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Yoda

Star Wars character

Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back

First The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

appearance

Created by George Lucas

Frank Oz (Episodes I–III, V–IX, Star

Voiced by
Tours, Rebels)
Tom Kane (The Clone Wars film and TV

series, Star Wars Forces of Destiny and various

 games)

show
Other:

Performed by Frank Oz (lead puppeteer, Episodes I, V–VI, VIII)

show
Other:

In-universe information

Full name Yoda

Species Unknown

Gender Male

Title Jedi Master (Episodes I–VI)

Member of the Jedi High Council (Episode I)

Master of the Jedi High Council (Episodes II–III)

General in the Grand Army of the Republic

(Episodes II–III)

Occupation Jedi Master

Affiliation Jedi Order

Galactic Republic

Yoda (/ˈjoʊdə/) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, first appearing in

the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back. He is a small, green humanoid alien who is
powerful with the Force. In his first appearance in the original trilogy, Yoda is
described as the Jedi master of Obi-Wan Kenobi and subsequently trains Luke
Skywalker to use the Force. The character reappears in Return of the Jedi where
he reveals his age to be 900. Yoda has become iconic in popular culture due to
his distinct pattern of speech and role as an old, wise mentor.
In the prequel trilogy, set a generation before the original trilogy, Yoda is among
the most powerful members of the Jedi Order and a general of clone
troopers during the Clone Wars. He also trains all Jedi children, before they are
assigned a Jedi master. Yoda appears again in the sequel trilogy, advising an older
Luke and empowering Rey to face a revived Emperor Palpatine, along with other
past Jedi.

Contents

 1Concept and creation

o 1.1Character overview
 o 1.2Other members of species
 2Appearances
o 2.1Skywalker saga
o 2.2Animated series
o 2.3Canon media
o 2.4Legends
 3In popular culture
o 3.1Merchandising
 4Relationships
o 4.1Mentorship tree
 5See also
 6References
 7External links

Concept and creation

Frank Oz provided Yoda's voice in each film and performed as lead puppeteer in
the original trilogy, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Star Wars:
The Last Jedi, as well as appearing for a vocal cameo in Star Wars: The Rise of
Skywalker. For some walking scenes in The Empire Strikes Back and The
Phantom Menace, dwarf actors Deep Roy and Warwick Davis appeared in
costume as Yoda (though neither was credited). While Frank Oz served as the
primary performer, over the years, he had been assisted by a multitude of other
puppeteers, including:[5] Kathryn Mullen (Ep. V), Wendy Froud (Ep. V), David
Barclay (Ep. V-VI), Mike Quinn (Ep. VI), David Greenaway (Ep. I & VI), Don
Austen (Ep. I), Kathy Smee (Ep. I), Dave Chapman (Ep. VIII), Damian Farrell (Ep.
VIII), and Colin Purves (Ep. VIII). For the radio dramatizations of The Empire
Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Yoda was voiced by John Lithgow, while Tom
Kane voiced him in the Clone Wars animated series, several video games, and the
series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
The make-up artist Stuart Freeborn based Yoda's face partly on his own and partly
on Albert Einstein's.[6][7][8][9] In The Phantom Menace, he was redesigned to look
younger. He was computer-generated for two distant shots, but remained mostly a
puppet.[10] The puppet was re-designed by Nick Dudman from Stuart Freeborn's
original design.
Rendered with computer animation in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the
Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Yoda appeared in ways
not previously possible, including his participation in elaborate fight scenes.
In Revenge of the Sith, his face appears in several big close-ups, demanding
highly detailed CGI work. His performance was deliberately designed to be
consistent with the limitations of the puppet version, with some "mistakes" made
such as the occasional ear-jiggling.[citation needed] Rob Coleman was responsible for the
character's new incarnation to the series.
Yoda was recreated in CGI for the 2011 Blu-ray release of The Phantom Menace.
[11]
 A clip of the new CG Yoda from The Phantom Menace was first seen in the
featurette The Chosen One, included in the 2005 DVD release of Revenge of the
Sith.[12] The 2012 theatrical 3D release of The Phantom Menace also features the
CG version of Yoda.
George Lucas stated he originally had Obi-Wan training Luke, but decided that
wouldn't make sense to have him standing around watching Luke do all the fighting
in the films and not help him, so he killed him off in the first film. He then created a
new character, Yoda, to have someone train Luke. [13]
Character overview
Jedi Master Yoda is amongst the oldest, most stoic and most powerful
known Jedi Masters in the Star Wars universe. Series creator George Lucas opted
to have many details of the character's life history remain unknown.
Yoda's race and home world have not been named in any official
media, canonical or otherwise, and he is merely said to be of a "species unknown"
by the Star Wars Databank. Yoda's characteristic speech patterns were conceived
by Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan, and developed by Oz.
[14]
 Academic syntacticians have found them somewhat inconsistent, but have
extrapolated that they possess object–subject–verb word order,[15] making
them anastrophic.
The films and Expanded Universe reveal that Yoda had a hand in training almost
every Jedi Master in the galaxy. In the Star Wars prequel films, he instructs several
younglings in the Jedi Temple before they are assigned to a master. In The Empire
Strikes Back he mentions that he had been training Jedi "for 800 years", which
means he must have been a Master Jedi for quite some time before that.
Other members of species
Two other members of Yoda's unnamed alien species are known in current Star
Wars canon: Yaddle (who appears as a background female character in the
prequel trilogy film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace as a Jedi master)
and the character in The Mandalorian known as "The Child" (called "Baby Yoda"
by fans and media). Their respective relation (if any) to Yoda is unknown. Very little
is known about Yoda's alien species, though all three are powerful in The Force, [16]
[17]
 suggesting it is a shared characteristic of the species.

