The ONLY Time Yoda Turned to the Dark Side - Star Wars Explained

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[@AFterMath-ld1vr]

Dark Yoda: “Give me my..Rose!!” Shook Dooku: “Shhhht you can have it! Say less, I got yo Rose in my pocket right now😰😨!”

[@sheeeit7730]

Sheeeeeeeeit boy. Here's your damn rose.

[@BradBrown95]

😂

[@shkotayd9749]

That was kind of frightening actually. Had Yoda turned to the dark side when Order 66 was unleashed, we would have seen what Sauron in LOTR desired to become. But not just endless master of the world, but that of the galaxy. That he SO far exceeded even Sidious at his most powerful in the dark.....yikes. Dooku was not a man to fear generally anything either.

[@avarycepierce6296]

It would be a marvelous sight to see.

[@jamesdean2064]

I don't think Yoda had it in him to turn unless another maybe a brother or cousin probably

[@jamesdean2064]

Or they just don't

[@jamesdean2064]

Unless he was really done wrong and chose the Darksiders to help him

[@ragibmahfuz5241]

@@avarycepierce6296 funny to think that all darksiders use their full power, while Yoda barely taps into his power because of the jedi code, his trust in the force to not go ape shit against sidious is far beyond me.

[@lonestarwolfentertainment7184]

Yoda tapping into the Dark Side for just a few seconds had Dooku fully convinced that the entire Universe was in danger…

[@LawfulBased]

Dooku thought Yoda might find release or content in the dark side. But I think instead he became impatient and crazed. 😈

[@shawnkieper3142]

I choose to believe that Yoda has an intimate relationship with the dark side, therefore he chooses the light! Yoda is so powerful with the force that he easily changes from the light to the dark back to the light to prove to dooku where the true power is.

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Dark Rendezvous is perhaps the best Clone Wars era novel. Never before, or after, is Yoda or Dooku written so well and to character. No other novel really puts home how much Dooku's departure from the Jedi was a big deal, and how big of a score it was for Sidious to recruit Dooku as Yoda says "The most powerful Dooku was. The most learned, the most knowledgeable. Our greatest student, our greatest failure." It is only novel that explains clearly why Yoda broke centuries of tradition, and his own 300 year old personal rule, that the Grand Master does not take a padawan. Yoda felt he was the only one capable of training such a powerful and gifted student. It more than anything underlines the twin failures of Dooku and Anakin, because the Jedi made the same mistake TWICE with their most gifted students.

[@robpolaris7272]

Imagine if Yoda trained Anakin from birth

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

​@@robpolaris7272Well he trained Luke. Close enough. Although not from birth. But apparently 15 minutes of training & he was stronger than Vader 🤣

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

@@ModernDayRenaissanceMan Luke was never stronger than Vader as of the OT. In ESB, he gets shit on. As of ROTJ, it’s only after a lengthy time spent training that he’s even at that Knight level. He really only even beats Vader at the end by not only giving into the Dark Side, but by Vader not even fully intending on killing Luke (or at least feeling conflicted and not fully present with one direction). Luke is powerful as of the end of ROTJ, but is nowhere near Grandmaster level, and had also trained much more than just on Dagobah in ESB

[@ThoraxetheImpaile100]

Dooku: Join the Dark Side, Yoda. Yoda: Careful what you wish for, you should be.

[@ttvkyberwolf6659]

I like the way Maul taught Ezra about how emotion and passion fuels the dark side, and the way Ezra learned that your family and connection to them can be your safe place and tether to the light, instead of being a path to the dark. I agree with Yoda’s point about being content and grateful, and I agree with Dooku’s point that the “dark side” is just another part of the force. Honestly I don’t think people get “consumed by the dark side” and lost forever, I think it has more to do with the individual’s pride, and having that much power means you don’t have to apologize or humble yourself. I think it’s not that the dark side turns people, I think it just gives corrupt individuals a way to not have to have accountability for their actions, and an excuse for what they did in case they get caught.

[@armynurseboy]

There was a similar meme regarding Grogu. It was Grogu in the future teaching his own Padawan and he told him that love and connection to others (which Jedi eschew) does not necessarily lead to the Dark Side, but the fear of LOSS does. Once you realize that even those who die before you are not really "gone" but have rejoined the force, then you can never be afraid of loss again, and the Dark Side will never threaten you.

[@AdriannaDaFox98]

The darker part of the darkside is greed remember the Darkside user who could devour worlds? His greed was Hunger.

