Star Wars: Frank Oz Would Do Yoda Again–But Not the Puppet

In a new interview, filmmaker and comedian Frank Oz, best known to science fiction fans as the voice behind Jedi Master Yoda in the Star Wars series, told the Los Angeles Times that he would be willing to take on the role again, should the new Star Wars sequels and spinoff films call for it.”He’s in my heart,” Oz said. I know Yoda very deeply.”That said, the onetime collaborator of Jim Henson also says that he doesn’t think that puppetry is the way to go with Yoda any longer.”I think it depends on the story, but I think at this point you can’t go back to the puppet,” he said. “The reason George [Lucas] did the CGI, which I supported, was that he wanted to tell a story that would have been hampered by the physical limitations of the puppet.”