Despite announcing its final film with creator Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli isn’t slowing down on its other projects. The studio teased a potential collaboration with Lucasfilm on Twitter by posting a video with both companies’ logos. The details are slim; there’s no hint as to what kind of project they could be working on. Lucasfilm has collaborated with seven anime studios in the past for Star Wars: Visions, and there are plenty of Star Wars projects floating in a galaxy far, far away — like Andor, The Acolyte, The Mandalorian, and The Book of Boba Fett. Could an anime-inspired Star Wars show or film be in the works? The Nickelodeon–Disney Channel child in my heart hopes for a “Jimmy Timmy Power Hour,†“That’s So Suite Life of Hannah Montana†collaboration between the two studios, but Baby Yoda probably makes the most sense, especially since Ghibli tweeted out a pic of a Grogu figurine recently. That pic led to speculation that Ghibli could be a collaborator on the upcoming short film Grogu and the Dust Bunnies, which the Italian Disney+ account accidentally announced would be out on Saturday, November 12. Whether that’s still the case and whether Studio Ghibli is involved has not been confirmed by the main Disney+. One thing is for sure, though: Totoro could definitely be the new overlord of all the Porgs on Ahch-To.
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