In case you haven’t checked in on your Wookiee friends lately, Life Day is just a few months away. In case you still don’t know what Life Day is (and at this point you’re too afraid to ask), we’ve got your back. Life day is a well established Wookiee holiday that honors their rich culture, celebrating the importance of family, unity, and happiness. On Life Day this year, November 17th, Disney+ is inviting Lego Star Wars fans everywhere to celebrate with their favorite characters including Rey, Finn, Chewie, R2-D2, BB-8, and many more.

This delightfully cheeky holiday special isn’t the first to celebrate Life Day. The sacred Wookiee holiday was first introduced in the classic 1978’s Star Wars Holiday Special, which premiered on November 17th, 1978. Now, the much-loved Star Wars franchise has even more to celebrate. This upcoming Lego Star Wars special will be the first to premiere on Disney+, and it is yet another lovable product of the Lego-Lucasfilm collaboration.

A ‘LEGO STAR WARS: HOLIDAY SPECIAL’ is in the works & will release on Nov. 17 on Disney+

(Source: https://t.co/GSJcqnr9RK) pic.twitter.com/TY5WdhLozc

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) August 13, 2020

Fans can expect to see an adventure like no other, in the form of Lego Star Wars à la “A Christmas Carol”. Characters from Star Wars past will make appearances as Rey and BB-8 set out to learn more about the Force, but instead find themselves thrown into a time-warp adventure through Star Wars history. Classic characters such as Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, and many more will visit Rey and BB-8 on their journey to make it in time for the Life Day feast on Kashyyyk.

“We wanted to give a wink and a nod to the original,” executive producer Josh Rimes told USA Today. “It’s a celebration of the saga. A lot of characters will be interacting with different characters and perhaps even different versions of themselves at different ages.”

The relationship between the knowledgeable Rey and the wide-eyed rookie version of Luke we remember from A New Hope gives this holiday special a whole lot of heart, and visits from blocky versions of our favorite characters is the dose of nostalgia we desperately need right now. Mark your calendars for November 17th to make sure you wish your Wookiee friends a happy Life Day – and to make sure you don’t miss this goofy, soulful special.

Anyone who’s watched The Sopranos is well familiar with its educational value. From the importance of family to the durability of leftover chicken parm, it’s basically Sesame Street with violent Sicilians. And much like Sesame Street, you’re bound to learn a word or two.

HBO has graciously compiled a visual glossary of Soprano-speak, and it’s every bit as entertaining as it is informative. You’ll be talking like Tony Soprano (RIP) in no time.

Gabagool

This is easily the most important word. Learn it, know it.

Ex: Someone took my gabagool outta the fridge.

And you just build from there!

Oh!

Ex: Oh! Someone took my gabagool outta the fridge.

Sit-Down

Ex: Having a sit-down to determine which kid ate my gabagool.

Snakes With Fur

Ex: Going to the animal shelter to adopt a snake with fur right after I finish this gabagool.

Gesticulate wildly, incorporate a handful of F-bombs, and voila. You are now a The Soprano.

Watch this video below to see those words and many more in all their Italian-American glory!

Jurassic World actor, Mandalorian director, and all-around delight of a human being, Bryce Dallas Howard, is going all out for Father’s Day this year with a love letter to dads everywhere in the form of a documentary. The feature-length film, appropriately titled, “DADS,” features several fathers from a variety of cultures and backgrounds in an attempt to answer one overarching question: What does modern-day fatherhood look like?

Howard takes a multifaceted approach in finding the answer – interviewing vibrant celebrity dads like Will Smith, Judd Apatow, and Conan O’Brien, but also following a diverse group of stay-at-home fathers who describe what it was like finding their new fatherly identities. Not afraid to get personal, Howard also interviews her own dad, Ron Howard, as well as her grandfather, Rance Howard, and younger brother, Reed Howard—the latter of whom is a brand-new father.