[@ZudeXbox360]

Think of it like this: The Dark Side is like an amplifier of your deepest desires and passions. It operates like a hard liquor, in that it helps release your inhibitions, and you'll do whatever you can do in order to obtain those desires. For some people, it's insanely easy to fall into the dark side, like Anakin, if you press on his seeming helplessness to save those he cares about. Or even use Windu's passion for the Jedi to push him beyond reasonable action and to go for something a Sith would do. For others, their sense of justice refuses to allow them to move. Obi-wan, as dogmatic as I could find him, has this character that keeps him tethered to the Light. However, I think only Qui-Gon and Yoda come closest to truly being Jedi in the sense that they can find balance between the Light and Dark. It isn't as black and white as just declaring one side totally good or totally evil, but it's a complicated factor with many moving parts, all working within the bounds of the Living Force.

[@DefileOdds]

That... sounds exactly like politics.

[@robpolaris7272]

Yoda’s greatest power is his wisdom. He finds happiness in simple things. Something many could learn from.

[@DirtCobaine]

I think the larger point is that just like a light side yoda a dark side yoda doesn’t want anything. The difference is, the dark side yoda wouldn’t care about anything other than his whims. Meaning essentially dark side yoda would be the equivalent to a Greek god. All powerful and very whimsical. Could wipe out the entire universe and start anew just because he was bored. Because the ironically the dark side of the force embodies change, death, decay, chaos. Just as Yoda is an avatar of the light, peace, life, serenity, growth, healing, the dark side yoda would embody the very end of the universe itself

[@bvicc20]

Yoooo the thought of a Dark Yoda is almost terrifying

[@prime8184]

Even after everything Yoda remained Dooku's teacher.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Yeah the exchange between Yoda n Dooku mentioned in this video would've made an incredibly interesting scene in the old Clone Wars series. Shame that we'll never get it.

[@vincentshadetree]

Never has anyone in the history of time said "Give me my rose" and been so deadly gangster about it 😂

[@andrewgeorgecomeau4066]

Yoda was also thoeried to have experienced the darkside in the past ,when the mirror, ordarkside inversion of Yoda says " Yoda doesnt want to play eith us anymore. Hinting that he had dabbled in the past. Another short instance is during his exile on Dagobah when he attempted to learn electric judgement.

[@ИванКузнецов-ш1п]

The rose thing is even more interesting. It really reminds me of zen masters who use such technique to disrupt the way of their opponents thinking. Rose is right out of the scheme that Dooku suggests since it cannot be truly estimated. Values, on the other hand, not only are estimated, but can be owned. Riches or knowledge are no different - you have some, you desire more, and thus you fall in an illusion.

[@AmbrosiaDreamWeaver]

I'm glad someone else caught onto the importance of the rose. Myself I was considering how the rose symbolizes love and passion, and found it interesting that that's what Yoda asked for, suggesting that if he has any desires, it would be love and passion. I also found it funny that instead of just admitting he couldn't use the Dark Side to make Yoda a rose he just gets mad and tells him to want something else. Rather unbecoming of a Count...

[@zakosist]

@@AmbrosiaDreamWeaver the rose could also simply symbolize natural beauty, finding it in the world as its originally made and thus being content with simplicity. That was my thought on the rose symbolism

[@MacDaniboi]

I need to read the books, this creates conflict within me. It makes me sure that not only does he have knowledge of the dark side of the force, I believe that he once (maybe like 700 years ago or something) was consumed by the emotions that he now says to avoid and he had to learn the hard way to let go, by experiencing loss and heartbreak himself and a lot of it. I think it took decades or maybe even longer for him to realise that the dark side of the force wasn't the answer.

[@melatonin1371]

And at that moment Palpatine somewhere in the galaxy shat himself and looked around

[@ShamanZ-ji9qu]

He have a glimpse of fear in his face when Yoda tap into the dark side at their final battle.

[@whitenoise8397]

Sidious: "Okay, what the hell am I sensing? Is that Darth Tyranus? Is that _me!?!_ IS THAT ME _STRONGER_ THAN ME!?! I'LL F*CKING KILL ME!!!"

[@edisonlux2630]

I love that music you added. Adds real suspenseful anticipation to this Jedi conversation

[@Oleg_Odarchenko]

Music is just genius

[@majinalastor5740]

considering that Mace was considered to be the only jedi of the time to control both light and dark, my guess is he could end up being a stabalizing balance as well (if he was able to evenly control both sides), making him both utterly humble and happy as he is with the light, but ruthless and downright destructive with the dark, if he was able to control it properly then id guess that only anakin, or even the Father would have to intervene (if need be)

[@beentheredonethat5908]

Mace didn't weird the dark, he used the dark of others against them. He didn't touch the dark, but he used it, he didn't produce the dark within him, he let then do it, and then when it came forth he'd catch it and throw his own power and their power back. When he scarred Palpatine, it was Palpatines own force lightning bouncing back and forth between them, never touching mace , but left in a circuit always slamming into who produced it. Palpatine was a conductor of the dark, mace a neutral, so the dark would always seek the one who could channel it over and over. A darkside user can be attacked with the dark, but mace using VA pad was immune to it. I often wonder how long that circuit would have kept bouncing back on Palpatine if mace wasn't interrupted.

