Yoda
this incredibly aged Jedi Master was regarded as one of the
primary leaders of the Jedi Council, in the decades leading up the
to fall of the Old Republic. Along with Mace Windu and
Ki-Adi-Mundi, the 860-year-old Yoda was a strong voice in the
Council's decisions. A master of appearing old and frail, Yoda
was an expert swordsbeing and teacher. He attained the rank of
Jedi Master at a meer 100 years of age. More than 100 years
before the Battle of Naboo, Yoda served as one of the Jedi
Masters working aboard the Chu'unthor before it was lost on
Dathomir. 700 years old at the time, Yoda returned to Coruscant
in defeat, and resolved to spent his time on the Jedi Council,
guiding the Jedi Order with the help of the Force. He never
revealed his race or homeworld, preferring to maintain an air of
mystery. Like many other Jedi Masters, Yoda continued to teach
while sitting on the Council, and was responsible for the early
training of Obi-Wan Kenobi. However, when Qui-Gon Jinn
brought nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker before the Council,
Yoda was one of the few who voted not to train the boy. He was
overruled, and Obi-Wan Kenobi was appointed the boy's
master. A decade passed, and Yoda became increasingly aware
of the presence of the Dark Side of the Force in the galaxy.
However, he underestimated its strength, and the Jedi Council
was blinded to the creation of a clone army on the planet
Kamino. When the Separatists - led by one of Yoda's former
Padawans, Count Dooku - rose up on Geonosis, Yoda was
asked to take command of the clone troopers and answer the
Separatist threat. Although he managed to save a handful of Jedi
and defeat the Separatists' droid armies, Yoda was unable to
prevent Dooku's escape. Like other Jedi Masters of the time,
Yoda agreed to take up the role of a military General, and led
several missions for the Old Republic, most notably to Vjun and
Kashyyyk. However, Yoda - like the rest of the Jedi Council -
failed to locate Darth Sidious before it was too late. When
Chancellor Palpatine revealed that he was the Sith Lord, he
moved swiftly to eliminate as many Jedi as he could. Yoda
managed to escape Kashyyyk, only to learn from Obi-Wan and
Bail Organa that the Jedi had been outlawed. Yoda tried to
confront Darth Sidious back on Coruscant, but came to realize
that he was totally unprepared for the Sith's power. Yoda also
realized that the Jedi Order had been preparing to meet a
possible Sith threat based on information from the Battle of
Ruusan, a thousand years earlier. Instead, the Sith had been
adapting to the changes of the galaxy, and the Jedi had become
arrogant enough to believe that the old ways were the only ways
to handle things. Thus, any actions the Jedi Council could have
taken against Sidious would have been - and, ultimately were -
utterly useless. Rather than fight Palpatine and surely die, Yoda
chose to flee Coruscant and fight back in other ways. On Polis
Massa, he was visited by the spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn, who had
somehow discovered the ancient teachings of the Whills and
learned to affect the real world even in death. Qui-Gon then
offered Yoda the chance to learn the techniques, and Yoda
gratefully agreed to become Qui-Gon's apprentice. Yoda later
learned of the birth of Padme' Amidala Skywalker's twins, and
decided with Obi-Wan to separate them and place them in
hiding. The two surviving Jedi hoped that the children would one
day be strong enough to oppose Palpatine. Yoda then fled to
Dagobah in hopes of eluding the Jedi purge by hiding among the
intense life-force of the creatures there. He remained on
Dagobah, and was eventually caught up in the Dark Jedi rebellion
that engulfed Bpfassh as he was forced to destroy their leader
when they fled to Dagobah. A period of relative tranquility
passed for Yoda, until the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi directed
Luke Skywalker to seek out the old Jedi Master. When Luke
discovers him on Dagobah, following the Battle of Hoth, Yoda is
almost 900 years old, and appears as a dimuntive elf-like
creature with greenish-blue skin, wide eyes, and large pointed
ears. He speaks in an archaic form of Basic. He claims to have
watched over Luke's development for as long as Luke has been
alive, not knowing if he would be able to train Luke or not, for he
and Obi-Wan Kenobi realized that Luke might be the last of the
Jedi Knights. Yoda took part in the events on Dathomir, along
with the Jedi Masters Gra'aton and Vulatan, and foretold that the
last of the Jedi Knights would someday come and defeat the
Nightsisters. This would mark the end of the world as the witches
knew it, and reshape their lives in profound ways. The Jedi
Knight Yoda saw as Luke Skywalker. Yoda also foretold that
Luke would be able to reveal the secret of the hundreds of
reader disks that the Jedi kept with the witches of the Light Side
(passed down to Rell), and that he would share them with the
Dathomir witches.
