Ripplin said:
Anyone know why they didn't just do a digital Yoda for TPM in the first place?

Anyway, this is the ESB:R thread so, um...The Empire Strikes Back is one of my favorite movies! There, I said it!

Because Jarjar Binks was the first realistic digital actor to be inserted in a live action setting. So they were spending all their time and money on him. If you recall there was a CG yoda at the very end of TPM and it looks horrible. And it has been confirmed that they completely replaced Yoda in TPM, it was either Rick McCallum or John Knoll who confirmed it along with the fact that a future release of TPM would include the change. I think it was in an article on the official site shortly after ROTS hit DVD.