Clearly, this is a topic that’s right up our alley here at The Dad, so we were thrilled when Howard agreed to chat with us via Zoom about her 1-hour 20-minute documentary, which is now available globally on Apple TV+. Once again, she was willing to get personal as we discussed topics like the film’s impact on her perception of fatherhood, her relationship with her own dad, and whether or not Will Smith is actually cool. 

JORDAN: So what do you want audiences to walk away with from this film? What do you want them to have learned, to have garnered, to take away?

BRYCE: Well, I think on the simplest level, this movie is being released Father’s Day weekend—the weekend where we’re meant to celebrate and acknowledge the dads in our lives, and I would love it if this movie aided in that endeavor. So whatever that means to them—if it makes them appreciate their own father, if it makes them appreciate their partner, if it makes them feel inspired and empowered as parents themselves, or as individuals… I hope it’s positive.

Yeah. I can tell you right now that it definitely paints fatherhood in such a good light. I mean, whether it’s reflecting on your relationship with your own father, or on your relationship with your children, it really is something that you walk away feeling it’s a breath of fresh air. Dads are okay, they’re doing it as best as they can, and it’s something truly special.

They’re doing great. Thank you.

At The Dad, one of our foundational goals is to provide not only an entertaining space to share stories and to talk about fatherhood, but create this community to come together. Where people know it’s normal to be tired and scared and not really sure if you’re doing this right, because once you normalize that, then it’s like, “Oh God, I can finally breathe again. I’m not ruining my child.”

Yes. I remember after having my son… I mean, it’s ridiculous to think about this, but I was just like a handful of weeks into it, maybe a month, maybe six weeks. And I went somewhere and I was talking to a group of moms and I was so apologetic, and this mom took my hand and she’s like, “It’s a really long road. You can pace yourself. This is a long journey. You have so much time.”

You were giving yourself a report card a week into the semester. It’s like, calm down, you have plenty of tests and exams to pass, okay…

Yes, yes. And that was so comforting to me, but it took another parent giving me that perspective because how else are we supposed to have perspective?

Right. That’s a lot of what we do. We try to entertain and a lot of that is through comedy because you have to be able to laugh at yourself. You said it in an interview with CBS, you said, “Every day as a parent is a comedy.” Can you elaborate a little more on that?

I mean, it’s so absurd. Being a parent, it’s such a ridiculous thing.

Right, like, what adult is going to ask you what your third favorite jungle cat is? That’s just not going to happen. That’s not going to be a question you get at work.

[Laughing] Yeah, no, not at all. Not one tiny bit. And it’s certainly not for the faint of heart. It’s something that is like the highest stakes in the world and you have to take it so seriously, but then also it’s so funny because you’re taking it so seriously, and the whole thing is so absurd. I think that I was really influenced as a kid being around the set of Parenthood. I mean, that was me hearing the stories of my childhood. I was seven and seeing it come to life and it was through the perspective of the father and it was a comedy. And so, from the get-go, I wanted this [film] to be something with humor and heart.

Growing up, did your dad have any dad jokes or classic dad-isms that he would use as a crutch or a line that you heard all the time?

You know what? He wasn’t, believe it or not, he wasn’t that corny. My dad is so earnest. He’s not trying to crack jokes, he’s just super earnest and sweet. I mean, he’s funny, he’s got a great sense of humor. It was so funny [in the film] to hear Will Smith say that his kids think that he’s corny. You know?

Right, Will Smith is the coolest person I know of on planet Earth.

Yeah. Will Smith. He’s cool, he’s not corny. But I think it is this thing that kids see… They just see this other side of their parents. And I think because my dad has never, ever been someone who’s been cool, we just see him for who he is.

That’s every kid though. People are just like, “Oh, your dad’s cool.” And you’re like, “No, he’s not. You don’t know him like I know him.” Right?

Yeah. But it’s almost the opposite. It’s because he’s so not trying to be cool or anything like that. Like he’ll do something or say something and I’ll be like, “Pretty with it, dad. Oh, yeah, you can kick it with us. You’re good with the youngins.”

