Yoda’s Retirement
At what point did Yoda decide to retire in the Degoba system?
Looking back at the prequels, you see a confident Jedi Master, head of the class, prom king, West Point’s star quarterback, most likely to destroy the baddies, etc.
Then by Empire Strikes Back, he’s living in a swamp, still with his Jedi powers while the Empire narrowly run the show in the whole galaxy. Aside from hanging up his lightsabre too early while a mob of ragtag rebels take on the biggest threat to the universe, why has he chosen a cesspool as a homestead for his retirement instead of Florida, Tenerife or Bournemouth?
Maybe he owed someone money and was lying low for a bit. Maybe he doesn’t want to split his pension with Mrs Yoda, or there’s some kind of Jedi tuition malpractice issue which the council agreed to cover up if he cleared off.
Either way, it’s weird.
I have been watching Christmas DVDs with the kids.
December 27th, 2006 at 12:31 pm
Maybe those stock options of LucasFilms paid off.
December 27th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
National Lampoon’s Vacation watch next you shall.
December 27th, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Yoda went into hiding at Dagobah when Darth Vader killed all the Jedi and Darth Sidius became Emperor. It’s not that he doesn’t want to help, it’s just that silly Vader and the Emperor just can’t l;et bygones be bygones. Watch REvenge of the Sith!
December 27th, 2006 at 4:37 pm
I’ve not finished Ep. II yet, nor watched any of Ep. III, so I can’t help… Soz.
December 27th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
Never seen 3 either, having already put myself through 1 and 2. Let’s not get me started.
December 27th, 2006 at 9:31 pm
THat’s it, yer fired. I read teh book before I saw the film, and I waited for the DVD to see the film.
All I’m saying is that the answers you seek, young Padawan, lie in The Revenge Of The Sith.
December 28th, 2006 at 8:00 am
You can’t fire me, because I quit. I never asked for this.
Although maybe I should see the film.
December 28th, 2006 at 10:44 am
Maybe he just wanted to lead a quiet life on the swamp without anyone bothering him…maybe these things are just supposed to be glossed over because despite funny numbering George really didn’t think about what the story was actually going to be…
December 28th, 2006 at 2:46 pm
YOu can’t quit, CLiff. You may as well stop being you.
December 28th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
True. And I guess someone has to be.
December 28th, 2006 at 6:28 pm
With no you, there’d be a great big hole in the Force.
You don’t want that do you?
December 29th, 2006 at 5:26 am
Cliff is the hole. Ah, no offense. In the kindliest of ways, I mean that.