Everyone else sees an adorable baby Yoda. I see a puppeteer team practicing between takes.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ZHifCFDtS/?igshid=dqo5fl7cil0j

Hang on. Baby Yoda is in multiple episodes. So... why aren't the puppeteers credited?

Hm...

On directing Baby Yoda's puppeteers: "We would talk it through with them just like I was directing an actor."

That's because puppeteers are actors.

We're actors.

We have specific skills, but we're actors like musical theater actors are still actors. https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/mandalorian-director-deborah-chow-interview-baby-yoda-star-wars-first-female-916422/

I've performed in multiple productions of Little Shop of Horrors and coached puppeteers on more (used to own a set of rental plants). I've had to have more than one Come to Jesus Talk with a director who thought the Voice should get a curtain call, but the puppeteer shouldn't.

In Little Shop, people come to the show for the puppet. Audrey II has more stage time than any character except for Seymour.

Audrey II isn't a special effect. She's a character who requires multiple actors working in coordination.

You know that Andy Serkis isn't eligible for an Oscar for any of his most iconic roles? Like Golem or Caesar?

Because somehow that's not acting because motion capture is... reasons.

SAG/AFTRA & Equity understand that puppeteers are actors. I wish the rest of the industry did.

Come on... #CreditBabyYoda

I want to know who those puppeteers are because they're doing darn good work.

Many thanks for this. IMDB doesn't have them listed.

Mind you, I'm still cranky that they aren't credited with the character name, but at least they are present. https://twitter.com/camcoyote/status/1200504810853634048