Appearances
Skywalker saga
Main article: Skywalker saga
Original trilogy
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Yoda makes his first film appearance in The Empire Strikes Back. Luke Skywalker
(Mark Hamill) arrives on Dagobah to seek his guidance, having been instructed to
do so by the Force ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), who describes him
as "the Jedi Master who instructed me".
Yoda does not initially identify himself to Luke and instead tests his patience by
presenting himself as a comical backwater individual, deliberately provoking both
Luke and R2-D2 (Kenny Baker). Luke is shocked when he finally discovers that
this small, eccentric creature is the powerful Jedi Master he was seeking. Finding
that Luke has the same anger and recklessness which caused his father's
downfall, Yoda is reluctant to teach him the ways of the Force, and agrees only at
Obi-Wan's behest. Before finishing his training, however, Luke chooses to leave
Dagobah in order to confront Darth Vader (portrayed by David Prowse, voiced
by James Earl Jones) and save his friends on Bespin. Yoda and Obi-Wan warn
him that he is not ready to face Vader and is being lured into a trap, but Luke
leaves anyway, promising to return. When Obi-Wan laments that Luke is their "last
hope," Yoda reminds him that "there is another".
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Yoda makes a brief appearance in Return of the Jedi, set a year after The Empire
Strikes Back. Yoda, now sick and frail, informs Luke that he has completed his
training but will not be a Jedi until he confronts Darth Vader; he also confirms that
Vader is Luke's father, something Vader had told Luke in the previous film. Yoda
then peacefully dies at the age of 900, his body disappearing as he becomes "one
with the Force". He leaves Luke with the knowledge that "there is another
Skywalker". Moments later, Obi-Wan's ghost helps Luke come to the realization
that the "other" of whom Yoda spoke is Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), who is his
twin sister.
In the film's final scene, after the Empire has been defeated, Luke sees Yoda's
spirit looking upon him with pride, alongside Obi-Wan and the redeemed Anakin
Skywalker (Sebastian Shaw in the original version of the film, Hayden
Christensen in the 2004 DVD release), Vader's former Jedi self.[18]
Prequel trilogy
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Yoda returns as a younger version of himself in the prequel trilogy beginning
with The Phantom Menace. The film marked the final time Oz would portray the
character as a puppet, until the release of The Last Jedi (2017).[19] However, in the
2011 Blu-ray release of The Phantom Menace, the Yoda puppet was replaced by a
CGI character to match the later depiction of the character. In the film, which is set
35 years before The Empire Strikes Back, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam
Neeson) brings the young Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd) to the Jedi Council. Qui-
Gon is convinced that Anakin is the "Chosen One" of Jedi prophecy who will bring
balance to the Force, and requests the boy be trained as a Jedi. Yoda senses
great fear in Anakin, especially in regards to his attachment to his
mother Shmi (Pernilla August), and foresees "grave danger" in his training. The
Council, led at the time by Yoda's former padawan Mace Windu (Samuel L.
Jackson), rejects Qui-Gon's request.
When Qui-Gon is mortally wounded in a duel with Sith Lord Darth Maul (played
by Ray Park and voiced by Peter Serafinowicz), his dying request to his
Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is that Anakin be trained as a Jedi.
Obi-Wan, determined to fulfill his promise to his master, tells Yoda that he will train
the boy, even without the Council's approval. Yoda makes Obi-Wan a Jedi Knight,
and reluctantly gives his blessing to Anakin's training. [20]
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