Did this whole filmmaking process inform you of anything when it comes to [your husband’s] role as a father? How do you approach that now?

Yeah, you know what I would say is that I’m probably even more protective of him now because I see how the ways in which fathers are simply not included in their children’s lives or in the endeavor of raising people. And it’s assumed that the dads are taking a back seat and that’s just not the case at all… like, at all. Not even close. And so, with Seth, if someone comes to me and doesn’t go to him, doesn’t include him, I’m offended, I’m offended for him.

I just don’t like rude assumptions about men who are remarkable. I mean, listen—he’s been on the front line of our family raising people. And so, since we started, folks have been like, “Wow,” pretty struck by Seth and what an involved parent he is. And so I’m not having to like protect him very often because everyone is like, “Oh yeah, you’re…”

He’s not a babysitter, he’s a father.

Yes, exactly! Exactly. Isn’t that so weird?

Awful, when you hear that, right?

Yeah, it’s so mean! It’s like, what do you say to the dad? Like, what?

What can you say about that evolving relationship [with your dad]? A lot of the film is looking at fathers with young children, but you’re an adult now. What does that relationship look like? Has that evolved? Does it become more of a friendship?

I would say what I have with my dad is definitely a friendship, but it’s kind of always been that way. He really treated me from a very young age, like an equal, not like from a disciplinary perspective, like, “Oh yeah, you can just do whatever you want,” but just an intellectual equal back when I was five. I think that it was because he himself was working at that age. And so he has memories of being a conscious person with responsibilities, making a living, all of that. And so it’s like he projected that onto us or saw that within us. He’s just always treated me with so much respect. And so being an adult is just a continuation of that. And I’m like a very demanding child. I call my parents, it’s too late. I call them, it’s too early. I call them multiple times a day. They’re like, “We’re busy.” They’re still very involved, both of them, so I appreciate it.

What the hell are you getting your dad for Father’s Day, besides this feature-length documentary about how great dads are?

I’m probably going to write him something. I’ll do a card, but not like a lame card, like a legit something he can keep, but…

Something he’ll probably cry over, right?

[smiling] Mayyybe.

Yeah. I mean, we’re not giant gift-givers in our family. We’re very, like, it’s the breakfast in bed thing. It’s that we get to see each other, that kind of thing.

A quality time family.

Quality time, yes.

The launch of Disney+ last year generated a lot of excitement, especially among Star Wars fans, with the news of The Mandalorian, a TV show set in the world of our favorite space saga. Often when shows are built up with big expectations they fall short, but The Mandalorian was so satisfying and fun, we can’t wait to see the second season. The good news is that it was recently announced that production has wrapped! The unfortunate news: we won’t see it until October.

Until then we must fill the gap. Enter Legendary YouTuber Joebor1777. He’s well known for expertly recreating trailers and famous scenes just with LEGO pieces. It is a genuine labor of love that is evident in all of his videos; they are detailed, accurate, and hugely enjoyable.

He recreated The Mandalorian trailer in his usual iconic way, and it is a triumph. It’s so good that The Mandalorian himself, actor Pedro Pascal shared it on Twitter and we think it’s safe to say he likes it.

Oh wow. Wow wow wow. https://t.co/8xA5QHNbxV

— Pedro Pascal (@PedroPascal1) November 25, 2019

Of course, as this is a faithful recreation of the official trailer, it does sadly mean there is no Baby Yoda – but you can always just build your own LEGO Baby Yoda.

We also highly recommend checking out Joebor1777’s other LEGO youtube videos, including Justice League, The Avengers, and John Wick! As Pedro would say, Oh wow. Wow wow wow.

Mint and chocolate. Aerosmith and Run DMC. Transformers and… My Little Pony???

Sometimes the unlikeliest couplings bring about the best results, and we can only hope that brave tradition continues with the upcoming crossover between these two beloved, massively lucrative media franchises.

The iconic robots and ponies will team up for a series of comic books this May. This inconceivable twosome is the brainchild of IDW Publishing, which currently publishes comics based on both media properties.

