Yoda

Yoda
Star Wars character
Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
First appearance	The Empire Strikes Back
Created by	George Lucas
Voiced by	Frank Oz [a]  Tom Kane [b]  John Lithgow [c]  Peter McConnell [d]  Piotr Michael [e]  Tony Pope [f]
Performed by	Frank Oz
In-universe information
Full name	Yoda
Species	Unknown [6]
Gender	Male
Occupation	Jedi Master  Jedi Grand Master  Jedi General
Affiliation	Jedi Order
Apprentices	Count Dooku  Obi-Wan Kenobi  Luke Skywalker

Yoda (/ˈjoʊdə/) is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He is a small, green humanoid alien who is powerful with The Force. He first appeared in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back, in which he is voiced and puppeteered by Frank Oz, who reprised the role in Return of the Jedi (1983), the prequel trilogy, the sequel trilogy, and the animated series Star Wars Rebels. Other actors who voice Yoda are Tom Kane, Piotr Michael, John Lithgow, Tony Pope and Peter McConnell. In addition to films and television series, Yoda appears in comics, novels, video games and commercials.

In the original trilogy, Yoda lives in solitude on the swamp planet Dagobah. He is introduced as a former mentor of Obi-Wan Kenobi, and he trains Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Force until his death at the age of 900. In the prequel films, Yoda leads the Jedi High Council and trains young Jedi until they are assigned to a master. When the Clone Wars break out, he becomes a general in the army of the Republic and leads several legions of clone troopers. Yoda is one of the few Jedi to survive the events of Order 66 at the end of the war, when he battles Darth Sidious and is forced to go into hiding. Yoda's Force spirit appears again in the sequel trilogy, advising an older Luke on his training of Rey.

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