The highly anticipated collaboration between Studio Ghibli and Lucasfilm dropped on Saturday in the form of a short featuring Star Wars’ Grogu, aka Baby Yoda from “The Mandalorian.”
The short, titled “Zen – Grogu and the Dust Bunnies,” was released on Disney Plus. In the short, which the official Star Wars Twitter account describes as “a hand-drawn animated Original short by Studio Ghibli,” Grogu can be seen interacting with the susuwatari, or “soot sprites,” from Ghibli films “Spirited Away” and “My Neighbor Totoro.”
Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies, a hand-drawn animated Original short by Studio Ghibli.
Streaming tomorrow on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/G8tV37OD87
— Star Wars | Andor & Tales of the Jedi On Disney+ (@starwars) November 12, 2022
The short was released less than a week after Studio Ghibli teased the upcoming collaboration. On Thursday, the Japanese animation company tweeted a mysterious video teaser that solely features the Studio Ghibli and Lucasfilm logos without any additional text or background music.
On Friday, the company tweeted a photo of a figurine of Grogu in front of an out-of-focus individual who appears to be Miyazaki.
Before “Zen – Grogu and the Dust Bunnies” was released, countless social media users began speculating, with some hoping for a Star Wars anime feature film and others expecting a Grogu Christmas special.
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