Frank Oz On How Yoda Speaks (Star Wars Weekends 2015)

James Arnold Taylor interviews Frank Oz as part of Star Wars Weekends 2015 in Disney's Hollywood Studios

[@gypsy4659]

Frank's so into it. He explains it like Yoda's a real person. He's so beautiful. Respect!!

[@EmilyKresl]

Frank Oz is so underrated. From Yoda to Grover and Miss Piggy he truly understands how to create a character you can love. Fun fact he also directed "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, " which in itself is a gem. You can never go wrong with Michael Caine and Steve Martin:)

[@TJDash]

Never realised the connection till now, voices sounds of the same person, woah.

[@tysargent9647]

And no one can ever forget his chemistry with the late, great Jim Henson.

[@EmilyKresl]

@@TJDash he's also Fozzie Bear 🤣

[@EmilyKresl]

@@tysargent9647 for sure, they were soulmates who complimented each other's muppetry

[@tysargent9647]

@@EmilyKresl And each other's personalities. Jim was usually the playful troll compared to Frank's straight man.

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

Even if it doesn’t seem to fit with any continuity, I’ll happily accept frank Oz’s interpretation of “Yoda talk” as head canon! It hints of a era of Jedi era That I don’t think has ever quite been shown but is interesting to imagine. A time of conversing in riddles and bemusing philosophy spoken around non Jedi peers to invoke more space wizard vibes than usual. Makes me think of the mystics from dark crystal.

[@danalawton2986]

I naturally speak like Yoda everyday, but not in English, I speak like Yoda in Japanese because in Japan, the verb most often comes at the end of the sentence also. Tomorrow to the Bank I will go.

[@AloutkaKazawa]

As Jedi were fashioned after samurai/monks in many respects, it makes even more sense, methink.

[@johnaquino7619]

I like the thought he put into that character development. :-) My room mate, on the other hand, thought what would be far more realistic is if Yoda talked normal for episodes I and II , only to suffer a change in speech pattern due to head trauma as a result of such a great fall which ended the fight with Palpatine. XD

[@benGman69]

1:04

[@samdixon2980]

Do the voice

[@tysargent9647]

I hear Frank always refuses requests to do the voices of his characters; he equates it to a parlor trick, and besides, there's more to a Muppet than merely their voice, it's also the personality and skill of the puppeteer.

[@EvilKaNegro]

That was a dope way to look at it.

[@vassa1972]

Great stuff

[@lamercussion]

Now i expect Jedi in the Acolyte to speak like this…

[@SickoTexas]

A like I must give to this video

[@grants5554]

very cool

[@chanansvarog1397]

The thankful run legally move because fan surely list inside a well-to-do tent. infamous, faint fair hardhat

[@johnverley388]

he did not do yoda

[@DensilGrant]

People do know this is fiction right