The IDW Publishing website gives us some insight into the story:

“In My Little Pony/Transformers, the scheming Queen Chrysalis casts a spell in search of changeling allies, but accidentally interferes with a distant Cybertronian Spacebridge… and brings the Autobots and Decepticons to Equestria! As the dust settles, it’s up to Twilight Sparkle, Optimus Prime, and others to overcome the menace of malevolent magic and machinery!”

We know, we know. This all sounds far too crazy to work. But please bear in mind how skillful Transformers are at adapting to their environment.

We hope the comic books are a success, as this will most certainly pave the way for more wildly implausible ’80s cartoon crossovers we’d love to see.

PLEASE.

Recently, a rumor was going around about a new Breaking Bad spin-off, about Walt Jr. taking over the Heisenberg business. Being that this news was being peddled by Walt Jr. himself, aka RJ Mitte, one would be advised to take it with a grain of salt. Because despite previous success with a Breaking Bad sequel movie about Jesse Pinkman and that other, actual Breaking Bad spin-off, Better Call Saul, it seems unlikely that Vince Gilligan will go back to Albuquerque with another member of the White family.

So we’ll have to satiate ourselves with frequent BB marathons on AMC, and the return of the aforementioned spin-off, Better Call Saul, which returns next month for its fifth season. The prequel series tracks Saul Goodman before he became Saul Goodman, and when it was announced it seemed as unlikely as RJ Mitte’s pipe dream. But four seasons in, the show has proven itself to be both a separate animal from Breaking Bad, and one entirely worthy of the franchise.

Bob Odenkirk is remarkable as Jimmy McGill, a con man turned noble – or at least trying to be noble – lawyer turned, eventually, defense attorney for the Albuquerque underworld. At the end of last season, Jimmy finally shed his birth name and took on Saul Goodman full-time, a move series creator Vince Gilligan himself was surprised took this long. The slow burn of the show has allowed Jimmy’s character to come into full-focus and simultaneously allowed us to watch as Mike Ehrmantrout, Gus Fring’s right-hand man, also slowly became enmeshed in the New Mexico drug trade.

The two stories have been running parallel to each other, with only the occasional overlap, but as we enter season five, things seem to be catching up to the Breaking Bad timeline. Especially since it was recently announced that a 13-episode season 6 will be Better Call Saul’s last.

The season looks to up the ante on the beef between Gus and the Salamancas, continue to track Jimmy’s relationship with Kim, and will even feature an appearance from Dean Norris as Hank Schrader, Walter’s DEA agent brother-in-law.

Check out the trailer. Season 5 premieres on AMC on February 23rd.

It’s good to have dreams. Hope is a powerful thing. We all need something to keep us going. For me, it’s the Dolphins someday drafting a franchise quarterback and righting the ship. For you, it might be HBO ponying up to re-do the last season of Game of Thrones, or Disney wiping The Last Jedi from the canon. I don’t judge.

For RJ Mitte, the man who played Walt Jr., aka Flynn, on Breaking Bad, it’s participating in a sequel series to the classic show, in which his third-level character ascends to the lead role.

You gotta have something to believe in!

And believe Mitte does, as he’s actually fleshed out his idea and taken it to Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad, its spin-off series Better Call Saul, and the recent Netflix movie El Camino.

In an exclusive interview with The Irish Sun, Mitte laid out his idea for Walt Jr. to front his own show, picking up where his father left off.

Breaking Bad star RJ Mitte may land spin-off series taking over drug dynasty https://t.co/bISLreVkuU

— The Irish Sun (@IrishSunOnline) January 27, 2020

“He is his father’s son in a way of his actions and his moralities of what he’s going to do would be right for his family. I think for us it would be a very hard life after what Heisenberg did to his family and I think that stigma would carry,” Mitte explained, before landing the death blow: “But I would like to see Walt Jr. being a gangster.”