Yoda's CGI appearance in Attack of the Clones

Yoda makes his first CGI appearance in Attack of the Clones, set a decade
after The Phantom Menace. Yoda, now in direct control of the Order's policy as
Master of the High Council in addition to his traditional position as Grandmaster, is
one of the many Jedi who are concerned about the emergence of the Confederacy
of Independent Systems, a secessionist movement wanting independence from
the Galactic Republic. After the first attempted assassination of Senator Padmé
Amidala (Natalie Portman), Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) suggests that
she be put under the protection of Obi-Wan, who is training Anakin (now played
by Hayden Christensen). In a deleted scene, a meditating Yoda senses Anakin
slaughtering the Tusken Raiders who murdered his mother.
At the climax of the film, Yoda arrives in time to save Obi-Wan and Anakin from the
Separatists and defeats his former apprentice, Count Dooku (Christopher Lee), the
Separatists’ leader and a Sith lord, in a lightsaber duel.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
In Revenge of the Sith, Yoda leads the Jedi Council in pursuing the mysterious Sith
Lord Darth Sidious. Palpatine has by now amassed near-dictatorial emergency
powers, and begins interfering in Jedi affairs by appointing Anakin as his personal
representative on the Council. The Council grants Anakin a Council seat, but
denies him the rank of Master, feeling that doing so would amount to giving
Palpatine a vote in the Council. Additionally, they order him to spy on Palpatine,
whom Anakin considers a friend and mentor.
Anakin seeks Yoda's counsel about his prophetic visions that someone close to
him will die. Yoda, unaware that the person Anakin speaks of is Padmé, or that she
is Anakin's wife and pregnant with his child, tells him to "train yourself to let go of
everything that you fear to lose". Unsatisfied, Anakin turns to Palpatine, who then
reveals himself as Darth Sidious. Palpatine manipulates the young Jedi into
becoming his Sith apprentice, Darth Vader, with the promise that the dark side of
the Force holds the power to save Padmé from dying in childbirth.
Palpatine later transforms the Republic into the tyrannical Galactic Empire,
proclaiming himself emperor for life, and orders the clone troopers to kill their Jedi
generals. At this time, Yoda is on Kashyyyk, overseeing the battle between the
Separatist forces and a combined command of clone troopers and Wookiees.
Through the Force, Yoda feels the deaths of each of the Jedi as they
are assassinated by their own troops. After swiftly killing the clone troopers
instructed to kill him, he escapes with Wookiee leaders Tarfful (Michael Kingma)
and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), and returns to Coruscant, where he and Obi-
Wan fight their way into the Jedi Temple to stop a trap for all surviving Jedi. Inside,
they discover that all the Jedi inside, younglings included, have been slaughtered.
They then discover a holographic recording, revealing Vader as the assassin. Yoda
decides to face Palpatine, sending Obi-Wan to kill Vader. When Obi-Wan protests,
Yoda tells him that the Anakin he knew no longer exists, having been "consumed
by Darth Vader".
Subsequently, Yoda battles Palpatine in a lightsaber duel that wrecks the Senate
Rotunda. In the end, neither is able to overcome the other and Yoda is forced to
retreat. He goes into exile on Dagobah so that he may hide from the Empire and
wait for another opportunity to destroy the Sith. At the end of the film, it is revealed
that Yoda has been in contact with Qui-Gon's spirit, learning the secret
of immortality from him and passing it on to Obi-Wan.
Yoda is also instrumental in deciding the fate of the Skywalker children after
Padmé dies in childbirth, recommending that Luke and Leia be hidden from Vader
and Palpatine; he sends Leia to be adopted by Senator Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits)
of Alderaan, and Luke to Vader's stepfamily Owen (Joel Edgerton) and Beru
Lars (Bonnie Piesse) on Tatooine. Other than the ancient Jedi Master, only
the Organas, the Lars family, R2-D2 and Obi-Wan know of their true identities. [21]
Sequel trilogy
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
In The Force Awakens, set 30 years after Yoda's death in Return of the Jedi,
Yoda's voice is heard by the young scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley) in a Force vision
after she discovers Luke Skywalker's under a castle owned by Maz Kanata (Lupita
Nyong'o).[22]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Yoda appears to Luke as a Force spirit as Luke
debates whether to burn down the tree storing the Sacred Texts of the Jedi. [23] As
Luke makes his way to the tree, Yoda appears behind him and reminds him that a
Jedi must always be sure of his path. When Luke decides against burning down
the tree and destroying the texts, Yoda summons a lightning bolt down upon the
tree, setting it ablaze. When confronting Yoda as to why he did it, Yoda assures
Luke that the books contained no knowledge that Rey already possessed, teaching
Luke that true Jedi knowledge is not found in books, but within Jedi themselves,
and it is their responsibility to pass that knowledge on. As Luke takes in the
message, he sits with Yoda and shares a quiet moment with his former master.
Unlike in the prequels, where fight scenes necessitated the character be rendered
in with computer-generated imagery, Yoda is once more portrayed using puppetry.
[24]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Yoda appeared in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker via voice-over, as one of the
voices of Jedi past who speak to Rey during her battle against Emperor Palpatine.
[25]

