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Yoda is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe.
"Yoda" is Sanskrit for "warrior."
Warning: Plot details
follow.
Background
Yoda (896 BBY - 4 ABY), standing only
2 foot 1 inch (.66 meter), is arguably the most powerful Jedi Master in Star Wars and one of the senior members of the Jedi Council. In his career as a Jedi Master, Yoda has
trained several Jedi worth mentioning, including Count Dooku, Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi,
and Luke Skywalker. At the climax of the Battle of Geonosis, Yoda dueled Count Dooku and saved Obi-Wan Kenobi
and his Padawan, Anakin
Skywalker. Though seemingly frail on the outside, Yoda demonstrated the deftness and mastery of the Lightsaber that only a Jedi Master could possess. During the Jedi purge, Yoda escaped
to Dagobah where he awaited the arrival of the foretold Jedi savior, Luke Skywalker. When Luke arrived, Yoda agreed to teach him in the ways of
The Force. Prior to finishing his instruction, however, Luke chose to leave
Dagobah in order to confront Darth Vader and save his friends. Luke promised
to return to complete his training, but, upon his arrival, Yoda, greatly weakened by old age, informed Luke that he was a Jedi
and his training was complete. Yoda became one with The Force at the age of 900.
Yoda speaks English in a distinctive manner by placing verbs (and more frequently, auxiliary
verbs) after the object and subject. In linguistic
typology this is the "Object Subject Verb" format. An
example of Yoda's speech pattern, from Return of the Jedi:
When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not. The speech pattern has been the source of much parody
humor.
Bringing the character to life
Yoda is voiced by Frank Oz. In the original Star Wars trilogy, he was realized
as a Muppet. Rendered with computer animation in Attack of
the Clones, Yoda appeared in ways not previously possible, including his participation in an elaborate fight scene.
Related
Yoda's popularity is such that the comedy musician, "Weird Al"
Yankovic, parodied the song "Lola" by the Kinks with a version called "Yoda"
included on the album Dare to Be Stupid (June 1985).
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