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Yoda is arguably the most powerful Jedi Master in Star Wars and one of the senior members of the Jedi Council. In his career as a Jedi Master, Yoda has trained several Jedi's worth mentioning, including Count Dooku, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Luke Skywalker. At the climax of the Battle of Geonosis, Yoda duelled Count Dooku and saved Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan, Anakin Skywalker. During the Jedi purge, Yoda escaped to Dagobah where he awaited the arrival of the fortold Jedi savior, Luke Skywalker. When Luke arrived, Yoda agreed to teach him in the ways of The Force. Prior to finishing his instruction, however, Luke chose to leave Dagobah in order to confront Darth Vader and to save his friends. However, after he had returned to Dagobah, Yoda was already weakened by old age. He became one with The Force at the age of 900.
In the original Star Wars trilogy, Yoda was realised as a Muppet and voiced by Frank Oz. In Attack of the Clones, computer animation was used instead, allowing Yoda to participate in an elaborate fight scene. Though seemingly frail on the outside, Yoda demonstrated the deftness and mastery of the Lightsaber that only a Jedi Master could possess.
Yoda mangles his English in a distinctive manner in that he places verbs (and more frequently, auxiliary verbs) proceeding the subject and the object.
Yoda's popularity is such that the comedy musician, "Weird Al" Yankovic parodied the song "Lola" by the Kinks with a version called "Yoda".