Before any challengers approached, Baby Yoda dominated the internet.
5 year old me: I’m sick I can’t go to school Mom: but you seem fine Me: https://t.co/DTLFI7J9bV— Baby Yoda™ (@Baby Yoda™) 1579545042.0
Me leaving Build-a-bear with the child https://t.co/NkfwcAIIEg— Baby Yoda™ (@Baby Yoda™) 1579540759.0
It's baby Yoda again blessing your timeline, you are welcome. #BabyYoda https://t.co/hwveWZskL4— I'M SO RARE! (@I'M SO RARE!) 1579471329.0
When your mom says “tell me about last night” and you’re tryna figure out what she knows https://t.co/uPIUPz0VwO— Baby Yoda™ (@Baby Yoda™) 1579465660.0
Meme of the day baby yoda https://t.co/WLQAPTW3q4— youknowit21 (@youknowit21) 1579410460.0
But now, a new challenger approaches. And his name? Baby Jabba.
Baby Jabba surfaced on Twitter and was equal parts disturbing and amazing:
You guys...BABY JABBA 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/Y65dwCBxSJ— 𝕷𝖎𝖓𝖆 (@𝕷𝖎𝖓𝖆) 1579471234.0
And people are already stanning Baby Jabba hard.
I’m cool with #BabyJabba https://t.co/p0pdnEZTok— Rob Keyes (@Rob Keyes) 1579529487.0
This Baby Jabba looks like the baby from “Dinosaurs” and I’m okay with that https://t.co/iBykUG4uVU https://t.co/miFOka3jni— Todd Mitchum (@Todd Mitchum) 1579538770.0
Babby jabba > baby yoda https://t.co/OPW5Qv2UHe— StillDrugged (@StillDrugged) 1579538607.0
(clenching my fists so hard my nails draw blood) I would DIE for baby jabba https://t.co/4NivhYAqt7— Gretchen Felker-Martin (@Gretchen Felker-Martin) 1579557126.0
But yet, Baby Yoda is so cute that a lot of his stans are refusing to let Baby Jabba have any of the attention.
This #BabyJabba monster is not cuter than Baby Yoda. https://t.co/9NS8I3rpU8— Arya Blades (@Arya Blades) 1579564034.0
#StarWars #TheMandalorian Excuse me. Baby Jabba gots NOTHIN' on Baby Yoda. 🤢… https://t.co/M949Hxs971— David Taylor II™ (@David Taylor II™) 1579554082.0
Baby Yoda > Baby Jabba: There Can Be Only One... https://t.co/iZEZDCmZXK— ⚡T E V E N ⚡️K Y W A L K E R (@⚡T E V E N ⚡️K Y W A L K E R) 1579572690.0
Baby jabba is cute but not even close to baby yoda https://t.co/agTMu2JGNi— Bear (@Bear) 1579546655.0
nope, not as cute as Baby Yoda. #BabyJabba #BabyYoda https://t.co/NuQkd4FA8g— Queen Mecha The Merciless (@Queen Mecha The Merciless) 1579549589.0
Baby Yoda is pretty darn cute.
I mean, how can you resist those eyes?
But does Baby Jabba stand a chance?
Once I see Baby Chewie, the Holy Trinity will be complete #BabyJabba https://t.co/5SP6phc34h— Matt Neglia (@Matt Neglia) 1579545215.0
BABY JABBA is now my son... I don’t make the rules.🥺🥺 https://t.co/yX6LPhRjgH— jen (@jen) 1579546002.0
Happy bday #BabyJabba !! May you grow up to create a safe & friendly environment for good people to come discuss br… https://t.co/JTdwvzGoKH— Dane Cook (@Dane Cook) 1579550339.0
#BabyJabba has nothing on #BabyYoda. I have spoken https://t.co/antsVRs4SL— Rey (@Rey) 1579578193.0
Anyone can grow up to be president #BabyJabba https://t.co/cAIs0nzFst— Confunctionist (@Confunctionist) 1579549164.0
This may turn into the next major disagreement among Star Wars fans.
That's right: The Child, aka Baby Yoda, the star (okay, maybe not technically but CERTAINLY in practice) of writer/director/producer Jon Favreau's Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian.
As of this writing, "baby yoda memes" returns more than 39 million Google results, so it's safe to say nobody has ever had more people screaming:
Which is why, when Star Wars creator George Lucas and Baby Yoda finally met the other day, the entire internet lost its collective mind. Please sit down, because the cuteness might be too much to handle.
It all began when Favreau tweeted out a photo of the iconic filmmaking wizard cradling the sweet little fuzzy dude like, well, a baby on The Mandalorian set, and good Lord almighty it's enough to make you forget every problem that has ever happened in the entire history of human existence and any that may arise in the future for the rest of time.
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Can you even‽‽
Honestly, the only way this could be better is if Lucas were feeding the big BY his beloved chiccy nuggies and choccy milk.
Anyway, Favreau's immediately-viral tweet had no caption, because a picture this pure surpasses all words, of course.
But the internet sure had plenty to say, because frankly, they're obsessed.
