"Some of them were too cute, some of them were too ugly" The early designs of The Mandalorian‘s Baby Yoda were either “too cute”, “too ugly” or illustrated with the “wrong proportions”.
That’s according to showrunner Jon Favreau, who made the comments in the fifth episode of Disney+’s behind-the-scenes documentary Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian. “We got lots and lots of drawings,” he explained. “Some of them were too cute, some of them were too ugly, some of them were the wrong proportions.” Favreau was addressing the early incarnation of the character, who has become a meme thanks to his aesthetic and his hot drink-sipping antics.