Some info gathered with permission from: CUSWE
primary leaders of the Jedi Council, in the decades leading up the
to fall of the Old Republic. Along with Mace Windu and
Ki-Adi-Mundi, the 860-year-old Yoda was a strong voice in the
Council's decisions. A master of appearing old and frail, Yoda
was an expert swordsbeing and teacher. He attained the rank of
Jedi Master at a meer 100 years of age. More than 100 years
before the Battle of Naboo, Yoda served as one of the Jedi
Masters working aboard the Chu'unthor before it was lost on
Dathomir. 700 years old at the time, Yoda returned to Coruscant
in defeat, and resolved to spent his time on the Jedi Council,
guiding the Jedi Order with the help of the Force. He never
revealed his race or homeworld, preferring to maintain an air of
mystery. Like many other Jedi Masters, Yoda continued to teach
while sitting on the Council, and was responsible for the early
training of Obi-Wan Kenobi. However, when Qui-Gon Jinn
brought nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker before the Council,
Yoda was one of the few who voted not to train the boy. He was
overruled, and Obi-Wan Kenobi was appointed the boy's
master. A decade passed, and Yoda became increasingly aware
of the presence of the Dark Side of the Force in the galaxy.
However, he underestimated its strength, and the Jedi Council
was blinded to the creation of a clone army on the planet
Kamino. When the Separatists - led by one of Yoda's former
Padawans, Count Dooku - rose up on Geonosis, Yoda was
asked to take command of the clone troopers and answer the
Separatist threat. Although he managed to save a handful of Jedi
and defeat the Separatists' droid armies, Yoda was unable to
prevent Dooku's escape. Like other Jedi Masters of the time,
Yoda agreed to take up the role of a military General, and led
several missions for the Old Republic, most notably to Vjun and
Kashyyyk. However, Yoda - like the rest of the Jedi Council -
failed to locate Darth Sidious before it was too late. When
Chancellor Palpatine revealed that he was the Sith Lord, he
moved swiftly to eliminate as many Jedi as he could. Yoda
managed to escape Kashyyyk, only to learn from Obi-Wan and
Bail Organa that the Jedi had been outlawed. Yoda tried to
confront Darth Sidious back on Coruscant, but came to realize
that he was totally unprepared for the Sith's power. Yoda also
realized that the Jedi Order had been preparing to meet a
possible Sith threat based on information from the Battle of
Ruusan, a thousand years earlier. Instead, the Sith had been
adapting to the changes of the galaxy, and the Jedi had become
arrogant enough to believe that the old ways were the only ways
to handle things. Thus, any actions the Jedi Council could have
taken against Sidious would have been - and, ultimately were -
utterly useless. Rather than fight Palpatine and surely die, Yoda
chose to flee Coruscant and fight back in other ways. On Polis
Massa, he was visited by the spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn, who had
somehow discovered the ancient teachings of the Whills and
learned to affect the real world even in death. Qui-Gon then
offered Yoda the chance to learn the techniques, and Yoda
gratefully agreed to become Qui-Gon's apprentice. Yoda later
learned of the birth of Padme' Amidala Skywalker's twins, and
decided with Obi-Wan to separate them and place them in
hiding. The two surviving Jedi hoped that the children would one
day be strong enough to oppose Palpatine. Yoda then fled to
Dagobah in hopes of eluding the Jedi purge by hiding among the
intense life-force of the creatures there. He remained on
Dagobah, and was eventually caught up in the Dark Jedi rebellion
that engulfed Bpfassh as he was forced to destroy their leader
when they fled to Dagobah. A period of relative tranquility
passed for Yoda, until the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi directed
Luke Skywalker to seek out the old Jedi Master. When Luke
discovers him on Dagobah, following the Battle of Hoth, Yoda is
almost 900 years old, and appears as a dimuntive elf-like
creature with greenish-blue skin, wide eyes, and large pointed
ears. He speaks in an archaic form of Basic. He claims to have
watched over Luke's development for as long as Luke has been
alive, not knowing if he would be able to train Luke or not, for he
and Obi-Wan Kenobi realized that Luke might be the last of the
Jedi Knights. Yoda took part in the events on Dathomir, along
with the Jedi Masters Gra'aton and Vulatan, and foretold that the
last of the Jedi Knights would someday come and defeat the
Nightsisters. This would mark the end of the world as the witches
knew it, and reshape their lives in profound ways. The Jedi
Knight Yoda saw as Luke Skywalker. Yoda also foretold that
Luke would be able to reveal the secret of the hundreds of
reader disks that the Jedi kept with the witches of the Light Side
(passed down to Rell), and that he would share them with the
Dathomir witches.
Some info gathered with permission from: CUSWE