When I was growing up, there was nothing my dad was into that had the same connection. 'One of the things that helped to inspire the book was thinking that, like me, there are so many people who grew up with Star Wars and they now have kids who are into it too. Google was fine with him taking off on his own to do the book – as were the higher-ups at Lucasfilm, the people behind Star Wars.īrown threw himself into imagining how staff on the Death Star might react to a bring-your-child-to-work day, or the practical parenting applications of the Force. By now, though, he was wedded to exploring the concept of Darth Vader taking an active role in raising his son. Oscar was four at the time and Brown says it seemed obvious that he should make Luke the same age: 'You know, to have him frustrating Darth Vader in the way that four-year-olds generally frustrate fathers …'īrown did some preliminary sketches for Google, but the company eventually decided to go with another idea. They were getting ready for Father's Day and wanted to do something with the idea of how awkward it would be for Darth Vader and Luke to get together at a holiday dinner.'

'I had a call from a friend who works at Google as one of its homepage designers – when they have a different image on the homepage, he is one of the guys who draws that image or helps to come up with the idea. Oscar, who is five-and-half, played a big part in the genesis of the book. 'Yeah, I don't think I could have done it before I had a child,' he says from his home in Chicago. We have spoken.Darth Vader and Son sees Vader desperately trying to be a dad in that way that many men will recognise, so the obvious question is, does Brown have children of his own? Look for The Mandalorian and Child in stores fall 2023. Fans of the show and fans of Jeffrey's earlier books are in for a real treat!' 'Like with Vader and Son and all of his subsequent and adorable titles, Jeffrey brings his signature style and smart sense of humor to the world of The Mandalorian, and the result is both heartfelt and hilarious. 'We are beyond thrilled to welcome Jeffrey Brown back into a galaxy far, far away,' says Michael Siglain, creative director, Lucasfilm Publishing. Especially when it comes to drawing IG droids, stormtroopers, rancors, and Boba Fett, of course!” 'Getting to construct my own take on Mando and Grogu is refreshingly fun, and the way their relationship mixes friendship and family is the kind of heartwarming feels I love to put in my work. I had no idea that someday I'd get to watch a show with 'Baby Yoda' - but I’ve enjoyed seeing Grogu become so much more than that,' Brown tells. “Years before the Mandalorian series premiered, someone asked me to draw Yoda as a baby, so I just drew him in a diaper.

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