A Star Wars concept artist has revealed that Babu Frik's workshop housed a piece of technology inspired by the Nintendo Game Boy.
Take a look at these early "explorations" of Babu Frik, showing the character as a cat-goblin and a fat fly.
Happy May the 4th to everyone, of course, but to three people in particular. First, Taika Waititi and Krysty Wilson-Cairns, two dynamite filmmakers who now get to make a Star Wars movie. May neither of you get fired for being too interesting. Second, to Babu Frik, the wonderful baked potato droidsmith from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker who deserves nothing but the best not only on this day, but all days. An icon. A legend. And now, thanks to a Vanity Fair interview with the voice behind the puppet, Shirley Henderson, a truly tragic figure. Henderson broke down …
Heads up, Star Wars fans, Babu Frik's fate in The Rise of Skywalker was almost very different.
If you look hard enough, you can kind of see the resemblance.
If you’ve seen any Star Wars movie over the last five years, you’ve seen the work of Neal Scanlan. The Oscar-winning creature and makeup effects supervisor was responsible for reconceiving Chewbacca for the new Skywalker trilogy, as well as resurrecting Yoda in The Last Jedi and creating countless iconic creatures throughout the franchise. That’s certainly true of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, for which Scanlan and his team brought to life the instantly iconic Babu Frik and were tasked with bringing Emperor Palpatine back from the dead in unique fashion. With Rise of Skywalker now …
The actress behind Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter franchise acquired some new skills to bring the popular droidsmith to life.
The visual effects artists on bringing Episode 9's breakout character to life.
The dead speak! Sorry, that has nothing to do with that we're talking about here, I just wanted to see what it's like to start something like that. (Didn't love it. Did not feel great.) But it's going to be almost exclusively positivity from this point on, promise. I need it. We need it, quite frankly. Star Wars discussions have been straight-up fraught since the release of director J.J. Abrams' The Rise of Skywalker, a massive franchise-capper that certainly shot for the moon but only landed on like, Coruscant. (A perfectly fun planet, …
If fans have their way, the Babu Frik Saga is just beginning.
Frozen's Josh Gad takes to Twitter to demand a spin-off for Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker's trusty little Anzellan droidsmith, Babu Frik.
The galaxy in Star Wars is filled with fascinating and cute creatures. But who's the cutest of them all: Baby Yoda or Babu Frik?
Babu Frik and Moaning Myrtle are played by the same actress.