RJ’s idea for a sequel to the classic TV series is for his character, Walter White’s breakfast loving son who, like the actor himself, suffers from cerebral palsy (something that was never explored on the show and was merely presented as a fact of Walt Jr.’s life), to follow in his chemistry teacher-turned-meth kingpin father’s footsteps.

It seems unlikely that Gilligan, to whom Mitte has actually pitched this premise, would follow through on this idea. Breaking Bad benefited from a variety of factors, not the least of which was Bryan Cranston’s iconic performance as Walter White, and no offense to RJ Mitte, but I’m not sure he’s of the same caliber.

That said, no one expected Better Call Saul to work either, and that’s coming back for its 5th season next month. So you never know!

Over the next few years, there will be a ton of Marvel content coming to screens both big and small.

Most of it will be an explicit part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in the form of countless sequels to existing superhero franchises (Dr. Strange, Thor, Captain Marvel, etc.), origin stories for characters yet to have their own film (Black Widow), new franchises being launched (The Eternals, Shang-Chi). Much of it will be related to the MCU, via movie characters getting their own shows on Disney+ (Loki, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision), and some of it will be one-off stuff, like, Disney+’s What If series and M.O.D.O.K., a newly-announced show to air on Hulu.

News of M.O.D.O.K (which stands for Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing) came fast and furious the other day when the cast began tweeting about their involvement. Their voice-only involvement, as M.O.D.O.K will be an animated series. And what a cast it is, full of comedic stars of various renown.

The cast includes stand-up comic Patton Oswalt, Parks and Rec star Ben Schwartz, Brooklyn 99 star Melissa Fumero, Veep star Sam Richardson, Wendi McLendon-Covery of The Goldbergs and Bridesmaids, Beck Bennett from SNL, and more. Oswalt leads the series as M.O.D.O.K, a Marvel supervillain hellbent on taking over the world but suddenly beset by familiar and career-based challenges, i.e., a midlife crisis.

Certainly, a different style of Marvel property than we’re used to seeing on screen, but one that sounds like it has a lot of fun potential, especially with that cast of comedy vets. Showrunner Jordan Blum is excited for the show, saying, “I’m blown away by our insanely talented and hilarious voice cast, who have all brought their specific kind of magic to this weird and wonderful corner of the Marvel Universe.”

Jean-Ralphio himself, Ben Schwartz, is equally amped about his role as M.O.D.O.K’s son who will be, hopefully, flush with cash.

I knew the first time I jumped in the @Marvel universe it would be to play the son of a floating head super villain. This show is so funny & the cast is amazing- @pattonoswalt @SamRichardson @Aimee_Garcia @melissafumero @wendimclendonco @becbenit @jondaly https://t.co/8zdosBzKi5

— Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) January 21, 2020

The show is slated to air later this year on Hulu.

Planters announced tragic news this week when they revealed Mr. Peanut has passed away. It’s the end of everyone’s favorite peanut-based mascot, at least when considering those who wear a top hat and monocle.

The company revealed Mr. Peanut died in an attempt to save his friends Wesley Snipes and Matt Walsh in the aftermath of a terrible car accident. This is all part of an upcoming Super Bowl commercial, so just go along with it, OK?

“It’s with heavy hearts that we confirm Mr. Peanut has passed away at 104 years old,” a Planters brand manager at Kraft Heinz said in a statement. “He will be remembered as the legume who always brought people together for nutty adventures and a good time.”

We can all choose how we want to remember him. For those with terrifying peanut allergies, they probably remember him as a harbinger of danger, a sign of their mortality and the fleeting nature of life. They are probably celebrating this day with an abundance of joy. Others may be confused, and I’m sure someone somewhere will be sad about the loss of this icon (?).

It is with heavy hearts that we confirm that Mr. Peanut has died at 104. In the ultimate selfless act, he sacrificed himself to save his friends when they needed him most. Please pay your respects with #RIPeanut pic.twitter.com/VFnEFod4Zp

— The Estate of Mr. Peanut (@MrPeanut) January 22, 2020

If you need time to mourn, Planters has a third-quarter Super Bowl commercial featuring his funeral. The company says this will all make more sense after we have a chance to process it.

