Star Wars: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Grogu
8. Jon Favreau Wasn't A Fan Of "Baby Yoda"
With Mando's trusty sidekick not having his actual moniker revealed until well into season two of the show, large portions of the Internet and much of the dedicated Mandalorian fanbase took to referring to this familiar green force as "Baby Yoda".
But as former Disney CEO Bob Iger found out the hard way during numerous conversations with a rather passionate Jon Favreau, the Mando creator wasn't exactly thrilled about the world's branding of his precious puppet.
Over the course of a set of emails between the pair, Iger would note on The Star Wars Show:
"In my early emails to Jon Favreau, I referenced in my emails, ‘Baby Yoda.’ It just seemed easy, and I got my wrist slapped by Jon like a few times: 'It’s not Baby Yoda!'"
Softening ever so slightly on his Baby Yoda stance in the time since his true name of Grogu was revealed on the show, Favreau would at least concede on Good Morning America that, "... 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,’ if you notice in the show. He perks up a lot when you say his name.”