While meditating during the end of the war, Yoda heard the voice of Qui-Gon Jinn, who demonstrated his presence by levitating Yoda. The encounter left Yoda distracted during the subsequent Council gathering, leaving them worried about whether the stresses of the war were finally taking its toll on him.
While strolling through the Temple gardens, Yoda was greeted by Anakin. Yoda asked him about his encounter with Qui-Gon's spirit on Mortis , which Anakin had dismissed as a trick, noting the Jedi belief that one could not retain their identity after becoming one with the Force.
Yoda responded that he now questioned this dogma. Yoda confessed what happened to the Council, much to their disbelief. They agreed though to meditate with him, to verify his experience. Despite meditating together for an entire day, they were unable to hear anything. Ki-Adi-Mundi expressed worry that Yoda had become susceptible to Sith manipulation, so Yoda underwent medical tests that revealed that he was still in good health.
Jedi Doctor Rig Nema suggested Yoda undergo a deprivation ritual that would allow him to meditate more strongly and find the source of the voice. Agreeing, Yoda was suspended in a liquid tank with an oxygen mask to bring him as close as possible to death without actually becoming one with the Force. While unconscious, Qui-Gon's voice requested Yoda go to Dagobah , and to tell no one about it. After, Obi-Wan broke open the tank due to his concern over Yoda's failing life signs.
Put on bedrest and under guard, Yoda convinced Anakin to help him escape by posing as simply accompanying each other for a walk. Yoda and R2-D2 flew to Dagobah, where Yoda asked the droid to stay with their ship while he found a clearing to meditate. Qui-Gon's voice greeted him. Yoda asked why he could not see him. Qui-Gon explained he had not been fully trained enough to do so. The Living Force appeared to Yoda in the form of fireflies , guiding Yoda to a cave strong with the dark side, it showed the Jedi Master a vision of the future, where a hooded Sith Lord slaughtered the Jedi.
Qui-Gon explained to a distraught Yoda that he would help him bring hope for the future, and directed him to the planet that spawned the midi-chlorians. Arriving there, Yoda gave his lightsaber to R2-D2 for safekeeping, and descended into the world to meet the Force Priestesses , who agreed to teach him how to achieve life after death.
First, Yoda confronted a manifestation of his own dark side, conquering his hubris. Next, he witnessed a vision of the Jedi massacred in the Temple, where an apparition of a dying Ahsoka Tano asked him if she would still become one with the Force after being expelled from the Jedi Order; this vision was a manifestation of Yoda's guilt over having placed Tano on the path that led to her departure. An apparition of Katooni then invited Yoda to enter a peaceful courtyard to escape these painful events.
Seeing Qui-Gon Jinn, Kenobi, Tano, and Dooku together, alive and full Jedi, Yoda eventually recognized the vision's falsehood, overcoming its temptation and his attachment to those that have fallen. Instructed to complete his tests on the Sith homeworld of Moraband , Yoda and R2-D2 flew to the valley where the ancient Sith Lords were buried. Recognizing the danger, Yoda instructed R2-D2 to return to the Jedi Temple and inform the Council of what happened, if he did not come back after three nights.
Spectres of a serpent, undead Sith warriors, and even Darth Bane himself confronted him, but Yoda brushed them off. As he entered a temple execution chamber , the Force Priestesses warned Yoda that whatever he encountered there would be beyond their control. Unknown to Yoda, Darth Sidious and Dooku sensed his presence on Moraband, and met in an abandoned tower in the industrial sector of Coruscant.
Appearing to Yoda in the form of Sifo-Dyas, Sidious had Yoda wake up in a Republic attack gunship with Anakin and members of the st Legion , en route to terminate the Sith on Coruscant. As they arrived, the clones, lead by Captain Rex, rushed at Dooku only to be hit with Sith lightning. Skywalker immediately attacked Dooku while Sidious fled. Walking sadly past the fallen clones, a dismayed Yoda witnessed Skywalker brutally decapitate Dooku.
