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 has cleared up why beloved Star Wars character Yoda speaks out of order. Creator Lucas made the revelation during a 45th anniversary screening of The Empire Strikes Back at the ...

George Lucas appeared at the TCM Classic Film Festival at a screening of 'The Empire Strikes Back,' revealing why Yoda talked backwards.

Cryptically jumbling up sentences like he threw them in a swamp and dragged them back out again, now Star Wars creator George Lucas has given a clear explanation as to why Yoda speaks the way that ...

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.

“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 ...

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." ...

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 ...