[@HowDawgg]

but mace did use his inner darkness too in vaapad as i recall @@beentheredonethat5908

[@srgarathnor]

the light will always welcome you back, the darkness will always consume you

[@benjaminA.stantonpun]

A Jedi cannot become one with the force without knowledge of both powers of the light and of the dark. One can have supreme knowledge of all that is darkness and night and still choose to perform deeds of light. 🌚🌞. Obi Wan, Kwi-Gon, Yoda, Mace, Luke, and many others pulled this off. 😉

[@magickmynd1296]

I think the main reason that yoda's species is so well armored against the dark side is their long lives and high force aptitude. They have centuries to learn about themselves and what it means to be a long life species. Yoda accepts the fact that he cannot save everyone because not everyone can have long life and civilizations do not exist forever. He knows that because of his long life he will experience many things outside of his control and lose many things that are precious to him because those things do not have the capability to exist longer than him. The dark side doesn't have the ability to stop this, as nothing does, so he doesn't need the dark side as it cannot offer him any power that he doesn't already possess, it would just make him angry and cause him to lash out with all his power at a galaxy that doesn't deserve his wrath. In this case I don't think the dark side actually gives anyone power they don't already possess, it just makes it easier for them to unleash it in an uncontrolled way more quickly than the person could learn to use their full power through practice and self control. But I think that in that same line of thinking, Yoda was also curious as to why so many Jedi could fall to the dark side because he no longer has the perspective of a species with a shorter life span. A shorter lived species falls to the darkside more easily because they desire the power it grants and wants to use it to extend their own lives and provide them with the things they want more easily rather than needing to work so hard for it for so long because their lives are short. They don't want to work their entire lives to earn something and only be able to enjoy it in their retirement years and old age, and yoda has a hard time seeing that I think. It's difficult to ask someone to see your perspective of working for things slowly when you have the natural advantage of long life so that even if it takes you 40 years to get something, it's not so long for your total life span and once you have it you can enjoy it for longer.

[@anidiotthathasexistence364]

For yoda’s counter argument, he casually flexes on count dooku then says he no greater than him, then swaps team with no problem, frickin giga chad

[@jonlindemann3448]

This reminds me of Galadriel refusing the One Ring in The Lord of the Rings. Yes, she could claim it for herself for "noble" means, but her power combined with the dark power of the ring would unleash terror on a scale never before seen. The ability to see the potential future, the power to claim it, but the wisdom to reject it. So good.

[@jamesdean2064]

Yoda should have used the dark side to destroy the sith at that moment and returned to the light as anikin did to save his mother and the one that father's them brings them back and keeps them in the side of the light

[@jamesdean2064]

But it would have ended Starwars at that episode

[@jamesdean2064]

It could have but as an alternate ending

[@jamesdean2064]

There is multiple endings to all the original ending

[@jamesdean2064]

Even fan made like one before Luke and Leah are with ewoks as kids or....

[@woodyhorton8537]

He would be very scary as a sith with those red/yellow eyes and the rest not to mention how powerful he would be

[@King_of_persassy]

That thumbnail will be in my nightmares for years

[@devaughnjohnson]

This shows Yodas's flaw as a grandmaster; he has everything, so he can't understand those who have nothing. He ignores the arrogance of the Jedi council and the corruption of the republic because it doesn't affect him directly.

[@johnwebb4499]

The Dark Side would give Yoda immense speed. He'd be a Gremlin.

[@2003frontier4x4]

Damn. Yoda is so powerful he just dabbles in the Dark and goes right back to Light. My man!

[@kylejohnson3889]

We need this animated

[@JamesAnderegg]

Do you want friends...lovers...the dark side can COMPEL those things from people Frienship and love's real power come when it is given freely

[@JeriDro]

the wisdom in Star Wars is superb

[@adamdahlstrom2095]

We NEED a "What if" for SW, this would be THE BEST episode (or like Anakin winning). OMFG I could do anything to see this animated....

[@timcotterill3952]

Excellent! I love these videos, they always make me think. Thank you.

[@duanjuandelanooch9721]

I wonder what the secrets are, that only yoda knows of the dark side and nobody else does

[@Trizzer89]

I was told Yoda's race could never go to the dark side

[@bonzujones8028]

The fact that regular folk don’t live for 900 years is a pretty compelling reason to crave power. Yoda would be naive to not realise that

[@spoondame]

I agree with yoda completely. The dark side is a cop-out for those who want the power the fast way. Yoda dark would have been 20X worse than sidious. I firmly believe both sides have blinders on and it is the bendu way that is the true path. Melding both light and dark together!

[@td4190]

Fear is always the answer for evil. We are scared or fear a outcome and when we do we make stupid and usually bad choices that drive us to do worse to hide our early sins. Easy to understand and its clear throughout history

[@SuperlativeCatalyst]

"Give me my rose" 👏👏👏

[@khizeral]

5 times yoda use the dark side of the force - yoda explained

[@bruhbrehii]

Goddamn this is briliant.