However, he left Skywalker and pursued Sidious. Emerging out on a catwalk, Yoda and Sidious dueled. Skywalker tried to help, but Sidious knocked him out.
Sensing an opportunity, Sidious damaged the catwalk, forcing Yoda to divide his attention between Force-lifting Skywalker to save him from falling to his death and blocking Sidious' Sith lightning.
After Sidious taunted him by suggesting he sacrifice Skywalker to concentrate on defeating him, Yoda put down his lightsaber to ensure Skywalker's safety. As the catwalk collapsed, Yoda maneuvered Skywalker to safety and grabbed Sidious, dragging him down too. The incident proved Yoda's selflessness and demonstrated his resolve to Sidious, who concluded the illusion as he realized it would take more to defeat the Jedi Master.
Yoda awoke, and was greeted by a Priestess who explained he would continue his training with Qui-Gon's spirit. As she disappeared in a glow of light, Yoda had a vision of the future, including his own death.
Yoda claimed his journey had been uneventful, but felt it had demonstrated the Jedi had been wrong to wage the war on the Republic's behalf. After destroying the crystal and thus denying the Separatists access to the weapon, Yoda was present at a Council meeting when the two Jedi gave a report of the events on Utapau. During the meeting, Yoda recounted how the ancient Sith had constructed superweapons using massive kyber crystals to power them up.
He feared that Dooku's mysterious master Darth Sidious had similar intentions. Yoda and his fellow Jedi Council members witnessed Count Dooku's devastating attack on Mahranee , the home world of the Mahran species, via hologram. The Council was reluctant to condone an assassination, but ultimately concluded that killing Dooku was necessary to end the war and prevent more deaths.
The Council decided to use Master Quinlan Vos, who had considerable experience with undercover work, to assassinate the Separatist leader. When Vos suggested that a partner accompany him, Yoda recommended Asajj Ventress, Dooku's former Sith apprentice and a Nightsister for that mission, knowing her hatred for Dooku.
Ventress agreed to assist Vos with his mission but insisted that he had to learn the ways of the dark side. Dooku then managed to bring Vos over to the dark side by revealing that Ventress had murdered his late Master, Tholme. After Vos spurned Ventress' offer to rescue him, he became Dooku's newest Sith apprentice and assumed the persona of " Admiral Enigma. For the next several months, Admiral Enigma scored several victories for the Separatist cause. During the proceedings, Yoda and his fellow Jedi learned that Ventress had instructed Vos in the dark side in order to defeat Dooku.
While Windu was suspicious of Ventress, Yoda and Kenobi were convinced that she genuinely cared for Vos and that she had rejected the Sith ways for good. After sending Ventress along with Desh and Anakin outside, Yoda and his fellow Jedi debated whether to include Ventress in their rescue mission.
When Master Kenobi suggested leading the operation to rescue Vos, Yoda accepted Kenobi's offer and also argued that Ventress was key to the rescue mission. He also recommended that Kenobi take both Ventress and his former Padawan Skywalker along for the mission.
In the end, the Council decided to offer Ventress a pardon for all her crimes in return for rescuing Vos. The rescue mission was a success and the Jedi succeeded in recovering Vos alive.
To reward her services, Ventress was formally pardoned. Unknown to Yoda and his colleagues, Vos had become a Separatist double agent in order to gain Dooku's trust so that he could learn the identity of Darth Sidious and destroy the Sith once and for all.
Using his position in the Jedi Order, Vos leaked intelligence about Jedi and Republic military operations to Count Dooku; allowing the Separatists to undermine these operations. After several Council members voiced their suspicions about Vos' true loyalties, Yoda had a personal meeting with Vos and was able to deduce that Quinlan had fallen to the dark side. To test Vos' loyalties, the Jedi Council sent him to assassinate Dooku, but secretly sent Kenobi and Skywalker to tail him.
Vos managed to defeat Dooku in lightsaber combat , but did not kill him. When Vos demanded that Dooku lead him to Darth Sidious, Kenobi and Skywalker promptly revealed themselves and arrested the two men.
