The Mandalorian Din Grogu [Baby Yoda] (Spoilers)

Gilbert Gottfried would be pretty good.

But what do you folks even think Grogu should sound like? Do you have an idea of what it might be like in your mind?

Vin Diesel?

 

The temptation will be to use a child actor... Because Grogu (technically) is a child. I can't think of a single actor's voice that will sound or feel right.

Hmmm, I almost think they should just have him use sign language or alien subtitles lol

What did they do with gizmo in Gremlins...? I don't recall.

Maybe have him sound something like an Ewok, where Din understands him and then "translates" so we understand...?

 

It’s obviously going to be Andy Serkis.

If not? There’s only one choice and it’s Joe Pesci.

 

I'll go with Frank Oz. Continuity, sort of.

 

We really need to get Mel Blanc back.

 

Gilbert Gotfried was the very first thing that popped into my head. The second thing that popped into my head was:

 

Tom Hardy in his Alfie Solomons voice, "One does not speak, unless one knows. And if you don't know, then you don't f-ing know, do ya?"

 

Kermit the Frog?
Bowser from Sha Na Na?
Animal?
Ren or Stimpy?
The martians from Mars Attacks?
The Fonz?
Mork?
Frank from Blue Velvet?
Little Man from Another Place?

 

This is the Goldwaith.

 

I don't know if the puppet has been updated to be less limited in its movement, but it feels like Grogu is moving better/naturally (jumping not withstanding - that's never gonna look real)

I also like that they've moved on to have Din actually teach/parent Grogu. It's an expansion of their relationship that should have happened earlier, so it's nice to finally see it.

 

One of the voice actors from The Datk Crystal.

Yoda's species are a bit Chancellor-esque.

 

Nobody seemed to care about Grogu in the lateste episode, but yesterday episode had 2 Grogu developments:
1 - with IG-12 he reminded the joyfull toddler from the previous season instead the gimmick that was just kept around for no logical reasons to the story; 2 - but n more important, when he intervene on his own to stop the fight, he showed a "Jedi Nature" still in him. In many ways it was the first true sentient thing he have done in the show not just a baby reacting to his instincts.

 

Sir Din Grogu needs to be voiced by Ving Rhames.

 

How many times has this thread title changed lol. At least 3 it might have had another name before baby yoda as well.

 

Nvm

 

I think I might be losing interest in Grogu. Initially I was interested in the Lone Wolf and Cub story they had for Din and Grogu in the first two seasons and I was very intrigued by the idea of Din finding Luke Skywalker and delivering Grogu to Luke. Looking back, having Grogu turn Luke down and subsequently return to Din really killed my interest in the character, especially after Grogu did next to nothing in season three.

What could they possibly do with Grogu in season four? How much of a story and character growth can they really give a nonverbal puppet who is basically a baby? I know that he's supposed to be Din's apprentice now but again how much can they really give Grogu to do given the characters aforementioned limitations?

Apprentice or not, I won't be surprised if Grogu doesn't get much more to do beyond what we've seen in previous seasons, i.e. Grogu doing flips, occasionally using the Force and the camera lingering on him while he looks scared or does something cute. It's not like Grogu is going to start having full-on conversations with non-Force using characters and pointing out that Grogu will be the leader of Mandalore IN FIVE HUNDRED YEARS, doesn't do anything for me considering that he'll still be a baby in season four and that everybody he's connected to in this show will be long dead in five hundred years.

Yes, it appears that Grogu connected to the Mythosaur via the Force but practically speaking what does that mean for the character and the narrative? The Mythosaur will rise out of the water and Grogu will sit on top of it and tame it and then this nonverbal baby is the leader of the Mandalorians I guess or maybe he's not but this action is still supposed to mean...something? What is interesting about that?

Also, Grogu slowly collecting pieces of beskar armor to form a full Mando suit is a poor substitute for character growth. It feels more like leveling up in a video game. Let's say Grogu does eventually get a full suit of mando armor. What then? He's still a nonverbal baby puppet.

 

He seems more vocal in season 3. If he sticks around, I expect we'll hear his first words soon. That could and should give him a lot more personality and agency. Even his YES and NO buttons made him much more expressive and communicative.

 

By the way, how do we know that the noises Grogu makes aren’t Yoda species language words?

 

When he was getting anointed at the end, I genuinely thought he was going to speak. I believe he tried to, as his mouth did move (or I'm misremembering).

 

Among the baffling things in season 3 is how Grogu's relevance rapidly faded after he was no longer a MacGuffin for the storytelling. The Empire was no longer hunting him and Din had relinquished him to Luke. As much as I disagree with including Grogu's training in The Book of Boba Fett, at least it gave us some character growth as well as presenting him with an actual choice.

As it stands, Grogu remains more of a passenger than a participant in The Mandalorian, and when he does participate, it's often by using the Force just to get the other characters out of a jam. It's fine, but the first time (against the mudhorn) remains the best.