Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. YouTuber 70sSciFiBoy has unearthed a vintage interview with Freeborn from back in 1979. And it shows how creating Yoda was not an ...

The legendary Jedi Grandmaster Yoda was originally going to be played by a monkey in The Empire Strikes Back. When George Lucas created Yoda, he wanted him to fit the trope of the unexpected teacher; ...

The Dark Crystal, Jim Henson's fantasy cult classic, would not have been possible without the puppetry advancements made on Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

Pedro Pascal said that the Grogu (a.k.a. Baby Yoda) puppet in "The Mandalorian" was so realistic and emotive that it made him cry while filming their goodbye scene in the show's second season. Pascal ...

Disney's latest Star Wars film would have been impossible if not for a major gamble that George Lucas took over two decades ...

When Pedro Pascal and Ewan McGregor sat down for Variety’s Actors on Actors series, they had a lot to discuss. But one unique thing the two of them share is they have both acted with Yoda — or at ...