After learning of Vos and Dooku's arrest, Master Yoda ordered Kenobi to bring them back to the Jedi Temple where they would be interrogated and executed for their crimes. However, Vos and Dooku escaped with the unwitting help of Ventress, leading to the events of the second battle of Christophsis.
In the end, Ventress helped Vos return to the light side , but was killed by Dooku. Kenobi and Skywalker then recaptured Vos and brought him back to Coruscant. After Vos confessed all his crimes and explained his motivations to destroy the Sith, Yoda and his fellow Council members accepted Vos' repentance as genuine and pardoned him. Kenobi, who believed that the order to assassinate Dooku was morally wrong and responsible for Vos' fall to the dark side, took on the responsibility of monitoring Vos during his rehabilitation.
Kenobi accompanied Vos to Dathomir for Ventress' funeral. Three years after the initial battle on Geonosis, the Republic was crumbling under the attacks of the Confederacy.
Throughout the course of the war, Palpatine had been granted ever increasing personal authority by the Senate to command both the war and the Republic at large. The Jedi Council, though reluctant to oppose the extremely popular Chancellor, nonetheless grew ever more concerned about the continual centralization of political power in Palpatine. After a Separatist attack on the Republic capital world of Coruscant by General Grievous , Skywalker came before Yoda, seeking counsel. Yoda warned Skywalker to be wary of his visions and of his own feelings, as fear was a path to the dark side, and advised him to "train himself to let go of everything he feared to lose.
Shortly afterwards, Palpatine, hoping to increase his influence over the Jedi Council and further ingratiate himself with Anakin Skywalker, appointed the young Jedi to be his personal representative on the Council. The Council, having little choice, begrudgingly accepted Palpatine's interference, but refused to grant Skywalker the rank of Jedi Master, infuriating him.
Additionally, the Council gave Skywalker the unofficial assignment of spying on Palpatine, an assignment which Skywalker was less than enthusiastic about, as he regarded Palpatine as a friend and a mentor. Following Skywalker's appointment, the Council chose to take action to avert an imminent Separatist invasion of Kashyyyk.
Yoda chose to personally oversee the defense, as he was held in high esteem by the Wookiees. Kenobi expressed his former Padawan's disagreement, and asked if he was not going to fulfill the Prophecy when Windu doubted his abilities. Yoda suggested that it could've been misread, but Obi-Wan believed they would not be let down, which Yoda hoped would be true.
On Kashyyyk, Yoda participated in a holographic session of the Council, where he learned from Skywalker that Republic intelligence located the fugitive General Grievous in the Utapau system. When Anakin volunteered to lead the campaign, with the stated approval of Palpatine, Yoda and Mace both disagreed, and Yoda nominated Kenobi to be sent instead.
Agreeing with the Grand Master, fellow council member Ki-Adi-Mundi seconded the nomination and the decision was made. Yoda left the call and was approached by Commander Gree , who told him that the droids had started their power generators.
Yoda ordered his troops to prepare, and soon after the battle began. He observed the battle from above when a shot almost hit him. Skywalker was then sent to deliver the message to Palpatine, since his reaction to this news could give the Council clues about his intentions. After Anakin left [10] , Mace informed the other Jedi that he felt a plot to destroy the Order, and that the Chancellor was surrounded by the Dark Side. Mundi and Windu suggested to take control over the Senate in case Palpatine did not abide of his emergency powers, though Yoda expressed that this would lead them to a "dark path", and that they'd need to be careful.
Right afterwards, Ahsoka Tano and Commander Rex joined the call. She revealed that they succesfully captured Maul on Mandalore and that he'd be delivered to Coruscant by them, which Yoda considered a great service. Ahsoka stated she did her duty as a citizen, but when Yoda asked if it was not as a Jedi, she simply said that "not yet". Tano wanted to speak with Skywalker, but since he had left, Windu and Yoda explained Obi-Wan's situation to her.
