Finally, one of the biggest mysteries of the Star Wars saga has been solved. We finally know why the character of Yoda speaks in such a strange way. And the information is official, it is not just another theory, since it comes from George Lucas himself.
If the Star Wars universe still hides many mysteries, despite Despite the relentlessness of some to put forward theories, each one crazier than the last, there is one that has kept fans on tenterhooks since 1980. It was this year that The Empire Strikes Back was released and that the general public got to know one of the most endearing, but also most powerful, characters in the franchise.
How can we not remember Yoda, this little green character with pointy ears who teaches Luke Skywalker how to use the Force? But Yoda has a very strange peculiarity: he speaks backwards. And finally! It took 45 years after Yoda's appearance on the big screen to find out why.
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This is why Yoda speaks in such a unique way in the Star Wars films
“When you are 900 years old like me, you will be less fit”, “Always on the move is the future”... This is how Yoda likes to express himself when he takes the young Luke Skywalker under his wing to make him a Jedi. The reason for this mode of expression has always been a great mystery. Why can't one of the wisest and most intelligent characters in the franchise get his words in the right order? George Lucas, the creator of the Star Wars universe, has just shed some light on this strange question.
"Yoda had a very particular way of speaking. And that was on purpose, because if he spoke normally, people wouldn't listen much," explains George Lucas. But if he had an accent, or if it was really difficult to understand what he was saying, people would focus more on what he was saying.
And the director continued: "He was basically the philosopher of the film." "So he talked about all the things [about the Jedi and the Force] in long discussion scenes, where I had to find a way to get people to listen, especially 12-year-olds."
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George Lucas didn't believe in the character
In a 1983 documentary, George Lucas explains the genesis of the little green being. He says he had to find a replacement for Obi-Wan Kenobi, who died in Star Wars. Luke's training had barely begun In the first cinematographic work, the director had planned for it to continue in the sequel to the first film.
The idea of a small green being came to him then. However, the director was not very optimistic when creating the character, and his doubts persisted until filming. Why is that? Because he thought it would be a disaster to entrust such an important role to a puppet. But ultimately, the result lives up to all expectations, with the animation work having been entrusted to Frank Oz, the puppeteer of The Muppet Show.
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