has since re-tweeted the picture.
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This alone seems like solid evidence the studio is doing a Baby Yoda short or movie or animated series. But even before today’s tweet and yesterday’s tease, we knew Disney and Lucasfilm were likely working on a Grogu project of some kind. That’s thanks to a earlier leak from the Italian Disney+ Twitter account earlier this month. That leak pointed towards a November 12 launch date, which is coincidentally tomorrow. It’s additionally the three-year anniversary of the premiere for The Mandalorian, the present the place Grogu first appeared.
All of this factors to the very actual risk that very quickly, Studio Ghibli and Lucasfilm will launch a brand new animated Star Wars quick starring Grogu. Or maybe that leaked quick has nothing to do with this challenge and as a substitute, Ghibli is engaged on a section for the following season of the Star Wars anime spin-off anthology collection, Star Wars Visions. Time will inform…