Extremely blessed image passing by your timeline https://t.co/ydwu4QDasZ— Davi Brantes (@Davi Brantes) 1579243819
@Jon_Favreau This really feels like I’m witnessing something blessed, repaint the Sistine chapel with this image pls— Ant-Cam / on a break (@Ant-Cam / on a break) 1579227673
This is truly amazing because he looks as if he was looking at his new born child. This photo is legendary. https://t.co/FScmqu3baF— JMartyr Haa (@JMartyr Haa) 1579242713
@Jon_Favreau Tag yourself. I’m the smiling through tears bystander. https://t.co/mwVipQjMad— Bruce your Zombuddy (@Bruce your Zombuddy) 1579227680
Get you a person who looks at you the way the person in the background wearing a jacket looks at George Lucas looki… https://t.co/moeNQL4VAX— Aura Bogado (@Aura Bogado) 1579240365
"no, *I* am your father" https://t.co/osXhNVVjQP— Dave Itzkoff (@Dave Itzkoff) 1579227485
"Always two, there are. A master, and an apprentice." https://t.co/7xIC0TmJzv— Austen Alvarez-Bundy (@Austen Alvarez-Bundy) 1579242810
Me walking to my computer desk with the burrito I just microwaved https://t.co/y1ONKOaE0k— 🏳️⚧️🌌Audrey From Earth!🌌🏳️⚧️ (@🏳️⚧️🌌Audrey From Earth!🌌🏳️⚧️) 1579276117
I love how hastily taken this photo clearly is. Like Favs is scrambling to get his phone out of his pocket. "Ohmygo… https://t.co/f7MvqvpmYh— Kyle Martinak (@Kyle Martinak) 1579275797
@Jon_Favreau "George put Baby Yoda down." "No." "George we need it for shooting." "No it's mine now." "George pleas… https://t.co/65pjHwjmHi— Chillguy / COMMISSIONS CLOSED / Overworked (@Chillguy / COMMISSIONS CLOSED / Overworked) 1579228473
Baby Yoda is going home. https://t.co/ga630v7b8p— Mikki Kendall (@Mikki Kendall) 1579239436
2020 ain't that bad https://t.co/fUjvxTNhfO— Jackson (@Jackson) 1579230201
What a blessing to the timeline, indeed.
If you, too, have fallen in love with Baby Yoda, there's a fun story about how Baby Yoda would've been just a CGI mirage if iconic filmmaker (and The Mandalorian costar) Werner Herzog hadn't scolded everyone for even thinking about it.
Thank God for those who speak truth to power.
Liberty! Unity! Chiccy Nuggies!
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Now, things have gone even farther between the pair thanks to a visit to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Laura Dern says that she saw #BabyYoda at a basketball game: "That's all I'm going to say" https://t.co/i87ves5tn4— Variety (@Variety) 1575334618.0
"I think I saw him at a basketball game … It was NBA." In case you needed to know Laura Dern's thoughts on Baby Yo… https://t.co/fdkGLDhbSY— Twitter Moments (@Twitter Moments) 1575395667.0
After the video of Laura Dern claiming to have seen Baby Yoda went viral, she was asked about it by Colbert.
Her response had a strangely romantic tone to it...
.@LauraDern is thinking about seeing more of Baby Yoda. #LSSC https://t.co/QT50UwxU39— The Late Show (@The Late Show) 1578719388.0
Always... https://t.co/UPAeT7rjzr— Laura Dern (@Laura Dern) 1578719529.0
Uhh...I guess Laura Dern and Baby Yoda are a thing now?
Laura Dern leaning in & dating baby yoda I just- https://t.co/f1iw4iUX4G— Tess 👩🏼🎤 (@Tess 👩🏼🎤) 1578758818.0
I like a woman who doubles down on the absurdity. https://t.co/3R0sTbVWK2— alias julia🌶 (@alias julia🌶) 1578749794.0
Our world has moved in a beautiful and exciting new direction.
Working off the theory of the butterfly effect, if Enlightened had to be cancelled to bring us to this point, then… https://t.co/VFbp3oZE7I— Hudson Bae (@Hudson Bae) 1578753241.0
@colbertlateshow @LauraDern Lmao when that story orginally broke, I'm convinced she thought Baby Yoda was a rapper or something— Alderney City's Finest (@Alderney City's Finest) 1578758790.0
Many fans were supportive of this new stage in Dern's personal life.
The amount of joy my grad cohort and I found in discussing Laura Dern’s “I saw baby Yoda at a basketball game” was… https://t.co/EfCHhvLRwj— Meg (@Meg ) 1578462646.0
laura dern and her constant bit about baby yoda WILL get her the oscar— lucy (@lucy) 1578720713.0
These two are going to be together forever.
For real.
i hope whatever is going on with laura dern and baby yoda never ends https://t.co/HjnckYSZiV— erica (@erica) 1578756769.0
Some fans without a lot of pop culture knowledge thought Dern's comments were somehow about Rise of Skywalker.
@colbertlateshow @LauraDern Who cares?... Don't even bring up that awful movie.... Who cares?— matt zarella (@matt zarella) 1578733985.0
@cheesuscripes46 @colbertlateshow @LauraDern Baby Yoda is in a Star Wars show called The Mandalorian, not in The Ri… https://t.co/elJTvs1kEc— Steven Vo (@Steven Vo) 1578734117.0
But for the rest of us, Dern's comments about her newest love interest are pure gold.
We hope you have many happy years together.
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