Yoda is one of the most cherished extraterrestrial characters in movie history, and part of that has to do with the peculiar ...

Lucas fielded this query at the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival, where Empire was getting an anniversary screening. His answer, basically, is that audiences, and especially children, are too dumb to ...

At the 45th anniversary screening of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK during the TCM Film Festival, George Lucas discussed why Yoda speaks backwards. “Because if you speak regular English, people won’t listen ...

Yoda’s appearance can be deceiving in many ways, but the truth is that the legendary Jedi Master can take on the most strongest of beings with ease.

Emma McIntyre/Getty; Lucasfilm, Ltd. George Lucas is sharing an insight ... Star Wars creator Lucas, 80, explained why Yoda, one of the franchise’s most beloved characters, speaks out of order.

Solved a mystery, George Lucas has. The 80-year-old “Star Wars ... TCM Classic Film Festival on Thursday and explained why Yoda talks backwards in the films. “Because if you speak regular ...

“Yoda had a very distinctive way of talking, and it was done purposely because if you were speaking regular English, people don't listen that much," Lucas shared at the event. “But if you have ...

George Lucas has finally revealed the answer to a ... Lucas finally revealed the mystery behind Yoda's backward speech. 'Because if you speak regular English, people won't listen that much ...

George Lucas broke down the origins of Yoda’s “very distinctive way of talking” at a 45th anniversary screening of The Empire Strikes Back at the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival last week.

“Star Wars” mastermind George Lucas commented on this particular aspect of Yoda’s character at an anniversary screening of 1980’s “Empire Strikes Back” this week, where he explained ...

Star Wars creator George Lucas has finally explained the long-running mystery as to why Jedi Master Yoda speaks the way he does. First appearing in the 1980 sequel Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, ...