[@rizegreymon4084]

I'm curious about if Sidious saw what Dooku saw, then would he become even more hateful that Yoda not use such power, or would he become concerned about Yoda's potential?

[@savagedarksider7259]

Great job with the video. I have A question; what do you think about this as A story(...) It is set during operation nightfall; Anakin and the 501st legion stormed the Jedi temple (...) My star wars character,Shaak Ti, and A group of younglings escaped the temple but this is also the start of my character going down the dark side.

[@ethanhostetler4007]

If I were a force user... I think I'd try for true balance. Utilizing both sides.

[@harvus796]

The strawmanned arguments that the writer composed for Dooku demonstrates that they're not able to see through the perspectives of their interlocutors. This interaction isn't "Yoda owns Dooku's dark side arguments", it's a case of a writer not understanding the arguments for the dark side well enough to actually make the arguments compelling.

[@factfiend1000]

Darth Plaguies was vastly more versed in the ways of the dark side. His teachings are essential to understanding the essence of Bogan. As he said, "Ashla is a perversion." Bogan teaches that the Force serves, not that you serve the Force.

[@JunkionMarnot2005]

I LOVED THIS!!!!! Hoped this helped someone. As a person who uses movies & TV to express an idea, this was just...right on. Might not mean much to others, but this helped me. Thanks for the Holocron. 🥰

[@TheStupendousWave]

Glad it was helpful!

[@deathsquad8891]

Darth Yoda is a Nihilus or Vitiate level threat

[@Truly_Sithari]

Ik you from discord

[@deathsquad8891]

@@Truly_Sithari ffs just stop spamming me

[@Truly_Sithari]

@@deathsquad8891 no.

[@robertnokes2046]

The dark side fears Yoda.

[@timmeinshausen6060]

all we can do is be grateful for the original trilogy....and even the prequels......the force awakens movies are simply the dark, cold universe closing in.....it is what it is

[@MTDripstories]

Did you know Star Wars has its own Multiverse? And Somewhere in that Multiverse Dooku returned....Also somewhere in that Multiverse Yoda Fell....Imagine that...One of the greatest jedi masters returning from the Dark Side...And one of the Most Powerful Jedi Masters falling to the Dark Side...900 years of Lost and Pain.....

[@albedoyuriev4286]

Does this mean a dark side user becomes even stronger if they spent time in the light? If this is first time Yoda gave into the dark and Dark Yoda surpasses Sidious, despite being the first time, then how would this effect Sidious if he turned to the light? Would he become stronger by being Palpatine instead of Sidious, yet still maintaining his dark side knowledge? Hypothetically speaking. Does the dark amplify the light and does the light amplify the dark. Dark Yoda surpassing Sidious in an instant makes the idea likely. Maybe this does explain why Windu defeated Sidious. I kept suspecting Sidious lost on purpose because he sensed Anikin's arrival and used it to his advantage, but now I think that maybe by using both the light and dark is in fact the true way. In in order to protect power is needed and isn't Star Wars all about balance?

[@1TakoyakiStore]

I'm curious what Sideous would have thought of this interaction.

[@michelelyons9410]

I think a Dark Side Yoda might literally destroy the galaxy. Super scary!! I remember the book and the passage you quoted. I read it when it was first published and those passages moved me greatly. I have to say that I disagreed with the “acceptance” that Yoda and the Jedi preached. It bordered on apathy. It basically taught you should just accept everything---regardless----and not try to make things better. Sure, your loved ones will die---eventually. But if you can keep them from dying today---why not? Civilization has basically progressed only because people are trying to make things better: for themselves, their families, other people. Your best intentions may not always work out----but does that mean you should never try? “Do---or do not.” There is no try”. I disagree. Sometimes all you can do is try. And you should. In the movie Lord of the Rings, the hero Aragorn rallies his troops with a great speech. “One day the race of Man will fall------but it will NOT be THIS day!!” Aragorn accepts that one day Darkness may cover the land----but it will not be today, if they resist it. To try, to strive, to not accept defeat before you have even fought. What I did find entirely touching in the book passages, was that Yoda offered his fallen apprentice his love. With no strings attached. In essence, Yoda told Dooku that he would always be his master---his parent---and would always love him, regardless of what Dooku did. He told Dooku that he was always welcome back, at any time. Yoda did not try to force or harm Dooku. He just offered his love freely and left the rest up to Dooku. Perhaps it gave Dooku some peace---to know that Yoda still loved him. Maybe in some alternate universe, Dooku returned to the Jedi Temple, to see Yoda, and bearing a single perfect rose. It is a nice image. The Dark side is, of course, what we would term Evil. And evil is essentially greed. You want power, wealth, prestige, influence, something that you cannot get otherwise. And evil is obsessive, it is never satisfied. No matter how much you get, yo want more. I think that is also what Yoda was trying to tell Dooku. That Yoda, for all his power, could be happy with a single rose.

