Why Yoda REFUSED to Join the Rebellion - Star Wars Explained

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[BKF]

"Old as fuck I am. Fight anymore I will not."

[therock]

Why Yoda didnt join the rebellion "too old I am for this shit."
Yoda.

[villekuronen]

had Yoda joined Rebellion, Sidious would have considered Rebellion big threat much faster and used a lot more resources to track and destroy them so Yoda staying out of it kinda made sure that Sidious kept believing rebellion is just small annoyance that cant do anything really

[dethsightgaming]

My man trained Jedi for 800 years. let him "retire" in peace.

[inquisitorgarza]

Yoda was Palpatine main target within the Jedi Order could have brought the doom of the Rebellion considering Sidious would have done everything in his power to destroy him.

[maneyfresh]

"The long view have I, the long game I am playing"

[aguirronunbound]

My man Yoda learned his lesson very well...Knowing that in the present moment of the Empire rising, trying to kill Sidious and Vader was a certain road to another failure. Having already faced the Emperor and failed at that, he couldn't afford another failure. If he wanted to succeed, he had to be patient. As someone said, he let the rebels grow by finding their own path struggling by themselves without the Jedi, in a way because the Jedi were very few and had to remain hidden to bring forth a new generation of Jedi to face the Emperor and Vader. Yoda played the old Guerrilla tactics way to spend time until Luke or Leia were ready to be trained. A pivotal factor of Yoda being hidden was that he along Obi-wan had already planned to recruit the Skywalker's offspring to fight against the empire and hoping to be victorious this time. That is why Yoda told Obi-wan that 'there's another' meaning Leia in case Luke failed when he went to face Vader in Lando's Cloud City.

[maneyfresh]

Had he not been covered by the dark side on Daegobah, The Emporor would have sensed him. Had he came out of exile, nice moral boost for a moment, then EVERYONE gets washed and noone would be there to train Luke. Yoda played his role and did the right thing which was the will of The Force all along.

[Gor]

This is great reasoning. Yoda trained new Grandmaster. Luke completely reformed Jedi.Yoda learned so much from his mistakes. He gained great wisdom and understanding. May the Force be with you too always😁

[roberthiltz]

I always got the feeling from Revenge that at the moment of Order 66, Yoda felt wounded by the loss of so many Jedi. Not that the living force was weakened by their deaths but that it hurt Yoda because he knew he wasn’t paying attention or rather, blocked from seeing the finality of what was leading up to it

[colinleat]

Yoda HAD to stay directly out for all the reasons you pointed out. He did contribute by training Luke though, which was though a short ( no pun intended) period, vital to the story. Luke is the redemption of Anikin, Obi-won, AND Yoda.

[grrumakemeangry]

Yoda absolutely smashed palpy on coruscant but he realized that luke should be the new grandmaster and trained him

[timwhite]

Because he remembered a great bit of wisdom that was delivered by another dark helmeted villain, namely that "evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."

[enochlove]

That’s deeply heartbreaking. Phenomenal video fam! So much more respect for yoda now

[ceaselessbecoming]

The Rebellion's greatest tactical advantage from beginning to end was Palpatine underestimating them. Even though the victory at the Battle of Yavin made the Empire see them as it's main immediate threat, Palpatine's conversation with Luke and overplaying his hand at the Battle of Endor shows that he still underestimated them to the end and probably did not dedicate all his attention and resources on stamping them out. Having Yoda reveal his presence and participating in the Rebellion would have probably brought much more heat on them, especially any cell that he was apart of, as we know he had gone to Dagobah specifically to hide his presence in the Force. If Vader or Palpatine or an inquisitor had discovered him among the Rebellion, they probably would have brought all force to bear on him and whoever he was with.

[NeidalRuekk]

He would have been a figurehead at best, and although educating Jedi potentials would have given the Rebellion hope and the Empire despair, it wouldn't change much.

[venkelos]

One of my own personal beliefs on this topic was Yoda didn't want to paint such a larger target on the Rebellion. I don't want to crap on their initial efforts, but for a time, I feel, they weren't really a threat to the Empire. The Emperor wanted to be rid of them, certainly, but he knew they would be a thing, and now he knew who they were. They weren't really a credible threat, and so while Palpatine woyld devote resources to minimalizing their results, he could afford to let them continue to exist. They were a target for the Empire to face, but nor worry about losing to, so he kept letting a part of then exist to draw more rebellious elements out, and continue having a target to direct his Empire against. If they had had a real threat, like the returning Jedi Grandmaster, they might've become seen as more dangerous, and needed to be crushed fully, still back when they were so weak. At that point, even a powerful Jedi would have struggled to be in enough places at a time, or advising enough missions to make a bigger impact than that the Empire would have added upon them. At least to me, I feel that the Rebellion's greatest advantage was its anonymity, small scale, and sort of joke mentality. These allowed them to survive, and grow, and eventually pull several impossible victories, despite the threat they posed, or the lack of bigger threats to crush first. Yoda left them small, and unassuming enough to allow them to grow into the threat the Empire couldn't ignore, or best.

[zeroornothing]

"The galaxy would have been put back on its endless looping cycle"
-And then it was anyways with the sequels, which completely invalidated the chosen one storyline with Luke and Anakin (I just pretend they don't exist xD)

Amazing video, as always <3

[BigBlueHorses]

Yoda realized from his failure that fighting the way he did last time was duplicating failure. Instead he chose to rely on the Force. The task was the Emperor not winning a war. He was more willing to look down the road and let the people grow. Struggle is part of life. Let them make their own symbols and create their own hope. Let them succeed and fail, when the moment was right and the Force willed it he would act.

[kriltic]

I believe that had Yoda revealed himself and joined the Rebellion two things will likely have happened... Those who still hated the Jedi would likely never join the Rebellion or possibly leave.

Palpatine would have taken the Rebellion far more seriously and vastly increased the resources used/given in fighting it.