The internet is not a place that waits to withhold judgment.

Mr. Peanut was visually impaired (hence the monocle) and still driving around at 104? Just trying to make sense of this tragedy. #ripmrpeanut pic.twitter.com/vx6r4Dn0zF

— Her. (@HouseJones_) January 22, 2020

Open or closed shell funeral?

— dave, airbag man (@airbagged) January 22, 2020

Planters CEO: So what’s your marketing plan?

Marketing guy: I think we should kill Mr. Peanut haha jk

CEO: Let’s do it.

Marketing guy: What?

CEO: Kill him.

— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) January 22, 2020

I'm so sad Mr. Peanut died. I heard he was killed. He should have had a better ending than being assaulted nut.

— Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) January 22, 2020

Mr. Peanut is in Hell. He spent decades as the smiling face of a company that sold the boiled and roasted corpses of his people as a snack

— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) January 22, 2020

i was just hanging out with Mr. Peanut.

The last thing he said to me was “they are going to kill me Jim. All for some dumb ad campaign. Don’t let them do this to me”

and i just… laughed in his face. we were so drunk at the time.

Jesus Christ. https://t.co/B1r5aapDVz

— jim, (@urvillageidiot) January 22, 2020

Mr. Peanut was a vampire capitalist who sent tens of millions of his own people to slaughter. The world is a better place without him in it. May he roast, deliciously, in peanut hell.

— luke . (@lukeoneil47) January 22, 2020

No everyone was quick to crack jokes – a few other brands paid their respects.

Help us give a 21 dunk salute to our nutty and sweet friend #RIPeanut

⚫️
🥛 https://t.co/XdG0MoRUCr

— OREO Cookie (@Oreo) January 22, 2020

Always classy, always crunchy, always cleaned up nicely. We’ll miss him! #RIPeanut pic.twitter.com/wtNQrFerBF

— Mr. Clean (@RealMrClean) January 22, 2020

I guess we should stay tuned, but one thing I think we can all agree on: Mr. Peanut should’ve been the one to sacrifice himself if anyone had to go. This entire car accident was his fault. Wesley Snipes and Matt Walsh were enjoying a fun trip when the driver just freaked out and plunged them over the cliff.

Was Mr. Peanut under the influence? Let’s hope a full investigation is conducted and justice is served for all affected.

The top Jeopardy players of all time recently squared off in a special, prime-time event, to see who the ultimate champion is. And America’s favorite buzzer boy (the first and hopefully the last time that nickname will ever be used) Ken Jennings has proven once and for all, he is the Jeopardy GOAT.

The prime-time quiz show spectacle pitted three of the most iconic Jeopardy players against each other. Prior to the showdown, each of the three, Jennings, James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter (he was a big winner before social media was around, so no one outside of aficionados remembers him) could lay claim to a Jeopardy record. Rutter had won the most money (north of $4 million), Holzhauer had the single-game highest score, and Jennings had the longest win streak.

The tournament was mostly a battle between Jennings and Holzahauer, with Ken taking the lead down the stretch for good. The tournament was made better by the good-natured trash talk between the trio, with Jennings getting an especially savage burn on Holzhauer on twitter.

BREAKING: I have decided to follow @James_Holzhauer on Twitter, since he’s been following me on Jeopardy all week.

— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) January 11, 2020

Jennings told Variety he was hanging up his buzzer for good, retiring on top, citing his respect for Trebek.

“I don’t see how I can top it,” he says. “The win was great. It’s a great punctuation mark, and I absolutely mean what I said about not wanting to play past my prime. And at some point Alex is going to retire, I assume, and it just wouldn’t feel right to play with a different host. It’d be like cheating on Alex. I think this is a perfect time to go out on top.”

After Jennings won the tournament, plenty of people paid homage to the GOAT.