When she realized the war could end soon, Mace retorted that it would depend on Palpatine, but refused to explain more to her, which did not sit well with Yoda. As the members of the call left, Yoda stayed and asked Ahsoka if she had anything else to say, and after a brief silence, she confirmed she'd tell the information to Anakin himself.
Yoda then said "May the Force be with you, Padawan. As the battle on Kashyyyk continued, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine revealed his true identity as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, turned Anakin Skywalker to the dark side of the Force, and defeated a group of Jedi Council members who had come to arrest him. Christening his newfound apprentice Darth Vader, Sidious sent him and the st Attack Battalion to attack the Jedi temple and slaughter all who resided there. Meanwhile, Sidious began to broadcast Order 66 to the clone troopers, a contingency order that required them to eliminate their Jedi Generals.
As the clone army turned on their leaders galaxywide, Yoda sensed the deaths of his fellow Jedi and fell to his knees. Commander Gree and Captian Jek received Order 66 a few moments afterwards and prepared to shoot Yoda. However, Yoda sensed their intentions and decapitated the duo with his lightsaber. The two Jedi discussed their situation, during which Bail and Yoda informed Kenobi that the Temple was broadcasting a coded retreat message, ordering all surviving Jedi to return to Coruscant.
Yoda and Kenobi decided to return to the Temple and reconfigure the beacon to warn any survivors to go into hiding, and to that end Bail took them to Coruscant. The two Jedi fought their way in and witnessed the effects of the rampage by Vader and his clone unit, including the visible lightsaber cuts on several dead clones.
In the meantime, Sidious, as Palpatine, reforms the Republic into the first Galactic Empire with himself as its Emperor. That was the beginning of the Age of the Empire. Having recalibrated the signal, Kenobi wished to learn the identity of the one responsible for the massacre. Yoda, aware that watching recordings of their fellow Jedi being slaughtered would cause Kenobi pain, cautioned him before the younger Jedi activated the security recordings. Agreeing that the two Sith had to be destroyed, Yoda headed to the Galactic Senate to confront the Emperor, while a deeply reluctant Kenobi departed to the volcanic planet of Mustafar to face his former apprentice.
Upon arriving into the Chancellery Secretariat , Yoda confronted the Emperor, who surprised the Jedi and rendered him unconscious with a burst of Force lightning. As Sidious boasted how he came to eradicate the Jedi Order, Yoda managed to wake up and slammed his opponent into a wall.
The duo then drew their lightsabers and engaged in a fierce duel that soon continued into the central auditorium of the Senate Building. Briefly separated from Yoda, Sidious launched the numerous Senate hoverpods at his opponent, but the Jedi nevertheless managed to catch up with him, engaging him at close quarters again with his lightsaber drawn.
Sidious then blasted Yoda with a burst of Force lightning which tore Yoda's lightsaber from his hand but which the Jedi proceeded to successfully deflect with his bare palms; the buildup of energy subsequently triggered an explosion that blew both combatants apart and caused Yoda to fall to the bottom of the chamber while Sidious was thrown out of the pod but managed to barely hold on to one of its guardrails, gaining the high ground.
Realizing he was defeated, Yoda fled through the maintenance tunnels of the building and contacted Organa to rescue him via his airspeeder, considering the duel his personal failure and voicing his intent to go into self-imposed exile. After being rescued by Organa, the two proceeded to the asteroid Polis Massa , where Yoda conferred with Qui-Gon Jinn's spirit, who offered him to train him in techniques that could help him retain his identity after his death.
Obi-Wan Kenobi, having defeated but not killed Vader on Mustafar, arrived soon thereafter, bringing with him the dying Senator Amidala. She gave birth to her twins from Anakin Skywalker and named them Luke and Leia before her death. Sensing the children's power in the Force, Yoda, Kenobi and Organa decided to keep them hidden in unsuspecting locations to avoid detection by the Empire; Luke Skywalker was delivered to the Lars family on Tatooine, while Organa personally adopted his sister, Leia.
