Star Wars and Marvel are both owned by Disney and we have long spoken about some form of crossover (we still think Mace Windu could be hiding on earth as Nick Fury). In this week’s Empyre #0: Fantastic Four comic, The Child gets a direct namecheck.
The prelude to the upcoming Empyre event features the Fantastic Four family ending up on an alien planet after running out of gas. On the planet, an Elder of the Universe called the Profiteer runs a gladiator arena where Kree and Skrulls fight against each other. While the adults deal with the main mission, Franklin and Valeria Richards end up checking out the casino. It’s there, they use their powers to “break the bank” and come out with all of Casino Cosmico’s resources. The Fantastic Four make a deal to return the money in exchange for gas (and to free two children from the arena). But how exactly were the children allowed to gamble? They pulled the Baby Yoda excuse.
The Richards kids are uber-smart, so when they were denied at the door, Franklin claimed they were an alien race called the Valerians, and that like ‘The Child’ they were in fact much older than they appeared: “No, we’re Valerians, an ancient race that ages very slowly. We’re hundreds of years old.” The doorman buys it and when Valeria asks how, Franklin responds “Baby Yoda. If he can be fifty…”
Franklin’s reference to Baby Yoda might be the first time ‘The Child’ was namedropped by his nickname in a Disney property. But, what’s apparent is that even in the Marvel Comics Universe, Baby Yoda exists in some fashion. Considering the Fantastic Four comics are filled with plenty of space adventures, it’s not impossible the Richard’s might cross paths with the Star Wars Universe one day. But until then, this is a fun little Easter Egg.
We wonder what Star Wars character or event is next for a namecheck in the Marvel universe?
