I don't like the new Yoda.

I know it sounds kinda stupid but after watching the trailers and every clip/image we've already seen plus ep.2 ofcourse. I can not help but feel he looks....kinda fake in a way. The old puppet is stuck on me. 🙁

Now I know with SE they can make him move, jump, have fights and so on..but still...I don't like the way he looks.

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If you look carefully you will notice that as a puppet the hair was mainly around his ears. Now it's just all over the place plus he looks kinda....chubby. 😆

Anways I hardly think this will bother me during ep.3..it's just now that I take a closer look I see the difference.

AMEN

It is an improvement over the TPM Yoda.

I'll take the ROTS and AOTC Yoda over the TPM and ESB one any day.

And yes he does look chubby which I kinda like.

I'm on the fence with Yoda...

I definitely like the ESB muppet over the CG AOTC and TPM muppet, but making him CG has allowed a lot more movement and interaction.

Though I do think that they could have found a happy meduim... ie some muppet some CG...

but that's just me 😄

Originally posted by astrofan428
It is an improvement over the TPM Yoda.

I concur.

Originally posted by DeVi| D0do
I'm on the fence with Yoda...

I definitely like the ESB muppet over the CG AOTC and TPM muppet, but making him CG has allowed a lot more movement and interaction.

Though I do think that they could have found a happy meduim... ie some muppet some CG...

but that's just me 😄

Yeah that was what I was thinking.

Originally posted by DarthAJ
I'll take the ROTS and AOTC Yoda over the TPM and ESB one any day.

Same here.

I loved the original Yoda, but he has no facial expressions really.

TPM Yoda can kiss my ass, he didn't look anything like the REAL Yoda.

AOTC Yoda was a big improvement and I love him, but they shouldn't have made his duel so fast, it looks cartoony.

ROTS Yoda looks even better than the AOTC version, but they gave him too much facial expressions so it looks too different that the original.

Like D0do said, a mixture would have been better.

I see absolutley nothing wrong with the look of Yoda.

I think the new Yoda rules you people arent true Star Wars fans if you keep on dissing the prequal trilogy grr. The puppet was cool though but not as good as the CG Yoda he owned in Attack Of The Clones!

He may not be great for close ups, but other than that I thingk the cg yoda is fine. But the extreme close ups like the Tragedy spot make it a little to easy to see the flaws.

But the added mobility and emotion he can show is great for such a vital character. But I still consider the clone war and Obi/Ani/Yoda vs. Dooku sequence as one of my all-time favorite action sequences(great to show off your setup in front of friends).

Here's the deal, muppit Yoda is awesome for the OT considering he doesn't do much, Now in the PT the CG Yoda is very necessary. I like the muppit Yoda better for the Ot and the CG Yoda for the PT.

Originally posted by Lan©eWindu™
I loved the original Yoda, but he has no facial expressions really.

ROTS Yoda looks even better than the AOTC version, but they gave him too much facial expressions so it looks too different that the original.

I agree. They overdid Yoda in ROTS. Have you guys seen that pic of him were he is on the Tantive meditating and its real up close. So many wrinkles. Its almost too realsitic that its somewhat fake.

I see all your points and they make sense. I agree, that the OT puppet...great, great, great. It definately worked for the OT. I understand that it would be hard to use a puppet all the time obviously in the PT. However, I think Dodo brought up a point I would like to continue.

I know there's no point in it now, but I think he would have worked as a puppet, while sitting and talking, and while fighting could easily have been CG. Just my thoughts.

Originally posted by hunchy

I know there's no point in it now, but I think he would have worked as a puppet, while sitting and talking, and while fighting could easily have been CG. Just my thoughts.

Not if they used the TPM puppet. That thing is/was hideous.

The TPM puppet was definitely the worst idea EVER. It was ugly and looked like a Yoda on crack.

The ESB and ROTJ puppet worked for it's era, I suppose, as Hunchy said.

However, the switching between puppet and CGI would have been too obvious, if they had used the puppet for talking and CG for fighting.

As one of the people behind making CGI Yoda do his thing, "It would have been awkward to throw a puppet around on wire with a lightsaber..."

Yea, it is somewhat strange seeing the sudden swtich in yoda. If they had used CGI in TPM, and then slowly aged him up until he looked like what he does in ESB and ROTJ, that mgiht haev worked.

I do like the new yoda though, mainly because of the facial expressions. Also, the added movement such as saber fighting is a big plus.

Its just all depends on how much you fell in love with the original.

Indeedy. Like many have said, puppet was great for the original trilogy. Prequels were no so puppetish.

Sorry puppet yoda lovers, I have to say that the CG yoda is far superior, in expressions, actions and in every way more real. the CG is fantastic and if lucas has his way hes gonna replace the old puppet yoda with the GC yoda in the OT. and i hope he does....so you may not be seeing much of the old Yoda if lucas does what he wants...

mmm...if you used Yoda for CG doing the shots were he was spinning around, he's moving so fast you can't tell...then on the closeups you'd have the puppet for faceshots....But oh well...