Here’s why people are convinced Studio Ghibli is doing a Baby Yoda show

Studio Ghibli, the famous Japanese animation studio behind classics like Princess Mononoke and Fiery Awaspent the last few days teasing a possible collaboration with Lucasfilm and star wars on his official Twitter. And there is evidence that it could be a Baby Yoda aka Grogu show based on a previous leak and a new tease.

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If you read KotakuI probably don’t need to explain Studio Ghibli Where star wars, but let’s imagine for a moment that you have no idea what those things are. It will only take a second, be patient. Studio Ghibli is an incredibly popular animation studio that was founded in 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. Since its inception, it has continued to produce beloved films, such as My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service. Meanwhile, star wars is a massive sci-fi franchise that was created by George Lucas in the 70s and has since gone on to become one of the biggest things on the planet. His last show AndorIt’s incredible (and also filled with some cool but easy-to-miss Easter Eggs!) And these two could be working together in the not-too-distant future, based on recent tweets from the two.

Yesterday, the official Studio Ghibli Twitter account tweeted a short video showing the Lucasfilm logo and its own logo. That was it. But it was enough to get people talking and going, “Hey, what’s that, then?” Shortly after, the official star wars The Twitter account also shared the teaser. It did two things. First, it killed my hopes that the anime studio was working on an Indiana Jones series, and second, it confirmed that anything they were collaborating on involved star wars. Now, earlier today, Studio Ghibli doubled down on the connection to the famous galaxy, far, far away with a follow-up post showing an image of Grogu, also known online as Baby Yoda. The official Star Wars account has since retweeted the image.

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That alone seems like solid proof that the studio is making a Baby Yoda short or movie or animated series. But even before today’s tweet and yesterday’s tease, we knew that Disney and Lucasfilm were probably working on a Grogu project of some kindly. It is thanks to a previous leak from the Italian Disney+ Twitter account earlier this month. This leak indicated a November 12 release date, which coincidentally is tomorrow. It is also the third anniversary of the premiere of The Mandalorianthe show where Grogu first appeared.

All of this points to the very real possibility that very soon, Studio Ghibli and Lucasfilm will release a new Star Wars animated short starring Grogu. Or maybe this short leak has nothing to do with this project and instead Ghibli is working on a segment for the next season of the star wars anime spin-off anthology series, Star Wars Visions. Time will tell us…