[@jige1225]

"“Do---or do not.” There is no try”. I disagree. Sometimes all you can do is try. And you should. " - I disagree with your disagreement 🙂 In my opinion, what Master Yoda means is that one must "do" with intention and conviction, while "try" implies a doubt which immediately opens up a bigger door to the possibility of a failure, in this case by your own responsibility - that's what happens to Luke when he "tries" to lift the X-Wing and fails: "I don't believe it," he says after Yoda did it. “That is why you fail”. The doubt that weakens the intention.

[@iKennectz]

Yoda would floor Palpatine if he walked the path of Revan and was willing to use both sides of the force. He would be able to not only absorb any lightning like he did but turn it back on Palps and he could probably duel with multiple sabers using the force like Darth Treya 😅 He would have smoked Palpatine and Vader at the same time and I can see him telling Obi-wan to kill him afterwards.

[@codehandle137]

thumbnail looks like yoda got hit with joker venom lol

[@MrEnte3000]

What is a real life plant doing in the Star Wars universe?

[@bonas_]

Do you think Dark Yoda uses as much uptalk as you do?

[@Jojoiseryrare]

I have yoda with a red lightsaber and the dark robes in battlefront 2 didn’t kno it was a actual thing 💀

[@darksonic9014]

What is that on the floor at 10:26 y did yoda hold his chest

[@AsliceOFtea413]

Yoda felt a disturbance in the force because of the massacre of the jedi during order 66 and dropped his walking cane

[@danjonalg]

an eavil yoda would be the best vilian in a new trilogy

[@Iuftwaffe]

What would be yodas sith name?

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

We actually will never know what Dooku would do or say, or if Yoda got through to him. What follows their debate would harden Dooku's heart for good thanks to Sidious' manipulations. Rather than coming closer, Dooku and Yoda duel once again, Dooku fueled with hate and anger after what he believes is an outright betrayal from Yoda, coming quite close to killing Yoda there on Vjun. But, again, Dooku wasn't just evil, he was always pragmatic. But for the interference of Anakin and Obi-Wan, Dooku could have easily accepted Yoda's offer.

[@takemetothethreshold2085]

We all know he would have come back and it would have been beautiful if not for Obi-Wan an Anakin didn't just barge in there and fuck it all up essentially. He would have came back and that would have probably threw it real BIG monkey wrench into Darth sidious's plans. THE ENTIRE SITH GRAND PLAN RELIED ON SECRECY. I know count dooku wasn't privy to every bit of it but exposing his sith master and all of his true dealings in the Republic would have forced sidious to take certain steps for the grand plan and his life LOL 😂 The same way we all know that if Qui-Gon jinn had lived and raised Anakin as his Jedi Master he would have never fallen in the first place, having had a master who would have already tasted the dark side for practically the same reason you are going to someday, he would have helped him work through it and we would have probably got something absolutely beautifully terrifying in terms of force potential.

[@Mr420pan]

did yoda ,maKE holocrons

[@anthonychristofferson1535]

That's scary

[@robertyoung1676]

In the place of a dark lord you would have a green one! 😂

[@brentmay3878]

Whoa...

[@drone_assassin3430]

Why isn’t this a clone wars episode?

[@HowDawgg]

mace used darkside and was fine vaapad

[@HarryR007]

Tapped into the darkside he should of glad he did not i am 👌🏻🔥

[@funtimegamer8733]

HUMILITY? BOY LITERALLY JUST BRAGGED ABOUT HAVING ARMIES AND PALACES

[@Fido-vm9zi]

If he didn't have those things he might have a different attitude. I'm sure perspectives change when one has a nice house & everything they need.

[@jessielakes8118]

Is this Canon? Not that canon means much since the last two movies of the big nine are canon too.

[@wyattsmith2498]

All this for a rose…

[@swaghettimemeballs4420]

I don't like the idea of Yoda TURNING to the dark side. Dooku wasn't talking about holding on to one side, but embracing both. It's way too polarized, but that's because the concept of jedi vs sith already IS way too polarized. A master of both sides of the force would ideologically always strive for their version of a good galaxy, but still somehow never being unfair. Just poetic in justice, but still brutal. A master of both sides of the force would be like that of a beast, wrecking holy retribution throughout a universe of sinners that deserve no mercy. Because perfect justice is fair, but for it to be fair it has to also be poetically brutal. A master of both sides of the force would basically just BECOME the force but made beast.

[@freddiebinthaplace2be634]

Dooku thought he had a brilliant plan..... Until he realized that a darkside Yoda would literally be an uncontrollable and nearly unstoppable monster I mean just imagine what dooku felt for him to instantly be in complete fear for his life

[@spiderboy-fm3cv]

I'm pretty sure even palp felt it and got terrified.

