Originally posted by: JumpmanAbout matching Oz's performance, is not an excuse. Watch "From Puppet's to Pixels" and listen to the audio commentary of Episode II and Rob Coleman specifically states that after talking with Oz, the animators came to the realization that they technically could go beyond what Oz did, performance wise, but that would be a mistake. He wouldn't be Yoda. They purposely tried to match every move, every nuance that Oz did with that puppet, while "loosening" him up just a tad around the lips.
Jumping around and doing complicated flips like a Kung Fu master is so Original Trilogy Yoda.