news culture Disney+: Surprise, the project between LucasFilm and Studio Ghibli is already here
Big bombshell on Twitter yesterday when the official account of Studio Ghibli, the biggest Japanese animation studio of all time, shared a video teasing a collaboration with LucasFilm. After more than 300,000 likes, we have the end of the story: the studio has been working on a project centered on Grogu, the character from The Mandalorian series. It’s ultimately a surprise that isn’t quite one. Explanations.
My neighbor Grogu
Here, Studio Ghibli’s official Twitter account broke the social network with a simple teaser announcing a collaboration with LucasFilm, the legendary studio now run by Disney, the origin of Star Wars, Indiana Jones and so many other films that rocked the childhoods of several generations. After 10 million views, more than 100,000 retweets and 300,000 likes, we finally know what this announcement was about. It’s actually a project called Star Wars Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunny
The good news is that the short film is already available on the Disney platform. The surprise is no more now that the announcement is official. However, the project had already been unveiled earlier this month following a blunder from Disney+ Italy.
Other projects to plan?
Finally, Grogu and Dust Bunnies don’t come as much of a surprise, at least to those who’ve been following Disney+’s news closely throughout the month. Beginning of November, Disney+ Italy has already revealed the information after a clumsy leak.
Today, the official Studio Ghibli Twitter account reacted directly to its first video by sharing the link to the short film. We’ll have to be content with that for the time being. We could potentially see the studio return for Season 2 of Star Wars Visions or even Tales of The Jedi. But it seems difficult to tie Ghibli to a larger community project since the studio is so important. While we wait to know more, Grogu and Dust Bunnies is already available on Disney+. As for Grogu, we should find him after that surprise appearance Season 3 of The Mandalorian next year.