[@lordeuronymous]

I know I’m a year late, but with 900 years of complete force knowledge; plus his knowledge from the forbidden archives. He would be unstoppable.

[@gamer4l1f34]

@@spiderboy-fm3cvsuch a shift would definitely NOT go unnoticed. Particularly by someone of palpatine’s level. Though, this does beg the question of, why did palpating still choose to engage in a fight with yoga?

[@IRBitterSoB]

5:56 I now have this mental image of Dooku saying, "Fine!" and stomping off to a florist shop, slaughtering the people inside, then walking out with an arm-full of roses.

[@aggonzalezdc]

The saddest thing is, of course, Yoda assures him that he will be there to catch him when he falls, if only he would let him. Just a caring father, emploring a wayward son to return.

[@arthvex]

Bilbo baggins! Do not take me for some conjurer of cheap tricks! I am not trying to rob you, I am trying to help you.

[@Mistyfoot27]

Reminds me of the parable that Jesus mentions in the Bible of the Prodigal Son❤

[@nicholasmatthew9687]

Tyrannous is a novice Sith. Also I think that Yoda has shown many signs that he has a unique mastery over all aspects of the Force, including the dark side. That’s why he’s so well preserved against it. There’s no secrets hiding in Yoda’s soul, he know who he is in a way no one else ever has. I think that’s what defines his character above all else.

[@zexcthd5519]

Well when you hav 900 years to do so i guess that helps 😂😂

[@nicholasmatthew9687]

@@zexcthd5519 Jokes aside, I don’t think it takes a soul 900 years in real life to pursue such a rich self understanding. It just takes a certain amount of values and a desire to be a positive force of life. Characters like this are so powerful in storytelling for a reason, it’s a call to quest in every day life.

[@ragibmahfuz5241]

@nicholasmatthew9687 I'm not a big fan of star wars, but my favorite character is Yoda because of his wisdom, but to see all the work he had ever done to stay in the light side fall away was terrifying, even for a moment it is traumatizing.

[@alexwesley6829]

Yeah, we see that in the star wars tales of the galaxies edge psvr2 game......there was a pretty....out there part in there where has to contain what seems like a dark side nexus of some sorts .....it's pretty mad..

[@luxinvictus9018]

I think the same. I feel Yoda had *already* done what Dooku was asking. He had embraced his dark side. The other Jedi lived in fear of it, so they were basically suppressing a half of themselves. Dooku tried and failed, because ultimately his pride and ego overcome his compassion and humility. But Yoda had done precisely what the Jedi are meant to: to bring balance to the force, not worship the light side or be consumed by the dark side like the Sith. He had *already* made peace with his desires, his emotions and his fears. This means he must have faced them. He had already united both sides of the force within himself. He did not need to 'use' the dark side but he had access to it. He's simply never tried to 'give in' to it before this moment. From the language often used, it seems the dark side is more of a baser, animal instinct that one 'gives in' to while the light side is a more theological or intellectual set of tenets that one 'believes in'. Yoda did neither. He simply allowed the Force to guide him.

[@austinbevis4266]

I like that yoda offered to allow dooku to come back. Dooku isn’t that bad of a guy, he was pretty much deceived. So it was nice to see that

[@dhdusidjdjso]

Dooku was a bad guy lol he committed lots of atrocities. He was deceived and he started with good reasons, but the dark side twisted him

[@FrenziedmerchantisaHomo]

​@user-lu6st2ls4j you clearly haven't read the books he was tricked and Deceived but I'm not gonna argue with a child who thinks hes right?

[@dhdusidjdjso]

@@FrenziedmerchantisaHomo read my comment properly before you call others a child lol

[@FrenziedmerchantisaHomo]

@user-lu6st2ls4j you said he was a bad guy a dude who is was Manipulated isn't a bad guy but keep thinking what you want child

[@dhdusidjdjso]

@@FrenziedmerchantisaHomo that’s not how it works. Also keep calling other people child to cope with acting like an 8 year old

[@darrancoyle8394]

Dark Yoda sounds genuinely terrifying!!

[@DavidRLentz]

I would name him "Darth Yhœdu".

[@underworlds2794]

i am terryfying

[@DavidRLentz]

@@underworlds2794 , no, just terry.

[@E1337Jerk]

Dark side Yoda is the definition of fuck around and find out. 10 time more powerful than star killer with 800 years of wisdom and patience. I truly belive he would be strong enough to defeat 10 of the most power full sith at once from bane and reven to sidius. He would embrace the power and use vaepod to absolutely crush anything in his path.

[@IRBitterSoB]

Did you ever hear the tale of Darth Muppetus?

[@Gugoomba]

Ok I'll admit that actually made me laugh out loud just now.

[@brockdavid]

😂 Dude! Darth Muppetus Oz….! 😂

[@jrcspiderman2003]

Not a story the Jedi would tell you, that is...

