Overview
- Lucasfilm released The Gingerbread Death Star Crumbles on the Star Wars Kids YouTube channel as the first Star Wars Minis installment.
- The short reimagines the A New Hope trench run with cookie-style ships and characters while using original film audio.
- An ILM behind-the-scenes featurette frames Minis as artist-driven explorations of classic moments using handcrafted materials and studio tech.
- The team scanned real cookies for 3D references, handpiped icing details, and built the short with Unreal Engine 5, with Landis Fields leading the effort.
- Lucasfilm confirms additional Minis for 2026, including a teased yarn vignette featuring Din Djarin and Grogu.