Hey @kenjennings: Which one should we send over? pic.twitter.com/mV0poOIJ00

— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) January 16, 2020

Congratulations to the brilliant and hilarious all-around good guy @KenJennings on winning the Jeopardy tournament / throwing his life away memorizing stuff you can look up with your cell phone.

— Jesse Thorn (@JesseThorn) January 15, 2020

Congratulations to the brilliant and hilarious all-around good guy @KenJennings on winning the Jeopardy tournament / throwing his life away memorizing stuff you can look up with your cell phone.

— Jesse Thorn (@JesseThorn) January 15, 2020

Thanks to @KenJennings and @bradrutter for a hell of a match. Ken and Brad are great @Jeopardy players but even better people, and have been incredibly good sports about my kayfabe feuding and trash talk.

— GOAT Fodder (@James_Holzhauer) January 15, 2020

And, for his part, Jennings did say some nice things about his competitors.

If we ran this tournament back a dozen times, you’d probably see a different winner each time. Brad and James are just that good.

— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) January 15, 2020

@bradrutter got some tough breaks in this tourney, but real Jeopardy-heads know him as the guy who beat me in three straight tournament finals. For over a decade, he’s really had the only credible claim as the Jeopardy GOAT.

— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) January 15, 2020

The prime-time showdown was a massive hit, but let’s not forget who the real star of Jeopardy is, and that’s the legend Alex Trebek. The tournament, more than any other, captured the joy fans have for the show, and the respect they all have for its iconic host, who is currently battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Even other players have taken the chance to show their love for Trebek, who is truly the GOAT when it comes to Jeopardy.

And may Alex Trebek host for a thousand years. Good night!

— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) January 15, 2020

Baby Yoda is a pop culture phenom. The breakout star of “The Mandalorian” on Disney+ has played a huge role in making fans excited about the future of Star Wars. Baby Yoda has been a Christmas cookie, a cocktail, and has fans eagerly awaiting his appearance at Build-A-Bear.

Disney CEO and Chairman even tried to claim Baby Yoda as a Green Bay Packers fan, which didn’t exactly play out the way he hoped when the Packers were absolutely throttled (Force-choked?) by the San Francisco 49ers.

Honestly, we’re probably hitting peak Baby Yoda, before the internet tide starts to turn against the overexposure of the little guy. But can there be a cuter baby Star Wars character than Baby Yoda?

(This is an obligatory aside for all the nerds that want to yell “He’s not really Yoda!”. Yes, that is canonically correct, he is simply referred to as “The Child” on the show, but let’s not kid ourselves, everyone knows who we’re talking about when we say Baby Yoda).

One Star Wars fan says yes, and even produced a 3D rendering to prove it. And in his mind, he’s come up with an even cuter miniature Star Wars figure: Baby Jabba.

 

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Sorry guys I could not resist… Baby Jabba! Could this be the new star in @themandalorian? Or maybe someone else…? I’m open to suggestions! Let me know in the comments 👇 For more swipe 👈 or go to https://www.artstation.com/artwork/W2o6eQ

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The little Jabba is really happy for all the love he received 🙏 Here is a short turntable video 😊

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You can check out the full project on his ArtStation page.

Jabba the Hut became most famous for his turn as a leading figure in the criminal underworld of Star Wars in “Return of The Jedi”, but Lucas eventually plugged him into the newer version of “A New Hope” as well. He’s an evil figure who eventually imprisons most of the cast, before a daring escape engineered by Luke Skywalker (sorry for the 40-year-old spoiler!).

Before people freak out, this is just a fan rendition, and there are no known plans for a Baby Jabba in the show. I’m not saying people wouldn’t sign up for a full-fledged Baby Star Wars, but that’s not what this is.

Still, I’ll admit, the fan did a stellar job of making a Baby Jabba pretty adorable. So what if his species doesn’t have quite the nobility of the Yodas (yes, I know that’s not their species name), and if he’s probably the offspring of some sort of villainous gangster, he’s still pretty cute! Chunky babies are always the cutest, and nothing in the Star Wars world is gonna be chunkier than a Hutt.