[@mridlon1634]

Darth Kermit 🐸

[@tokemeout]

Wait I saw a video of it on Jedi-hub not enough bleach in the universe to scrub those images from my brain

[@josephnizolek3975]

That’s reason why Yoda and Dark Rendezvous is one my favorite clone wars novel, great scene between Yoda and Dooku

[@Lilitha11]

Yoda doesn't want power, so it doesn't seem likely he would fall to the dark side, just from channeling his passion to save his friends. A lot of force users have used their passions without turning evil and cruel and using it from a good way, to save people's life shouldn't be as dangerous as he thinks. It would be more like taking a step towards a grey jedi, than a step towards the sith.

[@jacobjensen7704]

Gray Jedi don’t exist. That’s a step towards the light.

[@greyjedi6430]

Grey Jedi's rule. 🤣🤣

[@Jake1989dub1]

I think it is that he focused his hate in that moment that did this.

[@tyler2406]

Grogu

[@AdriannaDaFox98]

True Greys look at the force in the even harder Third path the path to the Father where Jedi live in the light and are blinded by the Dark the Sith live in solitary loneliness within the darkness and skitter away from the light. Grey Je'daii are those who stand between embracing both but also commanding both while trying to maintain a precarious balance between Order and Chaos and follow the Father in his true mastery of the force.

[@zikbar]

Yoda: "Can the dark side give me a rose?" Dooku: "No😭😭" Palpatine: "Have you ever heard of the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise?"

[@samuelmiller7987]

"Mmmmm. ironic, it is. The Dark Side, you say, keeps you safe. But if turn to the Dark Side, I do, then safe you will not be. Heeeheeeheeee"

[@whorror_punx]

It must be hard for Yoda, seeing Dooku becoming their ultimate enemy (before they knew Sidious even existed), as Dooku was Yoda's personal Padawan. The first one he had in such a long time, seeing so much potential inside of Dooku. Although, for all Yoda's wisdom, he remained blind to the real problems Dooku had with the Jedi's dogmatism and the legitimate grievances many planets in the galaxy had with the Republic. Yoda really could have been a force for change for the better inside the order had he not been so blinded by dogma. It's hard to imagine that someone as wise as he was couldn't see the issues that surrounded him every day, as they really were quite glaring imo 🤷

[@S1lverspike]

Yoda was extremely strong with the force but a horrible leader.

[@OceansOfMotionStudios]

I think one of the biggest reasons Yoda was ok with letting go and being so understanding that not everything can be controlled was his age. Years of seeing so many lives lost, having that much time to cope and learn was a luxury. One not everyone could be afforded. Other force users looked for the quicker and easier way because not everyone gets a couple centuries to build as strong of a sense of self. He was incredibly wise, but I think that numbness dulled how well he could empathize with others.

[@robpolaris7272]

Dooku’s real issue was pride, not the Jedi. He thought he deserved more recognition. Palpatine manipulated Dooku into thinking he would get it. Instead he was just a patsy and a practice dummy for Anakin.

[@cherrytonshawty9120]

Yoda was "blinded by the Light", one might say.

[@lognart9508]

I’m not much knowlegeable about Star Wars, but I think that if Yoda had used the dark side to stop order 66, this event would have corrupted the Jedi order forever: even the Grand Master of the Jedi used the dark side when things got bad, so why would any other Jedi not do the same thing? The Jedi order would have no future, because this idea would contaminate all Jedi hearts, even if the Siths were physically eliminated, they would still survive as an idea inside the Jedi.

[@randomramblings2325]

At least Yoda acknowledges a that the Dark Side can offer power and actually listens to Dooku instead of just saying that only the Light Side is always right and that Dooku was a fool for following the path of the Sith. It’s these deep interactions that are missing from Disney Star Wars, if it wasn’t for the Expanded Universe there would be no Disneyverse.

[@derekthue8026]

So sums up all of cobra Kai haha

[@violetdusk1968]

As much as I enjoyed watching the mandolarian I can't accept Disney as Canon.

[@heftymagic4814]

​@@violetdusk1968 sequel trilogies and mando arent the same canon so ur good

[@albiceleste101]

Expanded Universe and Disney movies have different target audiences

[@Enixon869]

@@heftymagic4814 It's astounding to see how people will gaslight themselves like this for the sole purpose of being able to continuing chanting "mOuSe BaD" even when good star wars stuff comes out.

