"Gremlins" director Joe Dante said Baby Yoda, or Grogu, from the "Star Wars" Disney+ TV series, "The Mandalorian," was "completely stolen" from the Gizmo character featured in the movie he directed.

It's Gizmo v. Grogu in the battle of cute baby aliens. One's a Mogwai, the other's a Jedi -- but "Gremlins" director Joe Dante said Gizmo, who came first, is clearly the inspiration for Grogu.

Following Gremlins ' opening act, once the comic introduces Gizmo and the hard-set rules for caring for a Mogwai, specifically when it comes to getting one wet, it’s here where the comic ...

Gizmo, the seemingly innocent mogwai who, through modern humanity’s inability to follow three very basic rules, helped unleash a chaotic surge of nefarious gremlins, has been a constant ...

Gremlins director Joe Date thinks The Mandalorian 's Grogu, a.k.a. Baby Yoda/The Child, "is completely stolen and is just out-and-out copied" from Gizmo By Jen Juneau ...

Joe Dante’s Gremlins is one of the best ‘80s movies, so when Gizmo got the spinoff treatment with his own animated series last year, fans were enthralled to see Mogwais in animated form. As ...

In his turn, Gizmo became an iconic character who continues to captivate audiences forty years later. Gremlins is currently available to stream on MAX.

How ‘Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai’ reclaims Gizmo’s Chinese origin story “Gremlins: Secrets if the Mogwai” on Max tells the story of how Gizmo, left, and Sam Wing become friends.

The story of Gizmo (voiced by Howie Mandel) — along with his fellow Mogwai and the gremlins that terrorize Kingston Falls, Pennsylvania — proved to be a hit at the box office, grossing $148 ...

Mandel returned to voice Gizmo again in Gremlins 2, and created and starred in an animated series of his own, Bobby’s World, which aired on Fox Kids from 1990 to 1998.

In Gizmo's story, the cute Mogwai has to prevent Stripe from ruining Christmas for Kingston Falls by retrieving all the presents that Stripe has stolen. Gizmo uses a flashlight to kill gremlins ...

Joe Dante’s Gremlins is one of the best ‘80s movies, so when Gizmo got the spinoff treatment with his own animated series last year, fans were enthralled to see Mogwais in animated form.