As the trio prepared to go their separate ways, Yoda asked Kenobi for a moment of his time. He revealed that he had training for him during his solitude on Tatooine, and that Qui-Gon Jinn had reached the path to immortality , having returned from the Netherworld of the Force. Yoda decided he would teach Kenobi to communicate with Jinn. Using an E3-standard starship lifeboat , Yoda returned to Dagobah to begin his own exile. The lifeboat served as Yoda's initial shelter but it started to degrade within a year due to Dagobah's swampy environment.
As the first shelter was slowly consumed by the swamp, Yoda built a new home for himself. He thus settled down to wait for the twins to grow up, and continued his studies of the Force. Around a year after Order 66, Tano was hiding on the world of Thabeska , where she had met a Force-sensitive child named Hedala Fardi. Despite her young age, the child proved to be wise, and Tano was upset that Fardi would likely never be able to prove her wisdom to Yoda.
Later, while sleeping aboard the CR90 corvette Tantive IV after Organa offered her a chance to join his rebellion , Tano remembered Yoda's advice to her when she was getting her first kyber crystal.
Awaking and knowing she should make a new set of lightsabers , she thanked Yoda, even though she knew he could not possibly hear or help her. During his exile on Dagobah, Yoda kept an eye on other Jedi throughout the galaxy, including those who ventured into the various Jedi Temples found amongst the stars.
Bridger was in the temple in order to overcome his greatest fears; Yoda acted as an anonymous guide in helping Bridger do so and to understand why he wanted to become a Jedi and how to withdraw from the anger and the wish of revenge within him. This guidance led Bridger to receive a kyber crystal, which he used to build his own lightsaber.
Meanwhile, Yoda counseled Jarrus about Jarrus' insecurities as a teacher. The Inquisitor forced Jarrus to recognize his fears and knighted him a true Jedi. Meanwhile, Bridger pleaded with Yoda for help: despite his pacifism, the Jedi Master ultimately directed him to go to Malachor. As she fled, Tano turned back and saw Yoda, who smiled and waved at her: she smiled back being the last time they saw each other.
At the time leading up to the Battle of Yavin , Yoda realized he would have to move out of the due to the Dry Season starting on Dagobah. Yoda was not upset about this, because dry was the season he preferred, as the high lands he stayed in during the wet season reminded him of the Jedi Temple and his failings.
The rains had ended and now the lowlands could be arable. Due to his reliance on his cane, He realized how age had affected him. He had originally used his walking stick as a joke on the padawans, but now he realized he truly needed it. He packed what little he owned in his hut and left.
Before he left, he checked for the Imperial probe droids which had once searched for him endlessly. As he descended farther downhill, he felt a certain presence. He then realized that it was neither a probe droid nor one of the Empire's ships.
It was Obi-Wan. As Yoda felt vibrations of the force from Kenobi and the last remains of Anakin, a probe droid arrived. Yoda quickly took out a pot given to him by Kenobi, using the force to smash it into the droid. Suddenly, however, he sensed Kenobi's death at the hands of Vader. With the Jedi distracted, two more droids arrived, but Yoda force crushed both of them. He then carefully sensed the environment around him and confirmed there were no more.
Yoda continued down the hill, until he reached his lowland hut. It had survived its hibernation, but, as ever, was dripping and spongy. Five days later, Yoda had dried and cleaned the house.
Every time he saw the shelf he usually put his pot, he felt a bit of loneliness after destroying Obi-Wan's gift to him. Lonely, he reached out to the Netherworld of the force and called Qui-Gon, but Obi-Wan, his spirit having survived death, answered instead. Obi-Wan then began to ask Yoda to take on a final padawan.
Yoda did not want to train the young boy as he sensed great recklessness in him and feared he would fall to the Dark Side. Yoda insisted on training young Leia, but Obi-Wan insisted on Luke. Due to his years alone, Yoda was feeling his age and isolation. He also harbored regrets about having not taken Anakin Skywalker's daughter as his apprentice. However, he was not confident that he had enough time left to teach another pupil.
