In the words of Austin Powers: “Yeah, baby, yeah!” Since the birth of cinema, mainstream filmmakers, acclaimed auteurs and European enfants terribles alike have understood the big-screen potential of newborn life. It’s no wonder films starring babies span every categorization and sometimes seem like a subgenre all their own. This month saw the big-screen debut of Din Grogu, known far and wide as Baby Yoda, in Jon Favreau’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.