Baby Yoda is having a moment. He’s taken the internet by storm and must be protected at all costs, before being fully exploited. Even the news Baby Yoda was coming to Build-A-Bear was well received and the scale had yet to be tipped.

That is, until yesterday when the head of Disney took things too far, making Baby Yoda officially a corporate SHILL. Robert Iger, Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company, tweeted an image of Baby Yoda decked out in Green Bay Packers colors shortly before the NFC Championship game with a simple “Let’s go @Packers” message.

Don’t ever do this to that sweet baby ever again pic.twitter.com/2pEInEueki

— Patrick McMeen (@Real_Meathead) January 20, 2020

The internet didn’t take it well. While it’s still unconfirmed if this is a picture from Season 2 of “The Mandalorian” (it’s not), many were not happy with the blatant misrepresentation of everyone’s favorite force baby.

🏉🏉🏉🏉 😄🌉 pic.twitter.com/465inByslN

— Bruno Cendón (@BrunoCendon) January 20, 2020

Clearly the Force was very much with the San Francisco 49ers, who thoroughly crushed the Packers and ended their season. Seeing the Baby Yoda magic come up short must make the memes like this sting a little bit more, but this is the risk you take by bringing a beloved icon into the mix.

Strange because last I checked Baby Yoda is part of #ChiefsKingdom pic.twitter.com/93ESKrXtfa

— S H A N E (@shaneasel) January 19, 2020

Thank you @Runzwthscizzors for this #BabyYoda sporting the #49ers and #JimmyGaroppolo jersey this is awesome pic.twitter.com/GCc3ozEYpy

— CaptnSpicyPantsGaming (@SpicyCaptn) January 20, 2020

Honestly, it probably makes more sense for Baby Yoda to be a 49ers fan, given that Lucasfilm’s offices are in San Francisco. Of course, he’s an alien in a fictional universe, so…maybe he doesn’t have any sports allegiances?

And inevitably, some decided to adopt the practice of making Baby Yoda a shill for whatever they wanted.

Hey Bob! Watch #TheConners on #ABC this Tuesday night! It’s a love letter to our epic football rivalry!! pic.twitter.com/uHVclaDxL0

— alicia goranson (@privateego) January 20, 2020

Disney has made several missteps with the Star Wars franchise in the eyes of many fans, and now their CEO has made yet another, keeping Baby Yoda out of the Super Bowl by tying him to the woefully inadequate Packers.

Of all the legendary characters, moments, and episodes from The Office, some stand above the rest. Maybe you’re a Jim and Pam Stan, maybe you can’t control yourself when Kevin spills his chili, maybe you love Ryan and Kelly’s dynamic, maybe you live for when Jim pranks Dwight, maybe you love to hate Toby as much as Michael.

No matter which aspect of the show is your favorite, there’s one legendary episode everyone loves, and that’s the one in which Michael finally makes his movie.

Michael Scott’s action movie dreams were introduced in Season 2 when his screenplay for Threat Level: Midnight was discovered. At first, it’s primarily used by Dunder Mifflin employees to mock their clueless, if well-intended, boss. But by the time Michael decided to leave Ohio and move to Colorado with HR employee Holly, the staff’s affection for their boss outweighed their frustration and amusement.

Before he (and, obviously, Steve Carrell) left, the Dunder Mifflin team made Michael’s action movie dreams a reality and helped him make his movie.

The results of their endeavors were revealed, in small bits and pieces, in a season 7 episode. The Die Hard/James Bond type effort features Michael Scott as the main character, Michael Scarn, who’s still reeling from the death of his wife, Catherine Zeta-Scarn. Dunder Mifflin employees fill out the rest of the cast, with Jim portraying villain Goldenface, who’s attempting to blow up the NHL All-Star game. At the behest of the president, played by Darryl, Michael tries to thwart Goldenface’s plans.

Yes, it’s ridiculous, and only gets more so when you see it, which you can no do – in its entirety – on YouTube.

Check it out: