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Leonardo Viti's Baby Jabba

Leonardo Viti's Baby Jabba

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Baby Jabba refers to a fan art 3D-rendering of Star Wars character Jabba the Hut. The piece, created by 3D character artist Leonardo Viti, grew popular after the character was posted by actress Olivia Munn. It was compared to the popular character Baby Yoda from The Mandalorian.

Origin

On November 28th, 2019, Instagram user and 3D artist Leonardo Viti posted a rendering of what Star Wars character Jabba the Hutt would look like as a baby.[1] The post gained over 2,200 likes (shown below).



Spread

The same day, the character was posted to Reddit[2] by user acauteledo, gaining over 30,000 points. The image did not begin gaining widespread attention until January 19th, 2020. That day, actress Olivia Munn posted the picture to her Instagram,[3] gaining over 47,000 likes (shown below, left). The same day, Twitter[4] user @awahihte posted the picture, gaining over 890 retweets and 3,600 likes (shown below, right).


oliviamunn • Follow ... oliviamunn e Can i has a baby jabba? (TY @reddit for this fan creation) 21h lauradern 101 likes Reply 21h View replies (1) okayzeus l'm watching you Wazowskii 21h 3 likes Reply t_shults89 Watch the Clone Wars movie 21 likes Reply 21h Liked by reneeyoungwwe and 47,356 others 21 HOURS AGO Add a comment... Post Kat - Kū Kia'i Mauna @awahihte Baby jabba!! Baby jabba!!!! 6:17 PM · Jan 19, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

These posts led to several news publications to cover the piece, including Comicbook[5] and Screenrant.[6] The spread of the image inspired several reactions on Twitter. User @thecurlymolloy[7] joked that Baby Jabba was reminiscent of the baby from the television show Dinosaurs (shown below, left). User @cocainhonesty[8] posted "Babby Jabba > Baby Yoda," gaining over 60 retweets and 580 likes (shown below, right).


Yasmin O @Thecurlymolloy Okay but doesn't baby Jabba look like the baby from Dinosaurs? 2:07 PM · Jan 20, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone StillDrugged @cocainhonesty Babby jabba > baby yoda Lina @mangheauxxx 21h You guys...BABY JABBA 11:43 AM · Jan 20, 2020 · Twitter for Android

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P-Thug @Hermann22 Star Wars already did "Baby Jabba" e 1:55 PM · Jan 20, 2020 from Shoreline, WA · Twitter for iPhone Alanah Pearce @Charalanahzard broke: baby yoda woke: BABY JABBA, OH MY GOD 2:03 PM · Jan 20, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone Bear @itsbeargrillz Baby jabba is cute but not even close to baby yoda 1:57 PM · Jan 20, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone BrownieVision @BrownieVision Baby Yoda: "Wanna get high".? Baby Jabba: "No thank you, I just had an edible". 2:15 PM · Jan 20, 2020 · Twitter for iPad log @antifadruid people be posting about baby jabba but all i see is heimlich from bugs life 2:21 PM · Jan 20, 2020 · Twitter for Android

Search Interest

External References

[1] Instagram – leovitiart

[2] Reddit – Baby Jabba

[3] Instagram – Olivia Munn

[4] Twitter – awahihte

[5] Comicbook – Star Wars Baby Jabba Concept Art Goes Viral

[6] Screenrant – Fan-Made Baby Jabba Is Almost As Cute As Baby Yoda

[7] Twitter – @thecurlymolloy

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