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Master Yoda is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. "Yoda" is Sanskrit for "warrior."

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Yoda (896 BBY - 4 ABY), standing only 2 foot 1 inch (.66 meter), is arguably the most powerful Jedi Master in Star Wars and one of the senior members of the Jedi Council. Very little is known of Yoda's life before the events of Episode I. It is known that he was one of the Jedi Masters who ran the mobile academy aboard the starship Chu'un'thor and that he left the ship's data tapes in the care of one of the natives when the ship crashed on Dathomir. In his career as a Jedi Master, Yoda has trained several notable Jedi, including Count Dooku, Mace Windu, Obi-Wan KenobiGeneral Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi is a Jedi Knight in the fictional Star Wars universe. He taught both Anakin and Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Force. In Episodes IV through VI, Kenobi was played by Alec Guinness. In the prequels, Episodes I through III, h, and Luke SkywalkerLuke Skywalker is a fictional character of the Star Wars universe, a Jedi Knight, who plays a major role in the series of films. He is the son of Padme Amidala and Anakin Skywalker, and brother of Princess Leia Organa. As an orphan, he was raised on the p. At the climax of the Battle of GeonosisThe Battle of Geonosis is a battle which occurred in the fictional Star Wars universe between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic. It was the opening battle of the Clone Wars, and was featured in the film Star Wars Episode II:, Yoda dueled Count Dooku and saved Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan, Anakin SkywalkerAnakin Skywalker is a fictional character from Star Wars''. Anakin is played in the films by Jake Lloyd as a child, Hayden Christensen as a young adult, and Sebastian Shaw as a dying, elderly (and redeemed) person. The name "Anakin" means "warrior. Anakin. Though seemingly frail, Yoda demonstrated a mastery of the lightsaber that only a Jedi Master could possess.

During the Great Jedi Purge that launched the Galactic Civil War, Yoda escaped to Dagobah where he awaited the arrival of the foretold Jedi savior, Luke Skywalker. When Luke arrived, Yoda — after some reluctance — 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 save his friends. Luke promised to return to complete his training, but, upon his arrival, Yoda, greatly weakened by old age, informed Luke that he was a Jedi and his training was complete, and all that remained was for Luke to face Vader. One of the last things Yoda told Luke was that Vader was the young Skywalker's father. Yoda then died at the age of 900 and became one with the Force.

Yoda speaks English (known as 'Galactic Basic' in Star Wars) in a distinctive manner by placing verbs (and more frequently, auxiliary verbs) after the object and subject. In linguistic typology this is the " Object Subject Verb" format. An example of Yoda's speech pattern, from Return of the Jedi: When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not. The speech pattern has been the source of much parody humor.