In the commentary for Empire Strikes Back, Lucas is talking about how they had to build the Dagobah set to mask the puppeteer, and he said it was then that he decided he would work to make digital characters that would move the way they wanted to move. So now we truly know where the genesis for the idea came from!

It's no Frank Oz's fault, it's George Lucas' for using a puppet.

A digital Jabba is one thing. But the day Luca$ messes with the original Yoda is the day he goes down, for real.

I don't think he needs to be changed either, but I was pretty impressed with the Yoda in AOTC. I didn't think they could pull it off.

I remember reading Lucas tried using CGI back when making the first Star Wars film but he said it just didn't look good. Guess what George, it still doesn't look good.

A new Star Wars bashing thread? Hmmm, must be Thursday.

I was impressed with Yoda also until he had the jumping fight scene.

Of course that was not the fault of the digital Yoda

I didn't mind fighting Yoda at all. I always figured he didn't get to be revered ass a badass Jedi just cos he talked funny.

What bothered me was the Kung-Fu pose. That was totally out of place and took me out of the scene for a moment. Considering that Lucas has gone on record to say that he almost cut the fight out because he was afraid people wouldn't take it seriously, I'm amazed that he didn't cut that one shot out. Other than that, digital Yoda was really cool.

I can't wait till Yoda starts acting like a pet.

yoda man!

Have to fart, do I.