George Lucas Solves A 'Star Wars' Mystery: Why Yoda’s Speech Is So Strange ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGA “Because if you speak regular English, people won't listen that much," Lucas revealed, per Variety .

George Lucas, 2022 Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images “Yoda had a very distinctive way of talking, and it was done purposely because if you were speaking regular English, people don't listen ...

George Lucas broke down the origins of Yoda’s “very distinctive way of talking” at a 45th anniversary screening of The Empire Strikes Back at the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival last week.

Filmmaker George Lucas will sit on a panel with director Guillermo del Toro and artist Doug Chiang to discuss the Lucas ...

George Lucas Reveals Why Yoda Talks Backwards at ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Anniversary Screening. Todd Gilchrist. Fri, April 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM UTC. 4 min read.

George Lucas says Yoda talks like that so "12-year-olds" will pay attention "If you speak regular English, people won’t listen that much." ...

“Star Wars” mastermind George Lucas commented on this particular aspect of Yoda’s character at an anniversary screening of 1980’s “Empire Strikes Back” this week, where he explained ...

Why Yoda talks that way, George Lucas has revealed. It has been one of the more puzzling parts of a galaxy far, far away: why does Star Wars’ Yoda have an unusual out-of-order way of speaking ...

George Lucas Reveals Why Yoda Talks Backwards at 'Empire Strikes Back' Anniversary Screening. Yoda is the little green dude with the idiosyncratic syntax that has inspired many an impression over ...

George Lucas is sharing an insight into Star Wars lore. Appearing at a 45th anniversary screening of The Empire Strikes Back on the opening night of the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival on April 24 ...

Since the beginning of his Hollywood career, George Lucas has always done things his own way. Almost 60 years later, he hasn’t changed a bit. Appearing at a 45th anniversary screening of “The ...