'Gremlins' director thinks Baby Yoda'was copied from Gizmo the Mogwai
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More than 30 years after the original film's debut, "Gremlins" director Joe Dante told the San Francisco Chronicle that he thinks "The Mandalorian" alien, whom audiences met in 2019, was entirely based on the lovable Gizmo.
Gizmo the Mogwai, the fuzzy, wide-eyed puppet, is undoubtedly the star of 1984's horror-comedy "Gremlins" and its sequel. And more than 30 years after the original film's debut, "Gremlins" director Joe Dante told the San Francisco Chronicle that he thinks Grogu, whom audiences met in 2019, was entirely based on the lovable Gizmo.
"Baby Yoda ... is completely stolen and just out-and-out copied" from the cutest character in "Gremlins," Dante told the Chronicle ahead of a screening of both "Gremlins" films. "Shamelessly, I would think."
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