RicOlie_2 said:

Bingowings said:

RicOlie_2 said:

SilverWook said:

I think the visual disconnect results from trying to make him younger. It makes little sense for someone several centuries old to look significantly different over a mere thirty years. That, and they used silicone skin versus the latex skin of the original.

Or else they applied the same goofy rationale later used to justify "fixing" the "flaws" of the original Vader helmet design for ROTS.

But if you compare Ep. V Yoda with Ep. VI Yoda, there is a noticeable difference as well. Yoda looks pretty bad in ROTJ, so why not make him look younger in the prequels?

Because it's like making a 90yr old human look 45 because they are a year younger.

Maybe it's just me, but I never thought he looked that much younger in the prequels, aside from his extraordinary athletic abilities. He doesn't look as real because he's CG, but age-wise I don't think he looks that different.

I think there are some crossed wires here.

TPM Puppet Yoda was made to look much younger, which was indeed insane. When a creature lives the best part of a millenium, 20 years shouldn't look like 20 years. TPM CGI Yoda went the right route and 'tried' to make him look exactly the same age. I don't think anyone was saying CGI PT Yoda looked way too young.

However nothing wrong with ROTJ Yoda looking a little older than ESB Yoda as he is dying. I terminal illness kinda ages a person. Infact one of the puppets eyes wasn't properly working in ROTJ (It was very slightly lazy) but they decided to leave it that way to make Yoda look extra sick and feeble.