‘Gremlins’ director says ‘Baby Yoda is completely stolen’ from classic film

Joe Dante isn’t thinking of suing Disney and Lucasfilm. But he believes Gizmo, the fuzzy little star of his two “Gremlins” movies, has been, let’s say, an uncredited inspiration.
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