Bloomberg News Sarah Rappaport Published Jul 15, 2022 • 1 minute read Join the conversation Baby Yoda and Gizmo from "Gremlins."Photo by Michael Tullberg / Getty Images ...

Gremlins director Joe Dante has said Baby Yoda is “out-and-out-copied” from the character of Gizmo in his 1984 film and its sequel. The character debuted in the Star Wars spin-off series The ...

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 ...

Gremlins director Joe Dante has slammed the Star Wars series The Mandalorian for what he believes is a shameless ripoff of his 1984 film’s leading fuzzy creature, a Mogwai named Gizmo.

For one, as Dante points out, both Baby Yoda and Gizmo are, well, baby-like. Baby Yoda, also known as Grogu and The Child, is a force -sensitive, 50-year-old infant of the same species as Yoda.

Gremlins director Joe Dante is not mincing words when it comes to what he sees as similarities between his franchise’s cuddly Gizmo and the Baby Yoda character at the heart of the Disney+ series ...

Joe Dante isn’t the only person involved in “Gremlins” to notice the similarities between Baby Yoda and Gizmo. Actor Zach Galligan, who stars as Billy Peltzer in the films, told ...