George Lucas on his Yoda drama

George Lucas in 2002 on Yoda's puppet origins with Jim Henson and Frank Oz, and his original explanation for continuing to use the Yoda puppet in "Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace" despite an available CGI Yoda. This radio roundtable for "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" was held on May 9, 2002 at Skywalker Ranch.

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[nathangale]

Fascinating, I never considered the unique challenge yoda presented to animators.

[mattwilson]

If there was a $20 million miniature of Coruscant I would poop my pants