ORLANDO – Already reeling from the impact of Coronavirus, Disney’s ongoing contract talks with Baby Yoda may be the company’s most critical moment since it bribed Congress to change copyright laws. “Baby Yoda knows he is the face of Disney+, and he is demanding Mouse numbers as a consequence,” explained Sally Carrera, the legally-trained blue Porsche from Cars. “But the Dumbo in the room is Netflix.” Disney has the experience to develop franchise characters, but Netflix has the reach – and at $12/subscriber, the money – to match Baby Yoda’s ambitions.

“There’s a buzz in the Disney camp,” said Carrera, “With Netflix earning a higher corporate valuation in recent times, hanging on to the green child star is do-or-die.” Even Bob Iger, Disney’s departing CEO, has been unable to let it go: “We are fully committed to the direct-to-consumer segment, and we are prepared to meet all of Baby Yoda’s demands, including his insistence on being fully dissociated from the last two decades of Star Wars films.”