BarBar Jinkx said:
Wouldn't the original puppet not have deteriorated to the point where that would no longer be possible by now
No it's not, I saw it a few years ago at an exhibition... It's currently held in the LFL archives at Skywalker Ranch...
If I saw correctly, they replace the TPM puppet with the CG Yoda after AOTC...
Preferentially I prefer to see the puppet we all know and love in ESB:R BUT with Ady's emoting tweaks... 25 years is a long time and facial changes do occur (I mean look at someone's pic from 25 years ago and of course you'll see plenty of facial changes). Not to mention he's been in the middle of no where waiting for Luke on a planet where cosmetic resources are non-existant... I say keep the og puppet but Ady can totally tweak it and make it emote making it look great which I know he's already done with certain clips he posted:
