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George Lucas says Yoda talks like that so "12-year-olds" will pay attention
Lucas fielded this query at the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival, where Empire was getting an anniversary screening. His answer, basically, is that audiences, and especially children, are too dumb to understand Yoda’s deep wisdom if you just say it normal-style.
The 80-year-old “Star Wars” creator spoke at the 45th anniversary screening of “The Empire Strikes Back” at the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival on Thursday and explained why Yoda talks ...
Speak rather strangely, our favourite Star Wars character, Yoda, does. Ahem… sorry. If you’ve ever watched the Star Wars ...
And sooner or later, one of them is: “Why does Yoda talk like that?” Since his debut in Empire Strikes Back, the old Jedi Master has spoken backwards—”How are you doing?” for anyone ...
Yoda is one of the most cherished extraterrestrial characters in movie history, and part of that has to do with the peculiar way in which he speaks. “The greatest teacher, failure is,” “Much ...
Star Wars creator George Lucas has finally explained the long-running mystery as to why Jedi Master Yoda speaks the way he does. First appearing in the 1980 sequel Star Wars: The Empire Strikes ...
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