Joe Dante: Baby Yoda shamelessly copied Gizmo
'Gremlins' director Joe Dante has claimed that Baby Yoda was "completely stolen" from his film's character Gizmo. The 75-year-old filmmaker helmed the 1984 horror-comedy film and the 1990 sequel 'Gremlins 2: The New Batch' and feels that Baby Yoda – who first appeared in the 'Star Wars' spin-off series 'The Mandalorian' – is a "shameless" rip-off of the creatures – who are led by the loveable Gizmo (voiced by Howie Mandel in the movies). Joe told the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper: "I think the longevity of (the film) is really key to this one character (Gizmo), who is essentially like a ba...