The people seem to like what Ben Mornin fashioned, with the comments beneath his Instagram post suggesting that it’s an aesthetic that “Star Wars” fans, or at least some subset of them, would enjoy for the franchise to adopt. Since the typical “Star Wars” protagonist has the same number of parents as the typical Pixar protagonist, there’s already a built-in understanding of what fans would be in for anyway.
The “Star Wars” franchise is no stranger to animation, with its oldest entries, the 2D-animated “Star Wars: Droids” and “Ewoks,” released in 1985. While the more lifelike “Star Wars: Visions” and “Star Wars Resistance” still resemble cartoons, the computer-animated “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “Star Wars Rebels,” “Star Wars: The Bad Batch,” and “Tales of the Jedi” are closer in line with Pixar’s style, although the character models are approximately human in proportion.
Finally, in 2023, Lucasfilm released “Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures,” a children’s television program in a style not dissimilar to Mornin’s. Given how the series was announced in 2022 and released the same day that Mornin dropped his Pixar-inspired “Star Wars” images, it’s not impossible that he found inspiration in the story of Kai Brightstar (Jamaal Avery Jr.). Meanwhile, “Young Jedi Adventures” is enjoying a strong viewership, so maybe we’ll see more Pixar-adjacent “Star Wars” stories soon.
