‘Star Wars Minis’: First Teaser Gives Fans a Sweet Look at the Galaxy
Star Wars fans are in for a festive treat this holiday season. StarWars.com reports that a new short, “The Gingerbread Death Star Trench Run,” will premiere on Star Wars Kids this Tuesday. The clip reimagines the classic trench run from Star Wars: A New Hope using gingerbread cookies, featuring the Death Star, Darth Vader, and a fleet of X-wings made entirely from sweet treats.
The short was created by Industrial Light & Magic, with real-time principal creative Landis Fields leading the project. Fields shared with StarWars.com, “We all love to spread joy and inspire people to make things and to imagine things. If you look all the way back to Walt Disney and George Lucas…you’ll see that that is always at the root.”
Fields, a lifelong Star Wars fan, hopes the short will introduce young audiences to the saga while encouraging creativity. “The goal is for people to see the magic of these stories, but also to want to make a cool costume or to draw something or to do whatever it is that makes them happy,” he said.
The short also serves as a playful and artistic way to celebrate Star Wars’ legacy while inspiring kids to explore their own imagination.
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To make the gingerbread world feel real, Fields and the ILM team added small imperfections. They studied real cookies, hand-piped icing lines, and even used gumdrops as X-wing engines.
“As anybody who’s tried to put a gingerbread house together knows, it’s anything but perfect. You’re trying to glue something together with frosting. That’s part of the charm,” Fields explained. For the trench run, they designed candy explosions and even powdered sugar star effects to give it a whimsical feel.
The short is part of the larger Star Wars Minis series, which will include other creative interpretations of the galaxy, like a Mandalorian and Grogu made from yarn.
“No matter what the style, we always wanted for them to feel small. So whether it’s a gingerbread cookie, crocheted dolls, or even the Japanese Chibi-style, they feel like something that a kid would be playing with,” Fields said.
“The Gingerbread Death Star Trench Run” launches tomorrow on Star Wars Kids, and fans can expect more imaginative Star Wars Minis throughout 2026.
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