astromech said:

As for the Yoda puppet, I think this is probably more alive and expressive than the CGI (and PT puppet) efforts made in the PT...whilst the CGI model is technologically superior, there's something about an actor actually reacting to something in front of him that makes the whole atmosphere work. Can you imagine Mark Hamill having to act to nothing as Ewan McGregor did in most of the PT? I'd reckon the whole Dagobah sequence would have come off really badly! I'd leave Yoda free of any cosmetic changes...

Now just quickly back to Jedi and Luke's green lightsaber...Remember, Luke lost his original saber and would have made a new one based on his mentor's one - since he had two mentors, perhaps he modelled the actual hilt on Obi-Wan's and took Yoda's green colour. After all, we don't know that Yoda didn't show him some saber skills during his time on Dagobah...

I was thinking about the Yoda puppet last night. I think that the ESB Yoda is nearly perfect, or perfect enough. The only thing I think needs to be "cantina-ed" is when Luke is running with Yoda on his back and its obviously just a doll. Some movement, especially when he's talking about the dark side would be great.

I might watch ESB today if I have the time and make my own list...