Animated series
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
Yoda appears in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, voiced by Tom Kane. In the prequel
film Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Yoda assigns Anakin Skywalker (voiced by Matt
Lanter) his own Padawan, Ahsoka Tano (voiced by Ashley Eckstein), as he
believes that she will help Anakin grow as a Jedi and as a person. Throughout
most of the series, Yoda spends his time on Coruscant with the Jedi Council, but
he occasionally leaves for certain tasks, such as negotiations with King Katuunko
(voiced by Brian George) on Rugosa, and a confrontation with Asajj Ventress'
(voiced by Grey DeLisle) droid army. Yoda also watches over Anakin and Ahsoka
throughout the series, pleased that they are both maturing due to each other's
influence. However, in the final arc of season five, Ahsoka is framed for a crime
she didn't commit, and Yoda and the Jedi Council expel her and turn her over to
the Republic military. Along with other members of the Council, Yoda observes
Ahsoka's trial, but Anakin bursts in with the true culprit, fallen Jedi Barriss Offee
(voiced by Meredith Salenger), before the verdict can be read. Afterwards Yoda,
Anakin and the Council personally invite Ahsoka to rejoin the Order, but she
refuses and leaves. According to show runner Dave Filoni, Yoda blames himself
for Ahsoka's departure, as he had made her Anakin's padawan in the first place.
In the final arc of the sixth season, Yoda hears Qui-Gon Jinn speaking to him from
beyond the grave. Yoda flees the Jedi Temple with R2-D2 to travel to Dagobah, his
future home, to find answers. Shown cryptic visions of the fall of the Jedi, Yoda
learns he has been "chosen" to learn how to manifest his consciousness after
death as a Force ghost. Yoda is tested by a group of spirit priestesses in order to
overcome trials and temptations on his pilgrimage; one of these tests is to face an
illusion of ancient Sith lord Darth Bane (voiced by Mark Hamill). Yoda's final test is
to resist an attempt by Darth Sidious and Dooku to lure him to the dark side with a
false vision of deceased Jedi Master Sifo Dyas. Yoda engages in a metaphysical
battle with Sidious, and appears to sacrifice his life in order to save Anakin's – only
to awaken and discover that the battle was merely a vision, and that he has passed
the test. The priestesses inform Yoda that his training will resume in time.
Star Wars Rebels (2014)
Yoda was heard in the Star Wars Rebels episode "Path of the Jedi" with Frank Oz
reprising the role for the first time since Revenge of the Sith.[26] He communicates
with Padawan Ezra Bridger and his master Kanan Jarrus during their experience in
an ancient temple on Lothal, and helps the pair do some soul-searching to analyze
their true motivations. He appears physically for the first time, in the season 2
episode "Shroud of Darkness", in which he tells Ezra he should find Malachor and
reunites with Ahsoka after nearly 20 years.
Canon media
Yoda appears in canon books and other media, including Dooku: Jedi
Lost and Master & Apprentice, which take place before The Phantom Menace. In
some of these works, he is referred to as the "Grand Master of the Jedi Order". He
is set to appear in the upcoming The High Republic Adventures.[27]
Legends
With the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company, most of the
licensed Star Wars novels and comics produced since the originating 1977
film Star Wars were rebranded as Star Wars Legends and declared non-canon to
the franchise in April 2014.[28][29][30]
Clone Wars (2003)
Yoda appears in the 2003 Cartoon Network animated television series Star Wars:
Clone Wars, voiced by Tom Kane. In the show, Yoda is made a general, like many
of the Jedi Knights and Masters. Yoda escorts Padmé on their journey to an
unspecified planet, but Yoda senses several Jedi in distress on Ilum. Using
the Jedi mind trick to convince Captain Typho to take them to Ilum, Yoda saves
two Jedi Knights and finds a message from Count Dooku giving orders to destroy
the Jedi Temple on Ilum. In the animated series' final episode, Yoda fights side by
side with Mace Windu to defend Coruscant, which is under attack from the
Separatists. The two Jedi Masters realize too late that the battle is a distraction;
Separatist leader General Grievous truly intends to kidnap Palpatine. The Jedi
Master's effort to stop Grievous fails, and Palpatine is taken hostage, thus setting
the stage for Revenge of the Sith.
Comics
Main article: Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
Yoda is a supporting character in Dark Horse Comics' Clone Wars tie-in comic
books.

