As for Yoda’s fighting: For many people who were fans for 22 years prior, seeing Yoda as a wise old sage, it was not fitting to see him flipping around doing acrobatics. I think people would have been happy to see him fighting with force powers. But it really doesn’t make sense to have him limping with a cane one second, and then capable of massive physical feats the next. The issue isn’t really that he drew a lightsaber, but that in order to make him able to fight a human sized foe, Lucas needed to have him jumping and such.
Thanks for clearing that up, i’v thought about that myself how he’s limping with a cane, going all jump happy and then limping again… Oh Lucas why make things so complicated.