[@jessikapiche6097]

By going to the Dark side for Dooku, Yoda showed he was in control of his dark side ENTIRELY. That is what really make Dooku afraid. Not what he could become, not that he was more powerful than Sidius either, i think. Contrairy to all others he knew, Dooku could see the dark side incarnated but CONTROLED by Yoda. ''Give me my Rose...'' was the proof the good side was still there...and in total control. And mastering one's own dark side, is supreme mastery. Dooku doesn't controled his own dark side; power and supreme wisdom is what he wants...and because he wants it, the Sith use him... He knows that. That is the reason he deleted the archives... because he wants to prove to Yoda and all the Jedi HE WAS RIGHT to fray toward and even with, the dark side... As he believe knowledge of the dark side hide the ultimate secret; the weakeness of the dark side...what could kill Sidious and give Dooku ""total power"". The truth is, Sidious is the Dark Side incarnated. Dooku wants the secrets and he is ready to do Sidious biding to achieve that goal...making himself evil (but never totally) but he is not fool enough to give DAgobah to Sidious either...Dagobah might be the last place to hide if his plan fail... it is a safe gate for him... And forcing a fight between Sidious and Yoda might give Dooku a chance to strike the deadly blow...and get rid of Sidious once and for all. Dooku is an idealist who believe he has the best plan to achieve victory against Sidious...But his true purpose must stay secret... In private, Dooku wants to take down Sidius. But time is running against him and Sidius knows Skywalker is coming to his side...he will soon gain Skywalker and get rid of Dooku half devotion...for someone more naive, young and even more powerful. That is why he said to Obi-Wan ''You should have join me Obi-Wan, i told you everything you needed to know...''

[@MGZero]

dooku: "hey you'll never believe this, I turned Yoda to the dark side!" palpatine: "you did WHAT?!" *senate chamber door breaks down, Palpatine screams like a scared child as Yoda comes through relentlessly slicing through the senate and the redrobes*

[@alanapplesauce2888]

Really like this video! I think Yoda was wise to show Dooku how easy it is to let yourself fall to your own desires or fears. Alternatively, how easy it is then to obtain those very same goals from the other side of the spectrum. Or rather, to accept some things as the law of the force, that everything must come to an end eventually. If Yoda were to have given in entirely and used to dark side to save the Jedi; I believe he would have just become the very thing he sets out to destroy.

[@GeddyLeeBell]

I believe he did. In his fight with Sidious. For a brief moment as he was repelling the force lightning if you look into Yoda's eyes I believe he gave in momentarily in order to over power Sidious. And the look of terror on Sidious's face which then led to the end of the fight as Yoda fell from the pods

[@Berserker3624]

I thought I remembered that sence with sidious being exited I mean he had smile(if I was right)

[@GeddyLeeBell]

@@Berserker3624 for the most part. Up until the moment I was referring to when Yoda over powered him. He looked terrified. I believe Yoda did momentarily tap into the dark side there but pulled himself out too soon. If he would've held on a bit longer he absolutely would've killed Sidious. Perhaps Yoda was thinking, he must stop Sidious by "any means necessary" but changed his mind quickly thinking it wasn't worth it to kill with the dark side. That's my interpretation from that brief moment that ended the dual anyway.

[@ShamanZ-ji9qu]

You can see Sideous In fear for a glimpse moment when Yoda counter Counter force lighting. He almost go dark side.

[@Balabol8800]

Agree with the comment above. I believe that Master Yoda left the battle in the Senate because he was close to the final fall to the dark side. And with the continuation of the battle, this would have happened. That is why he went into exile.

[@joebuddy3589]

I disagree in a way.. he is one with his dark side, accepting something that he would see as grime and unpleasant but needing to focus through it.. mace and yoda use it in combat, mace more.. yoda uses it more with the force, able to bend the dark side as he can his environment and body

[@richv1893]

Yoda to the darkside, the galaxy nye the universe itself would be shaken to its very core much like Dooku when he realized his mistake. There are things that should never be, Yoda to the darkside for that would be the end.

[@alexandercooper142]

He has zero desire for power... how can the universe be threatened by someone that just wants to sit in his cave with God level power? Yoda may be the most powerful period, but his desire to nurture and teach doesn't transfer well to the selfish nature of the sith... if he becomes evil, he will already achieve what all sith want. He has no reason to become a terror to the universe see

[@MyMobileReality]

Yoda's knowledge of the force is amazing and this high lights this fully

[@luxinvictus9018]

I think the difference is that, Yoda had *already* done what Dooku was asking. He had embraced his dark side. The other Jedi lived in fear of it, so they were basically suppressing a half of themselves. Dooku tried and failed, because ultimately his pride and ego overcome his compassion and humility. But Yoda had done precisely what the Jedi are meant to: to bring balance to the force, not worship the light side or be consumed by the dark side. He had already made peace with his desires, his emotions and his fears. He had already united both sides of the force within himself. He did not need to 'use' the dark side because he'd already embraced it. Not fully, of course, but he would do that later on, after Ep III events

[@jaggershaw6111]

All the people who dive into the dark side just don't ever seem happy

[@airaneon]

When Dooku thought it was a good idea to argue with a 900 year old dude. Multiple lifetimes, can't even fathom how many imaginary shower arguments Yoda had with himself.