After Obi-Wan Kenobi was killed, he reached out to Yoda from the netherworld of the Force and requested that Skywalker's child be trained. The Jedi Master readily agreed until he found out that Kenobi was actually speaking of Anakin's unfocused son instead. Nevertheless, Yoda begrudgingly allowed Kenobi to direct the boy to him.
Luke Skywalker, under guidance from the spirit of Kenobi who had served as his mentor, [74] sought Yoda in his Dagobah exile to receive Jedi training [7] three years later.
At the same time, Yoda, stirred awake by the feeling of the Dark Side and the memories of his trauma years ago, went to his storage area to find it empty.
Yoda says things that sound particularly profound thanks to his unique grammar, and his lack of elaboration makes his teaching sound deep. However, if you think about it, a good portion of his most iconic quotes sound more like fortune cookies than actual usable teachings. There is no try. Everything starts out as an attempt, whether it ends in success or not. Second, Yoda dismisses the value of hard work and trying against all odds, instilling a black-and-white thinking that is far from realistic.
Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. The Jedi Code has been instrumental in the survival of the Jedi Order, setting the ground rules for all of its members, from the eldest of Jedi Masters to the newest younglings.
The Code has a plethora of rules that govern everything from the number of Padawans a Jedi is allowed to mentor to prohibiting Jedi from seeking revenge. The most notable rule is probably that Jedi are forbidden from forming emotional attachments like familial and romantic love.
Yoda belongs to an unknown alien species whose only other known member is Yaddle. The species has a life expectancy of several centuries, and Yoda himself is years old when he passes away in Empire Strikes Back. According to Dr.
It could also be that Yoda knows this, but expects human Jedi to resist their nature. Anakin goes through a lot in his young life. When he goes back to his homeworld in Attack of the Clones, Anakin finds that his mother has passed away and attacks the Tusken Raiders in revenge.
Hextrophon is a historian from the Alliance to Restore the Republic, and can also be seen standing behind Leia during the medal ceremony at the end of A New Hope. I don't believe his behavior was much of an act. But I think he still knew what he was doing. And he was serious with Luke when the time came. Registered: Jul 7, Well, if you're going senile ie your brain is dying , you're not going to reverse that just because some guy turns up on your doorstep.
I know Yoda's a bit special, and not human, but I doubt that he's actually gone crazy while in seclusion on Dagobah. But Yoda is dying. He only lasts another year or so after the events of ESB. If Yoda was in his prime like a young years old he might have been able to do a little more than just hang out and hope that Luke or Leia showed up someday. Perhaps "senile" isn't the right word to use.
How should I put this Wouldn't you go a little nutty after sitting by yourself in a swamp for 20 years? Registered: Dec 7, I think he's a little off his rocker to some degree, but once Luke comes and the entire issue at hand comes into focus within his mind he goes back to normal..
Normal for Yoda that is. Tellesto , Sep 13, Registered: Apr 25, Yoda is a Jedi-Master. I'm sure he's kept his wits about him all those years. There was a very similar thread to this a long time ago, and the general concensus was that Yoda was just putting on an act to test Luke's patience.
Obviously, Luke failed. Registered: Mar 24, There is nothing in Yoda's manner -- after he reveals his identity -- to suggest that he is any different from the Yoda we see in TPM. Hector , Sep 13, Registered: Jun 26, I believe Yoda maintained his mental capacity right up until his death.
He was expecting Luke, but like someone else mentioned, he wanted to toy around with him for a little bit. That's why when all six films are viewed, Yoda's antics in ESB will be even funnier. DarthSapient , Sep 13, Registered: May 11, The guys , what did 30 years do to him to age him so? Eating snakes and living in fear most likely.
LUH , Sep 13, I always thought Yoda in TPM looked too bright-green and young. Registered: Jun 28, Yoda was indeed testing Luke's paticene. He wanted to see how much work needs to be done.
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