In popular culture
In 2007, Yoda was selected by Empire magazine as the "25th greatest movie
character of all time".[31] On their list of the 100 Greatest Fictional Characters,
Fandomania.com ranked Yoda at number 60.[32]
Yoda also appears in Disney's Star Tours: The Adventures Continue attraction,
where he is voiced by his original voice actor, Frank Oz.[33]
A life-size statue of Yoda greets visitors to Lucasfilm's Letterman Digital Arts
Center in San Francisco's Presidio, the headquarters of Industrial Light and Magic.
American musician and parody artist "Weird Al" Yankovic used the character as
inspiration for a parody of The Kinks' "Lola", in a song entitled "Yoda."
Linguistics professor David Ager from Queen Mary University of London says
Yoda's language most closely resembles the Hawaiian language.[34]
In 2017, a photoshopped image of Yoda seated next to King Faisal at the signing
of the Charter of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945 was inadvertently
printed in a social studies textbook. The textbook was withdrawn once the error
was discovered.[35][36]
In 2019, discount store Poundland used the voice of Yoda at its self-service
checkouts in stores across the United Kingdom.[37]
Merchandising
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 TomTom has included a "Yoda" voice as one of the

Celebrity GPS voicings in their "Star Wars" voice
series.[38]
Lego

 Lego's Yoda minifigure was the first of their figures to

be shorter than the other toys in the Lego  Star
Wars line; it has shorter legs than the other action
figures.[39] Yoda appears in a television series based on
the Lego  Star Wars toys, created by the Lego
company, among them Lego Star Wars: The Yoda
Chronicles, Lego Star Wars: The Padawan
Menace, Star Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles,
and Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales.

Relationships
Mentorship tree
Main article: Jedi
hideJedi Order master-apprentice relationship

Yoda
 Mace
Younglings Count Dooku
Windu

Depa
Qui-Gon Jinn
Billaba

Obi-Wan Kanan
Kenobi Jarrus

Anakin Luke Ezra

Skywalker Skywalker Bridger

Ahsoka Tano Ben Solo Leia Organa

Rey

See also
 Yoda conditions – a style of writing conditionals in
computer programming languages

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 Yoda on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki
 Yoda on IMDb
 Yoda title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction
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