Werner Herzog says he called The Mandalorian bosses "cowards" when they considered replacing the Baby Yoda puppet with CGI

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Herzog tells Vanity Fair when he saw The Mandalorian bosses Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni “removing the miniature creature from set during one of his scenes with the being,” he asked them why. He was told they were shooting a blank slate in case they needed to add a digital version of Baby Yoda in post-production. “You are cowards,” Herzog said he responded. “Leave it.” ALSO: What it's like to eat a Baby Yoda cake.