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Oz performed the puppet and provided the voice for Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017).
Nov 22, 2022 · In part one of this interview, the legendary Frank Oz talks about the challenges of bringing the original Yoda puppet to life in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the story behind...
Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz on May 25, 1944) is an English-American actor, puppeteer and director, best known as the puppeteer for and original voice of Yoda. Outside Star Wars, Oz is notable for his work with Jim Henson's Muppets and in film directing.
Mar 28, 2018 · Frank Oz tells us how he was pitched on playing Yoda again in Rian Johnson's 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi', what it was like on set working with Mark Hamill again, crafting Yoda’s dialogue, Yoda...
Oz voiced the computer-generated Yoda in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), supporting the transition of the character's rendering to digital. In 2011, the Blu-Ray edition of The Phantom Menace replaced the puppet Yoda with CGI to match the other prequel films.
He first appeared in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back, in which he is voiced and puppeteered by Frank Oz, who reprised the role in Return of the Jedi (1983), the prequel trilogy, the sequel trilogy, and the animated series Star Wars Rebels.
Sep 3, 2021 · That beloved sequel featured the debut of Frank Oz’s Yoda, and the legendary puppeteer recently explained how he found the Jedi Master’s signature way of speaking.
Mar 30, 2024 · When the filmmaker began talking about his time voicing the Jedi Master, Oz revealed the back story behind the character’s distinctive voice, and how he came up with the idea for the wonderfully weird speech pattern.
Mar 24, 2018 · Back to bring Yoda to life was original voice actor Frank Oz. The master puppeteer has inhabited the role for almost 40 years, and he is very protective of the character, especially the...
Mar 20, 2018 · Frank Oz has been playing Yoda for so long that he knows the sage like Jedi inside and out, which means it’s no longer difficult to get into the character.
