What species is Yoda anyway?

Author: JennyS1138
Date: 6-Dec-2005, 5:01 PM

Author: JennyS1138
Time: 6-Dec-2005 5:01 PM
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Does anyone find it weird that basically every single creature's species is identified except Yoda's? What the heck is he anyway? Did he have parents? Did they live to be 900? Maybe the midichlorians created him. Yoda needs a backstory damn it!

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Author: Nanner Split
Time: 6-Dec-2005 5:34 PM
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I think this was one of the things we were SUPPOSED to find out in the prequels.

Author: kev
Time: 6-Dec-2005 5:37 PM
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He's a Jim Henson muppet

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Author: Ell the Ewok
Time: 6-Dec-2005 5:37 PM
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Author: Wesyeed
Time: 6-Dec-2005 5:38 PM
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It was officially stated that he was half pig and frog wasn't it?

He big in nothing important in good elephant.

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Author: Ell the Ewok
Time: 6-Dec-2005 5:44 PM
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^^^
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Author: theredbaron
Time: 6-Dec-2005 5:53 PM
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This information is purposely censored in the Star War Databank, I'm sure of it. Just to maintain a bit of mystery around him.

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Author: Gaffer Tape
Time: 6-Dec-2005 6:20 PM
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I don't mind not knowing the origin of Yoda, especially since revealing the backstories of other characters have ruined the mystery to them. We'd probably find out Yoda was some test tube baby stolen by a bounty hunter and used to impregnate a droid, and that he was raised by Chewbacca, which would explain the good relations with the Wookiees I have, despite the fact that Yoda is several hundred years older than Chewbacca.

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Author: SilverWook
Time: 6-Dec-2005 8:09 PM
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Lucas was asked about this at the tenth anniversary con. He stated he didn't know what species Yoda is, but added that Mel Brooks thinks he's Yiddish.

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Author: sybeman
Time: 6-Dec-2005 10:01 PM
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When I was a kid, I always thought that he was human, or some other species that we had seen, and that it was the force that had kept him alive for 900 years. I mean, he still aged for those 900 years, but didn't die.

Then again, I thought the same thing of the emperor, that he looked the way he did because he was 250 years old or that.

Funny how the prequels changed all that.

Author: Kaal-Jhyy
Time: 6-Dec-2005 10:28 PM
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Not knowing the exact specie of Yoda is one of the last unexplained mysteries, and I like it that way!

It's just too bad that they included a character of the same species in the Jedi Council of TPM, it blow a little bit the mystery... For info, this character is named Yaddle, it's a female character, and supposed to be much younger than Yoda... quite weird...

Author: Adamwankenobi
Time: 7-Dec-2005 2:20 AM
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Lucas said in that AOL interview with Hayden that he never really had a backstory (Yoda's personal backstory that is), and intends it now to be left a mystery. Thogh when asks by a fan in the interview, he said "Well, I'd expect you to know more about him then I do," indicating that Lucas thinks the EU has already explained it.

Author: twister111
Time: 7-Dec-2005 2:40 AM
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Lucas said in that AOL interview with Hayden that he never really had a backstory (Yoda's personal backstory that is), and intends it now to be left a mystery. Thogh when asks by a fan in the interview, he said "Well, I'd expect you to know more about him then I do," indicating that Lucas thinks the EU has already explained it.

No, he said that because, the guy that asked that named himself Yoda43015. He also, says in there "To be really honest with you. I never really figured out his history or, what species he is. Doesn't even have a name. Mabye it's somewhere but, I don't know where it is. So, he's a mystery character. He's a magical character, he comes and, goes. Uh, he's the subversive, secret, mysterious stranger. That enters the film and, exits at the end." So, he just didn't spend anytime trying to figure out his backstory.

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Author: Adamwankenobi
Time: 7-Dec-2005 3:20 AM
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Well, yeah, that's what I meant. I assumed he thought the Yoda guy had read EU, and that the EU had come it with it already or something.

Author: Anchorhead
Time: 7-Dec-2005 9:59 AM
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Originally posted by: Ell the Ewok
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Author: Cable-X1
Time: 7-Dec-2005 10:19 AM
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I think this attitude pretty much shows that Lucas has no respect for his own creations. He seems to be concerned with some stuff and is rather blase with other stuff. CGI over story or character development...that sort of thing.

Lucas is insane. Simple enough explanation to me.

Author: Gaffer Tape
Time: 7-Dec-2005 10:24 AM
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Like I said, I think Yoda's perfectly fine without backstory. Just think if we had to spend a prequel trying to explain where Yoda came from. There's enough needless exposition going on there as it is without that dragging it down. It just would have turned out horribly, and given us one more thing to complain about because we didn't agree where George was going/thought it ruined the character. Yoda is Yoda. That's all he needs to be. I've never cared what he is or where he comes from. The character stands on its own without any need for expository information.

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Author: maddog00
Time: 7-Dec-2005 1:14 PM
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Even in the RPGs there's no mention of anything.

Guess its forever a mystery...or until George dies and whoever gets the rights makes something up.

Author: Fat Jedi
Time: 28-Dec-2005 7:13 PM
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If you look at some of the crowd scenes in ep.1 there are a few Yoda looka likes. I think I say a pink she Yoda and then another midget like Yoda. I only saw Ep.1 once because of how $hitty it was but I remember the characters. Maybe it was the pod race scene.

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Author: themessiah
Time: 28-Dec-2005 7:27 PM
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Originally posted by: kev
He's a Jim Henson muppet

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Author: Adamwankenobi
Time: 28-Dec-2005 7:45 PM
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He's a Whill.

Author: gethedgical
Time: 29-Dec-2005 2:46 AM
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I kind of like the idea that Lucas mentioned, that he's sort of this mysterious stranger that comes and goes...much like the Istari (wizards like Gandalf and Radagast and Saruman) in Lord of the Rings...

Too bad that sort of good idea gets lost in all of the proverbial Star Wars muck at this point.

Author: Killbot
Time: 29-Dec-2005 3:27 AM
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Hi guys. Practically my first post here. I believe I posted once, a few months back...
Anyhoo, at the end of Phantom Menace, isn't there a freakish looking dude standing around near yoda, who's short, with very yoda-esque ears, but he's caucasian-flesh colored, as opposed to green? I remember thinking in the theater, dear god, is that supposed to be another member of Yoda's race? Well, how about it?

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Author: Fat Jedi
Time: 29-Dec-2005 6:04 PM
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Originally posted by: Killbot
Hi guys. Practically my first post here. I believe I posted once, a few months back...
Anyhoo, at the end of Phantom Menace, isn't there a freakish looking dude standing around near yoda, who's short, with very yoda-esque ears, but he's caucasian-flesh colored, as opposed to green? I remember thinking in the theater, dear god, is that supposed to be another member of Yoda's race? Well, how about it?

Yeah, thats what I was talking about.

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Author: Killbot
Time: 30-Dec-2005 3:17 AM
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Sure enough, Fatjedi, you already mentioned that. Sorry for the redundancy!!

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