Yoda and Luke Skywalker in "The Star Wars Episode V - Empire Strikes Back" from 1980. (CNN) — Yoda is one of the most cherished extraterrestrial characters in movie history, and part of that has ...

George Lucas broke down the origins of Yoda’s “very distinctive way of talking” at a 45th anniversary screening of The Empire Strikes Back at the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival last week.